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    Random Thoughts- 32

    Though I am a Physician and do consultant practise concentrating on Diabetics, Hypertensives and Dyslipidemics, I often have to attend to pediatric patients in my clinic. Children like to come to my clinic because unless absolutely necessary I do not prescribe them injections. The children in...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 144 You have been a refuge for the poor, a refuge for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like a storm driving against a wall and like the heat of the desert. You silence the uproar of...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 143 I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. (Isaiah 42:16) Another...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 142 "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.â€Â(Jeremiah 1:5) So many things happened without Jeremiah even realizing it. He was known by God before he was formed in the...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 141 Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Hebrews 9:27...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 140 By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. (1 Corinthians 6:14) As one reads of Apostle Paul making this statement, it is evident that he is convinced of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead and also that those who believe...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 139 The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place." (Judges 7:7) 7th book of the Bible, 7th Chapter, 7th verse...Wonderful Promise to...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 138 Have no fear of sudden disaster or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked, for the LORD will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being snared. (Proverbs 3:25,26) What's our confidence? The things that we boast about is where our confidence lies...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 137 Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." (John 20:29) Do you believe that Jesus is with you, to be specific, near you, as you read this devotional? You can't see him yet you...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 136 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked. (Psalm 97:10) Do you believe that? I mean the part of the verse above that says, ...."for he guards the lives of his faithful...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 135 For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. (Psalm 48:14) I guess one could not ask for a better guide in this earthly sojourn. But God does not guide anyone unless they choose to have a personal relationship with him...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 134 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. (Matthew 13:43) Jesus stated this after telling his hearers a parable; in fact he spoke a series of parables on this occasion as he sat in a boat and the...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 133 Do not be afraid, O worm Jacob, O little Israel, for I myself will help you, declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. (Isaiah 41:14) Have you ever felt insignificant? Not of much worth or any at all? It happens sometimes to most believer's...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 132 "Take away the stone," he said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days." Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" (John 11:39...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 131 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Romans 15:13) Life can be depressing; living can often be tormenting; yet we live on; thanks to the God of hope, Jesus...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 130 I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her." (Mark 14:9) The woman about whom this was said may not have believed this herself when Jesus said it, but it has been proved...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 129 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? (Luke 18:7) Do you feel God will keep putting you off all the time? Do you feel that your prayers are not going to be answered? Now...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 128 They will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will overcome them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings - and with him will be his called, chosen and faithful followers." (Revelation 17:14) The above is a prophecy regarding a future war between the...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 127 "For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. (Isaiah 54:7) Abandoned by all. Abandoned by God too. Whatever be the cause. It must have been a terrible experience. You must have wished to die but that too didn't happen...
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    Simple Thoughts On Promises

    Simple Thoughts On Promises- 126 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though...