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1 Peter 2:1-3 The word of God is a beautiful and wonderful joy in the life of the redeemed. THE BIBLE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING......... Pure “ The words of the LORD are pure words...” Ps 12:6.  True “Consider how I love your precepts! Give me life according to your steadfast love. The sum of your word is truth...” Ps 119:159-160.  Perfect “The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;” Ps 19:7.  Living and powerful “For the word of God is living and active,.....” Heb 4:12.  Profitable for salvation “and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Tim 3:15.  Without error and for our instruction “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,” 2 Tim 3:16. The word of God is a beautiful thing in the hands of a redeemed ch

1 John 4:20-21 Hatred is very strong word that has many faces to display itself. It can come in the form of the letter It can come in the form of an expression It can come in the form of a comment It can come in the form of an attitude It can come in the form of a joke It can come in the form of a conversation It can come in the form of physical force What are some examples of hatred? Here is a sad story that I came across, which I think is one of the worst cases of hatred! “In a will written in 1935 by a Mr. Donohoe. It says, “Unto my two daughters, Frances Marie and Denise Victoria, by reason of their unfilial attitude toward a devoted father, … I leave the sum of $1 to each and a father’s curse. May their lives be fraught with misery, unhappiness, and heart-rending sorrow. May their deaths be soon and of a lingering malignant and torturous nature. May their souls rest in hell and suffer the torments of the condemned for eternity.”  It is said that a pro

Hab 3:17-19 What is the most difficult experience you have had to endure in your life? What event most wrenched and drained you emotionally? For some that might be:  the death of a spouse, or of a child, or of a parent; for others it might be an act of violence committed against you; for others, being ignored, rejected, or put down by someone you love; for others, the consequences of a sin you yourself committed. Think back, now: What were your thoughts toward God at that difficult time in your life? Did you pray? If so, how? With tears? With anger? With a broken and contrite heart? See Habakkuk was able to do this with a rejoicing heart none the less in his situation. Can you say that personally about your life or situation as he does in the closing verses of His letter? (v17-v19) . There has been many people who have lost everything throughout the scriptures and the one thing that has keep them all going is the sufficiency of Christ and His unfailing love to see