The primary builder of modern Dubai, Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990), was asked about the future of his country, and he replied, “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I ride a Mercedes… my son rides a Land Rover, and my grandson is going to ride a Land Rover… […]
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Adapted from the Ask Pastor John podcast, with John Piper, at: http://www.desiringgod.org ——————————— Zephaniah 1:12 — (The Lord says), “At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish those who are complacent, those who say in their hearts, ‘The Lord will not do good, nor will he do ill.’” A nineteen-year-old
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Give up complaining… Focus on Gratitude. Give up pessimism… Be an optimist. Give up worry… Trust Divine Providence. Give up bitterness… Turn to Forgiveness. Give up hatred… Return Good for evil. Give up negativism… Be Positive. Give up anger… Be more Patient. Give up pettiness… Be more Mature. Give up gloom… Enjoy the Beauty of
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When I was in seminary fifty years ago, one of my professors lamented the number of best-selling books that were selling nothing more than plain old common sense. He could not understand why people had to pay money for knowledge that came naturally to their far less educated grandparents. But then he said, “Perhaps we
“God Wants You to Grow Up,” by Rick Warren, Daily Hope meditation, September 19, 2018, at http://www.pastorrick.org: God created you to become like Christ. He wants you to grow up spiritually. The Bible says, “From the very beginning God decided that those who came to him—and all along he knew who would—should
Above: Different wording and numbering, but the same basic commands. ———- Prayers by Martin Luther (1483-1546), adapted from Luther’s Prayers, translated by Charles Kistler (1917) ———- (1st commandment) Eternal God, you ask that I rely on you alone with all my heart in all things. It is your earnest desire to be my God, and I must believe
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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS: WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW By Dennis Prager at ( http://www.prageru.com ) ——————————————— No document in world history so changed the world for the better as did the Ten Commandments. Western civilization — the civilization that developed universal human rights, created women’s equality, ended slavery, and created parliamentary democracy, among other
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“It wasn’t my fault, my brother made me do it, I was having a bad day, I couldn’t help it, I didn’t have time to think, and besides, nobody’s perfect.” ————————– (…continued) Whether or not rules are made to be broken, we do break them; so then what? Well, then
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EXODUS 20:1-4…7-8…12-17: God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or
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(…continued… first paragraph is repeated from yesterday) There are many Bible verses that speak to this sort of thing; not to mention the commandment that says “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” In his Small Catechism explanation of this commandment, Martin Luther expands the meaning of the command to beyond
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