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Category Archives: Lent
Why Fast?
Zechariah 7:4-5 (NIV) Then the word of the Lord Almighty came to me: “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, was it really … Continue reading
Secret Fast
Matthew 6:16 (NTE) When you fast, don’t be gloomy like the play-actors. They make their faces quite unrecognizable, so that everyone can see they’re fasting. I’m telling you the truth: they have received their reward in full. Notice what Jesus … Continue reading
Holy Fast
Lots of folks fast during Lent. The idea calls for some serious thought. Joel 1:14 (MSG) Declare a holy fast, call a special meeting, get the leaders together. Round up everyone in the country. Get them into God’s Sanctuary for serious … Continue reading
Blessed Bread
The disciples faced thousands of hungry souls: Matthew 14:19-20 (ESV) Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he [Jesus] looked up to heaven and said a blessing. Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and … Continue reading
No Bread
Amos 8:11-12 (ESV) “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord God, “when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. They shall wander from … Continue reading
Good Bread
Matthew 7:9, 11 (ESV) Which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? . . . If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more … Continue reading
Tasteless Bread
Sometimes, like Job, I find a world of trouble on my table. I don’t want any of it–not even a nibble. Job 6:6 (MEV) Is tasteless food eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an … Continue reading
Lazy Bread
Let’s take a Lenten look at the noble woman of Proverbs: Proverbs 31:27 (NIV) She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. This bread leads to more than laziness. “Idle Christians are … Continue reading
Deceitful Bread
Proverbs 20:17 (ESV) Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel. If a lie works, it tastes like sugar. If it comes back to haunt you, it tastes like sand. … Continue reading
Approved Bread
John 6:27 (NIV) Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval. Nothing beats … Continue reading