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Tag Archives: righteousness
Sleepless for the Wrong Reason
Ecclesiastes 5:12 (AMP) The full stomach (greed) of the rich [who hungers for even more] will not let him sleep. Let’s hunger for righteousness, not riches. Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought
Tagged Ecclesiastes 5:12, greed, Matthew 5:6, righteousness, Sleepless
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Spring Rain
Where I live, it rained Saturday night. You know what they say: “April showers bring May flowers.” I want spring flowers, so the storm made me happy. God also sends spiritual rain. It doesn’t bring flowers. Isaiah 45:8 … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought, Pentecost
Tagged Isaiah 45:8, rain, righteousness, salvation, Spirit
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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
Posted in Constructive Thought
Tagged boasting, Jeremiah 9:24, justice, love, righteousness
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Right Way
I stand at the intersection of two passages of Scripture. Matthew 6:13 (ESV) Lead us not into temptation. Psalm 23:3 He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. One path is the wrong way. The other … Continue reading
Posted in Constructive Thought
Tagged Matthew 6:13, Psalm 23:3, righteousness, temptation
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Coming Justice and Righteousness
In the end, we’ll account for our justice and righteousness (or lack thereof). Jesus is the final Judge. He has the perfect credentials.
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged Acts 17:31, justice, righteousness
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Blessed Justice and Righteousness
God calls us to act justly and live righteously. Where do you fall on the justice and righteousness scale? As for me, I fall a bit short. OK, maybe a lot short. I’m a just and righteous work-in-progress.
Posted in Door of opportunity\
Tagged justice, Psalm 106:3, righteousness
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God of Justice and Righteousness
The words “justice” and “righteousness” often appear in the same Bible verse. They go together. Our God is perfectly just and perfectly righteous. And it looks like love.
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged justice, Psalm 33:5, righteousness
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Faultless Foundation
Isaiah 28:16-17 (VOICE) See here, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone— a cornerstone, chosen and precious—for a firm foundation. Whoever trusts in it will never be disgraced. Justice will be the line by which I lay … Continue reading
Posted in Foundation of faith
Tagged foundation, Isaiah 28:16-17, justice, righteousness
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Just Right
Psalm 89:13 (GNT) Your kingdom is founded on righteousness and justice. Without a clear sense of right and wrong, there will never be true justice.
Posted in Window on our culture
Tagged justice, Psalm 89:14, righteousness
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