Is your soul full or hungry? Proverbs 27:7 KJV (7) The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Luke 6:20-25 KJV (20) And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye] poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. (21) Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh. (22) Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your…
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or Feast of Weeks The offering (two loaves of bread) for the Feast of Weeks in the Old Testament is baked with leaven. Leaven is symbolic of sin. When the Holy Spirit was given on Pentecost, it came into leaven vessels. We are not without sin (leaven). Jesus Christ, the Suffering Servant and our Savior, is the sinless Son of God. The Day of Pentecost – Outpouring of the Holy Spirit Acts 2:1-4 (KJV) (1) And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. (2) And suddenly there came a sound…
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Follow the narrow way. Mat 7:13-14 KJV (13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: (14) Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Be willing to follow the narrow way to enter through the strait gate. Follow the Ten Commandments, observe the Holy Days and Feast Days as described in the first five books of the Bible (Torah). Follow Christ Jesus, the Lord of…
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God’s Law = a blueprint for life Proverbs 6:23 KJV – (23) For the commandment [is] a lamp; and the law [is] light; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life: Proverbs 29:18 KJV – (18) Where [there is] no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy [is] he. Luke 16:15-17 KJV – (15) And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (16) The law and the prophets [were] until…
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Leviticus 23:10-14 KJV – (10) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: (11) And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (12) And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto…
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Find the old path Jeremiah 6:16-21 KJV (16) Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where [is] the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk [therein].(17) Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.(18) Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what [is] among them.(19) Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, [even] the fruit of their thoughts, because…
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1 John 1:5-10 KJV (5) This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.(6) If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:(7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.(8) If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not…
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Joy John 15:10-11 KJV (10) If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.(11) These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
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Contentment Philippians 4:10-13 KJV – 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I can do all things…
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Heavenly Father, Creator of heaven and earth, thank you for this day. Thank you for creating me and putting breath in my body; for giving me hope to stay on the narrow path before me. Father, thank you for sending your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Thank you, Jesus, for paying our sin debt, bearing our shame and transgressions on the cross. You died a sinner’s death even though you were sinless. We do not deserve your mercy or grace, yet you sacrificed…