Category Archives: Constructive Thought

Pinches of Prayer

Leviticus 16:12 (NIV) He [Aaron the priest] is to take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense and take them behind the curtain. Two handfuls of prayerful … Continue reading

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Sweet-Smelling Prayer

Psalm 141:2 (GW) Let my prayer be accepted as sweet-smelling incense in your presence.   My prayers have an odor. Are they sweet with praise or reeking of bitterness? tinged with delight or singed with grumbling? fresh with hope or … Continue reading

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Time for Prayer

Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.   “On all occasions.” “Always.” Wow! … Continue reading

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An Eager Student of the Word

I have the Holy Spirit, the world’s best teacher. I should leap out of bed every morning, raring to get started. Truth is, I long to hit the alarm’s off button, roll over and snooze. I drag myself to the coffee … Continue reading

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The Author of the Word

2 Peter 1:20-21 (NIV) No prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by … Continue reading

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Words from God’s Mouth

  Jesus said, Matthew 4:4 (NIV) Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.   Jesus calls us to live, not by what we put in our mouths, but by … Continue reading

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Good Reason for Boasting

Jeremiah 9:24 (ESV) Let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.   Boast … Continue reading

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No Reason for Boasting

  1 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT) What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift?   All that we have, all that we are … Continue reading

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Boasting and Flattery

Jude offers quite a description of evildoers.  Jude 16 (NIV) These people are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.   Self-serving boasting and flattery . . . never good.

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Watch Out for Boasting

2 Timothy 3:1-2, 5 (TLB) In the last days . . . people will love only themselves and their money; they will be proud and boastful, sneering at God, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad . . … Continue reading

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