TIME OF POWER

Nathan Beacom said: “You might’ve seen it hanging in some grandma’s living room. This miniature painting, The Angelus, shows a couple stopping to pray during their farm chores in the evening. It’s got the stuff grandmas tend to love: farming, warmth, soft colours, and praying. When it was first displayed in Paris in 1857, though, this painting really upset people. Like many paintings by Jean-Francois Millet, this one angered wealthy art types who objected to the way it glorified poor…

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1. “And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.” 2. “And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.” 3. “All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand…

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Yes, I mean divine providence. Meaning we are divinely guided; fully enjoy God’s guidance or care. Providence, our God, conceived in HIMSELF all the power to sustaining and guiding human destiny. Therefore, it’s a sin for anyone to choose himself or herself as providence. Putting as freely as you can, always believe that God will provide. In HIMSELF, there is all provided for us as guiding us securely, and HE is our guard. Stress over earning enough to pay the…

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Søren Kierkegaard said: “Worry about making a living, or not making a living, is a snare. In actuality, it is the snare. No external power, no actual circumstance, can trap a person. If we choose to be our own providence, then we will go quite ingenuously into our own trap, the wealthy as well as the poor. If we want to entrench ourselves in our own plot of ground that is not under God’s care, then we are living, though…

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1. “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 2. “And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.” 3. “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.” 4. “Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve…

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What a Psalm? For this Psalm started incredibly and ended exemplary! Yes, this Sabbath hymn begins with a straightforward yet significant assertion. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel and the Maker of the heavens and the earth. Yes, it is good because the gratitude is to our Creator, and much appropriate to give thanks eternally to HIM. It is good because, thanks to our Covenant Redeemer is fitting. It is good because thanks to the…

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Atar Hadari said: “Psalm 92 discusses the problem of evil and why the Lord tolerates it. This is a question to which you may not have time to give due consideration in the course of the busy week. But if you stop for a whole day to reflect, you may consider this question. Perhaps that is why the rabbis chose to insert this Psalm into the liturgy, and why the Temple service opted to incorporate it on the Sabbath long…

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1. “He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” 2. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” 3. “That your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power…

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Have you not heard that faith is like a bit of seed? Yes, if planted, it will grow! Yes, the triple bottom line about faith is evident: Hear the words of God; of course, repeated hearings bring confidence, plant the faith and begin to get a considerable result continually!  Why would our Jesus Christ invite us to have faith like the mustard seed? Is it about the size of your dedication or its potency? In a joint meeting, a friend…

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According to Barbara Kingsolver, “There once was a time when Thoreau wrote, “I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.” By the power vested in everything living, let us keep to that faith. I’m a scientist who thinks it wise to enter the doors of creation, not with a lion tamer’s whip and chair. Still, with reverence, humankind has traditionally—summoned for entering places of worship: a…

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