Bible Talks – Archive (Page 13)

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Out With the Old and In With the New

Out With the Old and In With the New – Ephesians chapter 4 verses 17-32 17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking…. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23 to be made new in the attitude of your…

Guarding the Gospel

Guarding the Gospel – 2 Timothy Chapter 1 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 2 Timothy 1:1-2 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.…

Jesus is God, Strong and Kind

Jesus is God, Strong and Kind In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1 Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible. All things were created by God’s Son [Jesus], and everything was made for him. Colossians 1:16 Free Downloadable PDF

Making an (Eternal) Difference

Making an (Eternal) Difference – Colossians chapter 1, verses 15 to 23 15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. Colossians 1:15-17 New International Version – UK (NIVUK)…

Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me? – John’s Gospel chapter 21 verses 15 to 25 15 When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, ‘Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he said, ‘you know that I love you.’ Jesus said, ‘Feed my lambs.’ John 21:15 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. “Do…

2 Books that show us what God is like

2 Books that show us what God is like 25 Jesus did many other things. If they were all written in books, I don’t suppose there would be room enough in the whole world for all the books. John 21:25 Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society For more information about CEV, visit www.bibles.com and www.cev.bible.

A Model Prayer of Repentance

A Model Prayer of Repentance – Ezra 9 ‘I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens. 7 From the days of our ancestors until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign…

Ezra’s Mission Blog

Ezra’s Mission Blog – Ezra chapter 8 1These are the family heads and those registered with them who came up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: …………… 15 I assembled them at the canal that flows towards Ahava, and we camped there three days. ………..21 There, by the Ahava Canal, I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our…

A Heart for God, A mind for Truth

A Heart for God, A mind for Truth – Ezra chapter 7 10 For Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel. Ezra 7:10 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Heart and mind must march together – “Ezra was not a hermit-scholar, but…

A Lamp for Our Feet

A Lamp for Our Feet – Psalm 119 verse 105 Your word is a lamp for my feet,    a light on my path. Psalm 119:105 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New International Version® Anglicized, NIV® Copyright © 1979, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

God’s Enduring Word

God’s Enduring Word – Isaiah chapter 40, verses 6 to 8 A voice says, ‘Cry out.’    And I said, ‘What shall I cry?’ ‘All people are like grass,    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,    because the breath of the Lord blows on them.    Surely the people are grass.8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,    but the word of our God endures for ever. Isaiah 40:6-8 New International Version – UK (NIVUK) Holy Bible, New…

God’s Holy Temple

God’s holy Temple (and Living Stones) – Ezra chapter 6 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it. Memorandum: 3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and…