ALTARS, ANY EARTH WILL DO

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and took some of every clean animal and some of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. And when the Lord smelled the pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intention of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.”

Genesis 8:20-22

THE DARK PRESENCE OF GOD

Psalm 139:12 describes God's response to darkness: “Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.”

THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY

In the gospels, Jesus affirmed the commandment against adultery[17] and seemed to extend it, saying, "But I say to you, anyone who looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart."[18] He taught his audience that the outward act of adultery does not happen apart from sins of the heart

A YEAR AFTER SEPT 11TH

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL

She spoke to the Monitor about the Eighth Commandment – Thou shalt not steal (Exodus 20:15) – as part of our series on the Ten Commandments, which explores the ways in which these ancient religious principles continue to matter in modern life.

REMEMBER THE SABBATH DAY

The full text of the commandment reads: Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God.

GUIDANCE, SUSTAINED PASTORS, SUSTAINED PEOPLE

'I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.'” Though Paul was persecuting the church, Christ suffered when the church suffered since he is the head ...

THE PLACE OF WATER, THE PLACE OF WORSHIP

“In oceans deep my faith will stand.” “Just like as water ever seeks and fills the lowest place, so the moment God finds you abased and empty, ...

TRIAL, TRAVAIL, TRIUMPH

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he ...

STRETCH THE ROD

The water will open up and make a road where they can walk through on dry ground. Douay-Rheims Bible But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch forth thy hand over ...