MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Rabbi - 3/3/2010 In Jesus' day, the name "rabbi" or "teacher" was normally reserved for someone who had studied under another rabbi for many years. Jesus offended the religious leaders of his day by ignoring this system. Instead of apprenticing himself to a rabbi, he simply laid down his carpenter tools and called twelve ordinary men to become his disciples. Unlike other rabbis, who merely passed on the teaching ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Matthew 3:16 - 3/3/2010 Matthew 3:16 He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove. As the Spirit of God descended upon the Lord Jesus, the head, so He also, in measure, descends upon the members of the mystical body. His descent is to us after the same fashion as that in which it fell upon our Lord. There is often a singular rapidity about it; or ever we are aware, we are impelled onward and heavenward beyond all ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Isaiah 48:10 - 3/3/2010 Isaiah 48:10 I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. Comfort thyself, tried believer, with this thought: God saith, "I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction." Does not the word come like a soft shower, assuaging the fury of the flame? Yea, is it not an asbestos armour, against which the heat hath no power? Let affliction come-God has chosen me. Poverty, thou mayst stride in at my ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Ten Commandments - 3/3/2010 The Ten Commandments are the foundation of the moral laws for all mankind, they are the one portion of our Bible written by the finger of God (Ex. 31:1. Verse for Today: The Lord our God is one Lord (Deut. 6:4). The Hebrew word translated our God is Elohenu, meaning "our Gods." This, then, is what Moses said: Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God(s) is one Lord (6:4). The word one ('echad) expresses ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Retreat with Jesus by Amy Carroll - 3/3/2010 Retreat with Jesus Amy Carroll "Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things." Psalm 107:8-9 (NIV) Devotion: When a new neighbor moved in next door, Caroline rallied the troops in her neighborhood to prepare a warm greeting. She and her friend planned a feast to take over to ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Hope in the Rubble by Lynn Cowell - 3/3/2010 Hope in the Rubble Lynn Cowell "I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength" Ephesians 1:18 (NIV) Devotion: Mind-boggling devastation filled the ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	What God Says To Look For In A Woman - 3/3/2010 What God Says to Look For In A Woman Attributes of an Ungodly Young Lady Moms and dads, what are you raising? Is the young lady who lives with you heading towards being a wise woman or a foolish one? To find out, hold your 's direction of life up to the truths of God's Word and see what He has to say. Not the culture, not their peers, not the latest fads, but the timeless truths of God's ... 1 response(s), 2 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	In Jesus - 3/2/2010 In Jesus' day, the name "rabbi" or "teacher" was normally reserved for someone who had studied under another rabbi for many years. Jesus offended the religious leaders of his day by ignoring this system. Instead of apprenticing himself to a rabbi, he simply laid down his carpenter tools and called twelve ordinary men to become his disciples. Unlike other rabbis, who merely passed on the teaching ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Spiritual Warfare - 3/2/2010 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. (Ephesians 6: 12-13) You must prepare yourself spiritually ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Ephesians 3:8 - 3/2/2010 Ephesians 3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ. The apostle Paul felt it a great privilege to be allowed to preach the gospel. He did not look upon his calling as a drudgery, but he entered upon it with intense delight. Yet while Paul was thus thankful for his office, his success in it ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	1 Samuel 13:20 - 3/2/2010 1 Samuel 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. We are engaged in a great war with the Philistines of evil. Every weapon within our reach must be used. Preaching, teaching, praying, giving, all must be brought into action, and talents which have been thought too mean for service, must now be ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	What God says to look for in a good man - 3/2/2010 What God Says to Look for In a Man The outlook for a joy filled lifelong marriage is bleak without the Lord! To help us, God has left a colorful guide to marriage; it is a timeless list of personalities to avoid at all costs, and personalities to be attracted toward. What do you want most of your years of life to be like? Do you want them to be hard times of tension, agony, frustration or pain? ... 1 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Remedy - 3/2/2010 The Remedy for Paralyzed Sinners & Fallen Saints John Piper God did his most deadly work to destroy hopelessness and futility and provincial cowardice. He gave up his to torture and death. A perfect life, a perfect death, and the decisive work was done. But there are millions who are numb to hope because of the God-belittling things they have done and how ugly they have become. They don't lift ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Song of Solomon 4:16 - 3/1/2010 Song of Solomon 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Anything is better than the dead calm of indifference. Our souls may wisely desire the north wind of trouble if that alone can be sanctified to the drawing forth of the perfume of our graces. So long as it cannot be said, "The Lord was not in the wind, " we will not shrink ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	My Expectation is from Him - 3/1/2010 Psalm 62:5 My expectation is from Him. It is the believer's privilege to use this language. If he is looking for aught from the world, it is a poor "expectation" indeed. But if he looks to God for the supply of his wants, whether in temporal or spiritual blessings, his expectation" will not be a vain one. Constantly he may draw from the bank of faith, and get his need supplied out of the riches ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Wrath To Come - 3/1/2010 Matthew 3 The wrath to come. It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent itself upon His Saviour's head, and if there be a few drops ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Matthew 5:10-12 - 3/1/2010 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. (Matthew 5:10-12) Suffering is a blessing ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	He is Precious - 3/1/2010 1 Peter 2 He is precious. As all the rivers run into the sea, so all delights centre in our Beloved. The glances of His eyes outshine the sun: the beauties of His face are fairer than the choicest flowers: no fragrance is like the breath of His mouth. Gems of the mine, and pearls from the sea, are worthless things when measured by His preciousness. Peter tells us that Jesus is precious, but he ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Balaam - 2/24/2010 Prophecies of Balaam; Israel sins; Baal worship; the plague of death stopped by Phinehas. Verses for Today: Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. And Israel joined himself unto Baal-peor: and the anger of the Lord was kindled ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	The Power of Prayer - 2/24/2010 The Unlimited Power of Unhindered Prayer in A Godly Marriage DWM-41 (090614AM) As we open to I Peter 3 today, may I challenge each of you to one of Christ's greatest promises to us as believers? • Jesus said, "If you pray in faith you can see even that mountain moved" Mt. 17:20 • "If any two of you agree as touching anything, I will do it" Mt. 18:19 • "Ask and it shall be given to ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Genesis 1:1 - 2/24/2010 The Scientific Foundation for Our Faith is Genesis 1:1 Creation is central to the Bible as the Creator Himself opens the pages of the Scriptures and introduces Himself. The Gospel of Salvation from Genesis to Revelation is all about the Creator coming to save those created in His image. So, there is always in God's Word the Bible—a link between Creation, the Creator, and ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Mark 10:21 - 2/24/2010 Mark 10:21 Take up the cross, and follow Me. You have not the making of your own cross, although unbelief is a master carpenter at cross-making; neither are you permitted to choose your own cross, although self-will would fain be lord and master; but your cross is prepared and appointed for you by divine love, and you are cheerfully to accept it; you are to take up the cross as your chosen badge ... 1 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Logos - 2/23/2010 Plumbing the Depths of His Person When we consider Jesus as the second person of the Trinity, the eternal Logos who became incarnate, we note instantly that in any attempt to plumb the depths of His person we are stepping into the deep waters of the nature of God Himself. In Hebrews 1:3, the author describes Christ as "the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person." Imagine ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	"Anointed One" - 2/23/2010 Most of us are so familiar with the title "Christ" that we tend to consider it part of Jesus' personal name. But what exactly does it mean? Like "Messiah, " "Christ" means the "anointed one." The phrase "anointed one" refers to someone who has been set apart for a special mission. That was how the first Christians thought about Jesus. As Israel's Messiah, he was the greatest of all kings, the one ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	A Personal Relationship by Lloyd-Jones - 2/23/2010 A Personal Relationship Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. John 2:23 – 25 We come back to a further study of this incident recorded ... 2 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	You Can Trust God - 2/22/2010 You Can Trust God's Science God has spoken to us in the Bible. He has declared that all Scripture, every word and every detail of the Bible, was given to us, supernaturally through inspiration. Inspiration means God's Word is absolutely trustworthy because it originated from God Himself, and He is the God we can trust. Perhaps the strongest statement of inspiration is the ... 0 response(s), 1 vote
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Matthew 4:1 - 2/22/2010 Matthew 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. A Holy character does not avert temptation-Jesus was tempted. When Satan tempts us, his sparks fall upon tinder; but in Christ's case, it was like striking sparks on water; yet the enemy continued his evil work. Now, if the devil goes on striking when there is no result, how much more will he do it ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	He hath said - 2/22/2010 He hath said. If we can only grasp these words by faith, we have an all-conquering weapon in our hand. What doubt will not be slain by this two-edged sword? What fear is there which shall not fall smitten with a deadly wound before this arrow from the bow of God's covenant? Will not the distresses of life and the pangs of death; will not the corruptions within, and the snares without; will not ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
MMINT 34 F 364  questions	Acts 8:30 - 2/22/2010 Acts 8:30 Understandest thou what thou readest? We should be abler teachers of others, and less liable to be carried about by every wind of doctrine, if we sought to have a more intelligent understanding of the Word of God. As the Holy Ghost, the Author of the Scriptures is He who alone can enlighten us rightly to understand them, we should constantly ask His teaching, and His guidance into all ... 0 response(s), 0 votes
Ask me for a photo takeitslowatfirs 48 F 1  question	Why are alot of things in the Bible written in parables? - 2/21/2010 The Bible is meant to be a guide for us to live our lives by but so many things in it are written in proverbs or parables. How are we to understand and intrepret it? Each pastor or prophet intreprets and spreads the word in his own way. I wish it was more user friendly. 3 response(s), 1 vote