Self First
Self First July/Holiness 26 July 2010 When is one capable of bearing witness on behalf of the souls of others? When he is capable first of bearing witness on behalf of his own. When is he capable of correcting others? When he can first correct himself. – Colman mac Beognai, Aipgitir Chrabaid (Irish, 7th century) […]
Psalm 12:6-8 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times.
Psalm 12:6-8 The words of the LORD are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace on the ground, purified seven times. You, O LORD, will keep them; you will guard us from this generation forever. On every side the wicked prowl, as vileness is exalted among the children of man. Your Word stands between […]
The First Commandment No other gods
Deuteronomy 6.4-9
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.”