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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

In the early 1990s, Americans spent annually twice as much on cut flowers as on overseas Protestant ministries, twice as much on women’s sheer hosiery, one and a half times as much on video games, one and a half times as much on pinball machines, slightly more on the lawn industry, about five times as much on pets, one and a half times as much on skin care, almost one and a half times as much on chewing gum, almost three times as much on swimming pools and accessories, approximately seven times as much on sweets, seventeen times as much on diets and diet-related products, twenty times as much on sports activities, approximately 26 times as much on soft drinks, and a staggering 140 times as much on legalized gambling activities.
Craig Blomberg

It is our duty to look to God's commands, and not to His decrees; to our own duty, and not to His purposes. The decrees of God are a vast ocean, into which many possibly have curiously pried to their own horror and despair; but few or none have ever pried into them to their own profit and satisfaction.
Thomas Boston

    • Bible Reading: JUL05: Psalm 119:1-88

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    JULY 5

    Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, containing
    176 verses. Each verse, with the exception of verses 90, 121, 122,
    and 132, mentions the Word of God under one of these names–Law,
    Testimony, Judgments, Statutes, Commandments, Precepts, Word,
    Ordinances, or Ways. This Psalm is known as an acrostic, or
    alphabetic Psalm. It has 22 stanzas, and in most editions of the
    Bible its 22 sections are headed by the successive letters of the
    Hebrew alphabet. The Jews wrote in this fashion to make memorization
    easier for them. The writer is unknown, but refers to himself some
    325 times. He was suffering for His love of God’s law (verses 22,
    50-53, 95, 98, and 115), yet was determined to obey the Word,
    regardless of the cost.

    The number eight is stamped all over this Psalm. Each
    section has eight verses; there are special names for God’s Word
    listed; there are eight symbols of God’s Word given. The word
    “eight” in Hebrew literally means “abundance, more than enough.” It
    is as though the writer of this great Psalm is saying, “God’s Word
    is enough! If you have the Bible that is all you need.” The Bible
    points us to Christ. He is the living Word, about whom the writer
    speaks.

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