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By Stephen Leonard “The Lord is MY shepherd, I shall not want. He makes ME lie down in green pastures. He leads ME beside still waters. He restores MY soul. He leads ME in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Even though I walk through the valley »

By Stephen Leonard “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes, in various »

By Stephen Leonard “Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and His greatness is unsearchable.” Psalm 145:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as He chose us »

By Stephen Leonard “More to be desired are they [God’s Word] than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.” Psalm 19:10-11 I read five books of the Bible »

By Stephen Leonard “Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” Genesis 5:24 You have heard people say when someone dies by accident or disease, while yet relatively young, even middle age, that they were taken away “in the prime of life” when »

By Stephen Leonard “I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.” Psalm 6:6 These very words, “I do not feel well,” have been spoken many times over in your life. Some have said »

By Stephen Leonard “The Lord said to Cain, ‘Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is contrary to you, but you must »

By Stephen Leonard “When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshipped him. Then opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2:10-11 »

By Stephen Leonard “And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great »

By Stephen Leonard “But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive the adoption as sons.” Galatians 4:4-5 The fourth week of Advent »

By Stephen Leonard “And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an Angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.” Luke 2:8-9 »

By Stephen Leonard “And the angel said to them, ‘Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this »