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GNB 3.265
November 21, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water. The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire.” (Isaiah 1.30-31) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: As a follow-up to yesterday’s reflection,…
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GNB 3.264
November 20, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City. Zion will be delivered with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness. Both rebels and sinners will be broken, and those who forsake the Lord will…
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GNB 3.263
November 19, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her— but now murderers! They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow’s case does not come before them.” (Isaiah 1.21, 23b) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: I…
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GNB 3.262
November 18, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord.“Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;but if you resist and…
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GNB 3.261
November 17, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend…
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GNB 3.260
November 15, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood! Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend…
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GNB 3.259
November 14, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “[Isaiah] Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah! ‘The multitude of your sacrifices— what are they to me?’ [says the Lord].” (Isaiah 1.10-11a) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Following yesterday’s literal lead, the “good news” was: there were…
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GNB 3.258
November 13, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.” (Isaiah 1.9) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: You know those “good news/bad news” jokes, right? They usually start with the question “Which do you want to hear first? The good…
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GNB 3.257
November 12, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord. They have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.” (Isaiah 1.4) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: We have heard it often, “Why do bad…
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GNB 3.256
November 11, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “’Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the Lord has spoken [and this is what He has said]’: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner’s manger, but Israel does not know; [yes] My people do not understand.‘” (Isaiah…