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DO NOT SLANDER ONE ANOTHERJAMES 4:11 Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it.CAMBRIDGE BIBLE To speak against ...

PATIENCE IS A FORM OF ACTIONEPHEISANS 4:2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.BARNES' NOTES Meekness relates to the manner in which we receive injuries. We are to bear them patiently, and not to retaliate, or seek revenge. The meaning here is, that; we ad...

PRONOUNCING A SOUND WITH AN EXHALATION OF BREATHDEFINITION of ASPIRATION The action of pronouncing a sound with an exhalation of breath. GALATIONS 1:10 For is it man's favour or God's that I aspire to? Or am I seeking to please men? If I were still a man-pleaser, I should not be Christ's bondserv...

THERE ARE BLESSINGS OF AGE ABOUT WHICH YOUTH KNOWS NOTHINGIn The Cure for a Troubled Heart, Author and Pastor Ron Mehl wrote about a dear, saintly old woman who was gradually losing her memory. Throughout her life, she had cherished God's Word, committing to memory many verses. Her favorite verse...

I pray for mercy and that no germ will hit our bodies and live in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth!

CHOOSE RESTISAIAH 28:12 to whom he said, "This is the resting place, let the weary rest"; and, "This is the place of repose"-- but they would not listen.JAMIESON-FAUSSET-BROWN BIBLE COMMENTARY spiritually, the "rest" meant is that to be found in obeying those very "precepts" of God.

AN ARGUMENT OF A MIND UNTHANKFULECCLESIASTES 7:10 Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is not wise to ask such questions.BENSON COMMENTARY For this is an argument of a mind unthankful for the many mercies which men enjoy even in evil times.

MOST PEOPLE WHO FIGHT YOU DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DO WHAT THEY DOJOHN 15:25 ...They hated me without a cause.GILL'S EXPOSITION They hated me without a cause; without any reason for it, Christ having given them no provocation, or just cause of offence, anger, or hatred.*Hatred without a cause is equal...

CHOOSE HAPPINESSECCLESIASTES 2:26 To the man who please him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness.WEBSTER'S DEFINITION of HAPPINESS enjoyment of pleasure without pain, blessedness, satisfaction, elegance, appropriateness and blissMATTHEW HENRY'S COMMENTARY To those that are accepted of the L...

HOPEROMANS 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.NIV STUDY Any hope the Christian has comes from God by the power of the Holy Spirit. Hope cannot be conjured up by human effort; it is God's...