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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...

GOD REJOICES THAT MAN IS RESTOREDMATTHEW 18:12,13 "What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep ...

IN LIFE AS IN FOOTBALL, FALL FORWARD WHEN YOU FALLPROVERBS 24:16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.ELLICOTT'S COMMENTARY That is, falls into trouble (not sin, as is often supposed). Therefore thy malice will be of no avail, fo...

ALWAYS AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES 2 CORINTHIANS 9:8 And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furn...

IT IS NOT WISE TO ASK SUCH QUESTIONSECCLESIASTES 7:10 Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these?" For it is not wise to ask such questions.MATTHEW HENRY'S COMMENTARY It is folly to cry out upon the badness of our times, when we have more reason to cry out for the badness of our own hea...

JEALOUS BEHAVIOR OVER ILLUSIONSPROVERBS 27:4 Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?GILL'S EXPOSITION Jealousy privately contrives and works the ruin of another, it can be the same as coveting which is an internal, heart-issue.

THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS MY LORDHuman nature tends to romanticize the past, especially if we perceive today to be less desirable. But our calling as believers is to live in the present.PHILIPPIANS 3:8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing gr...

 1 CORINTHIANS 10:20-21 No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons.BARNES' NOTES T...