Diligently Seeking Blog

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Making it a Custom to Pray for the King

Making it a Custom to Pray for the King

May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble;  May the name of the God of Jacob defend you; May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion; May He remember all your offerings,  And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah Now I know...

Pain and Redemption

Pain and Redemption

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.  —Romans 8:28 A little over a year ago, we went through a series on apologetics which focused on answering common questions people raise in...

Context Clues: What Studying the Context of Scripture Taught Me

Context Clues: What Studying the Context of Scripture Taught Me

One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” And He said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This is the great and foremost...

Starting the New year in God’s Presence

Starting the New year in God’s Presence

“So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite...

The Gifts of Christmas: Myrrh

The Gifts of Christmas: Myrrh

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. —Matthew 2:11 The next gift of Christmas is myrrh, and just...

The Gifts of Christmas: Frankincense

The Gifts of Christmas: Frankincense

After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. —Matthew 2:11 And the gifts keep coming! Today we’re going...