- And he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side. The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’
- “Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you? Food doesn’t go into your heart, but only passes through the stomach and then goes into the sewer.” (By saying this, he declared that every kind of food is acceptable in God’s eyes.)
- I know the Lord is always with me.
I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me. - Others were given in exchange for you.
I traded their lives for yours
because you are precious to me.
You are honored, and I love you. - After saying this, he was taken up into a cloud while they were watching, and they could no longer see him.
- If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.
- The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
I will advise you and watch over you.” - Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins. - But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord.
Related topics
Heaven
For the Lord himself...
Love
Love is patient and...
Encouragement
But those who trust...
Family
And you must commit...
Hell
And he went to...
Death
Jesus told her, “I...
Bible verse of the day
Who is the King of glory?The Lord of Heaven’s Armies—
he is the King of glory.