Randall Johnson

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Test of Love (2:7-11)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Test of Love Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Test of Obedience (2:3-6)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: The Test of Obedience And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar,

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Perfectionism (1:10-2:2)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Perfectionism If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Rationalizing Sin (1:8-10)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Rationalizing Sin If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Fear of Exposure (1:5-7)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Fear of Exposure This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Knockoffs (1:1-4)

Daily Thoughts from 1 John: Knockoffs That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word

Daily Thoughts from Joel: Compelling Vision (3:17-21)

“So you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, my holy mountain. And Jerusalem shall be holy, and strangers shall never again pass through it. “And in that day the mountains

Daily Thoughts from Joel: Doing Our Part (3:1-16)

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“For behold, in those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. And I will enter into

Daily Thoughts from Joel: Poured Out Spirit (2:28-32)

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions.

Daily Thoughts from Joel: What the Locusts Have Eaten (2:18-27)

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Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people. The Lord answered and said to his people, “Behold, I am sending to you grain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied; and I will

Daily Thoughts from Joel: Torn Hearts (2:1-17)

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Blow a trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming; it is near, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and

Daily Thoughts from Joel: How Should We Mourn? (1:13-20)

Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house

Daily Thoughts from Joel: Disaster Relief (1:1-12)

The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? Tell

Daily Thoughts from Numbers: Israel in the Land (36:1-13)

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The heads of the fathers’ houses of the clan of the people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs,

Daily Thoughts from Numbers: Discipline and the Divine Presence (35:1-34)

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The LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, “Command the people of Israel to give to the Levites some of the inheritance of their possession as cities for them to

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