Author: Pastor Lester Bentley
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Rejoice, Be Exceedingly Glad; Great is Your Reward
Matthew 5:12 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Birthdays, Christmas, Anniversaries, Graduations are all special occasions that cause us to rejoice and be happy. Yet Matthew 5:12 is saying we should rejoice for a different reasons. Rejoice and…
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Reviled and Persecuted, Yet Through It All Christ is Glorified
Matthew 5:11 11 “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Never has there been one who walked among men that was more cruelly slandered, derided and mocked than was Jesus. His unswerving obedience to the principles of God’s Holy Law caused…
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Palm 84:1-2, 10
David the psalmist longed to be in the house of God. Psalm 84 Psalm 84:1–2 How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts! My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD ; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. Psalm 84:10 For a day in your…
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