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Tag Archives: food
My Food
“His disciples urged Him saying, ‘Rabbi, eat.’ But He said to them, ‘I have food to eat of which you do not know’ Therefore the disciples said to one another, ‘Has anyone brought Him anything to eat?’ Jesus said to … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, food, Priorities, Soul Winning
Tagged bw johnson, doing will of the Father, evangelism, food, jacob's well, John 4:31-34, jw mcgarvey, my food, priorities, robert taylor jr, samaria, samaritan woman, Soul Winning, the book of John, the fourfold gospel, the people's new testament
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Rain and Fruitful Seasons
“Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good, gave us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness” (Acts 14:17). Food and gladness seem to go together (e.g. Acts 14:17; … Continue reading
Posted in food, God, Thanksgiving
Tagged 1 Timothy 4:4, 1 Timothy 6:17, Acts 14:17, Ecclesiastes 3:12-13, food, food and gladness, fruitful seasons, give thanks, gladness, God sends rain, God sustains us, good company, Joel 1:16, love, Matthew 5:45, Proverbs 15:17, Proverbs 17:1, Psalms 104:14-15, rain, rain and fruitful seasons
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Leaven and Influence
“The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened” (Matthew 13:33). “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9; 1 Corinthians 5:6). What is leaven? … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Influence, food, Parables
Tagged 1 Corinthians 5:6, AI, amanda fiegl, baking bread, baking powder, baking soda, bread, carbon dioxide, collinsdictionary.com, fermentation, flour, food, Galatians 5:9, influence, leaven, Matthew 13:33, michael ruhlman, ratios in cooking, salt, smithsonianmag.com, the simple codes behind the craft of everyday cooking, water, yeast
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Death in the Pot
“And Elisha returned to Gilgal… and he said to his servant, ‘Put on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.’ So one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, … Continue reading
Posted in food, plants, prophets
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 5:21-22, 2 Kings 2:21, 2 Kings 4:38-41, apple of sodom, book how to lose a kindom, chef, citrullus colocynthis, colocynth, cucumis prophetarium, death in pot, Deuteronomy 32:32, discernment, e.w.g. masterman, ecballium elaterium, elisha, esv study bible, famine, flour, food, good intentions, harmful food, herbs, I.S.B.E., james burton coffman, lxx, michael whitworth, miracle, miracles, miracles of elisha, plants, poison, pot of stew, prophet, Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 16:25, septuagint, sons of the prophets, stew, stigers, studylight.org, wild cucumber, wild gourd, wild vine
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Remember Your Creator
“Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth” (Ecclesiastes 12:1). The writer goes on to say in effect, “Do so before…” 1. The Light goes out. “While the sun and the light, the moon and the stars, are … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Ecclesiastes, Judgment, life, Man, Textual study, Time, youth
Tagged afraid of falling, afraid of heights, almond tree blossoms, aphrodisiac, back, back bent, balance, bending or weakness occurs, burdened by small things, cant sleep, caperberry, cataracts, clouds return, Death, death comes, dental problems, desire fails, dexterity, difficulties linger, door shut in streets, ears, Ecclesiastes, Ecclesiastes 12:1-7, Ecclesiastes 12:13-14, end of life, eternal home, eyes, eyesight, fingers, food, food lost taste, give God your best, glaucoma, good nights sleep, grasshopper, grasshopper a burden, grinders cease, grinding low, hyperbole, interest in life, john waddy, judgment, keepers of house trembles, legs, light goes out, loss of taste, loss of teeth, lung capacity, lxx, m.d., m.s., man's all, man's completeness, man's whole, mourners in streets, muscular dystrophy, muscular sclerosis, muscular weakness, musical ability gone, musical appreciation gone, parkinson's disease, pitcher broken, rain, remember your creator, rise at sound of birds, septuagint, serve God before..., sexual desire, shakiness, silver cord broken, sound ceases, stong men bow down, sun darkened, sun moon stars, terrors in the way, the days of your youth, the golden bowl broken, time, trembling comes, vision dims, vocal cords, voice, wheel broken, white hair apprears, windlass, windlass broken, window grows dim, youth, zest for life
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From Swine’s Food to Fatted Calf
“But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in the land, and he began to be in want. The he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields … Continue reading
Posted in food, Love, Parables, Repentance
Tagged 1892, a.t. robertson, best robe, book will God run, carob tree, charles b. hodge jr., father's love, fatted calf, food, fourfold gospel, Galatians 6:7-8, j.w. mcgarvey, kiss neck, locust tree, lost and found, Luke 15, merry, parable, pay day someday, pharisees and scribes, Repentance, ring, sandals, sin will take you farther than you want to go quote, song: I've Wandered From Home by william j. kirkpatrick, song: Lord I'm Coming Home by william j. kirkpatrick, studylight.org, swine's food, tax collectors and sinners, the lost son, the love of God, the prodigal son, will God run?, William J. Kirkpatrick
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Love Those Lentils!
“Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary. And Esau said to Jacob, ‘Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.’ Therefore his name was called Edom. But … Continue reading
Posted in food, Priorities
Tagged birthright, choices, delayed gratification, double portion, edom, esau, Firstborn, food, foolish trade, Genesis, Genesis 25:29-34, Hebrews 12:14-17, immediate gratification, jacob, lentiles, Mark 8:36-37, one morsel of food, priorities, red stew, sell birthright
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