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My Dad

My Dad
Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching. Proverbs 1:8 The role of a father is to protect, provide, teach and guide. God often uses that title for Himself in describing our relationship with Him. In fact it’s been shown that our first ideas about the character of God are based,…
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Like a Weaned Child: The Calmed Soul

Like a Weaned Child: The Calmed Soul
But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.  Psalm 131:2 Newborns require constant attention and when they have a need, like being hungry, they let you know! And they keep letting you know until their demand is met. An…
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Sweat of my Brow

Sweat of my Brow
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return. Genesis 3:19 To the Jewish mind sweat represents man’s efforts. Hard work is honorable, but reliance on our works instead of trusting…
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Menuha: A place of rest

Menuha: A place of rest
By the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work. Genesis 2:2 God rested on the seventh day. He gave to us the gift of Sabbath so we can rest as well. When I consider Sabbath, though, I find myself caught up…
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