Posts with the tag “worship”

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
May 2nd, 2023
           We know from reading the Old Testament that Israel roamed in the wilderness for a long time after leaving Egypt and before entering the land that God promised them.  It was a forty-year lon...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, April 6, 2023
April 6th, 2023
          It was an innocent dinner party that we read about in John 12:1-11.  And quite a party it was.  It is not every day that you get to eat with someone who has been raised from the dead.  And i...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
March 30th, 2023
          Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ final and triumphal entry into Jerusalem.  Matthew, Mark and Luke record this moment in Jesus’ life.  The Lord is welcomed with affection, acclaim and adorati...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, March 20, 2023
March 20th, 2023
            Psalm 84 is a wonderful Psalm for enhancing your worship of the Lord.  Fittingly, this Psalm opens by declaring “how lovely is your dwelling place, LORD Almighty” (84:1).  And worship is a...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, January 11, 2023
January 11th, 2023
             I Kings opens with the statement that when King David was old, he could not stay warm.  No matter how many covers were put on him, he could not stay warm (I Kings 1:1).  We can easily ima...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, October 5, 2022
October 5th, 2022
             In Romans 12, Paul wrote about a “surrendered life.”  As followers of Christ, we surrender ourselves to Him in faith, trust and discipleship.  To live a “surrendered life” means that we s...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, August 25, 2022
August 25th, 2022
         Have you ever had a gnawing sense that God had something important and special for you to do?  The prophet Haggai certainly did.  He is regarded as “the prophet of the temple.”  His mission w...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
August 24th, 2022
           Zephaniah was another one of the Old Testament’s minor prophets.  Like many other prophets, he had a message of judgment that he received from the Lord God.  In his three chapters, he proph...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
July 26th, 2022
           Psalms is the longest book in the Bible as it spans one hundred fifty chapters.  In these chapters, you find a host of themes, emotions, reactions, convictions and worship.  Some of the mor...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, July 7, 2022
July 7th, 2022
            I Kings is a book of history in the Old Testament.  At the beginning, David is nearing his death and preparing to hand off the throne to Solomon.  One of Solomon’s crowning achievements (a...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
June 7th, 2022
           Isaiah 33:3 says, “O LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you.  Be our strength every morning, our salvation in a time of distress.”  We can read these words as a plea or even a petition.  ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, June 6, 2022
June 6th, 2022
            Isaiah 29:13 says, “The Lord says: ‘These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.’”  God was not pleased with either the wor...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, June 2, 2022
June 2nd, 2022
            Near the end of the Old Testament, we come across a minor prophet named Micah.  He was from Moresheth and spoke the word of the Lord during the reigns of three kings of Judah—Jotham, Ahaz ...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
May 31st, 2022
             We know David as the writer of many of the Psalms that we have in our Bibles.  His words of comfort and faith have encouraged so may people through the years.  My guess is you have been b...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Thursday, May 26, 2022
May 26th, 2022
            People are often passionate or excited about a variety of things.  Some people are passionate about their hobbies.  Others get energized going to work and completing the duties of the day....  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Wednesday, May 18, 2022
May 18th, 2022
            In some Bibles, Isaiah 26 is captioned as a “song of praise.”  The prophet blessed and praised God over the span of twenty-one verses.  For instance, we find this often quoted and cherishe...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, May 16, 2022
May 16th, 2022
          Malachi is the last book of the Old Testament.  He was one of the minor prophets with a book that spans only four chapters.  In Malachi 3, the prophet spoke about the Lord God returning to H...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss
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Monday, November 15, 2021
November 15th, 2021
The pivotal event of the Old Testament was the Exodus where God led Israel safely out of captivity and slavery.  From that extraordinary event would come the building of Israel and ultimately Jesus th...  Read More
by Tom Cabaniss

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