Category: Bible Study

  • Perception of Life: To Overcome Life Setbacks, Use Long-Term Thinking

    By Zheng Nuo A friend came to me and complained about her recent months of unsatisfactory working. “Some time ago, I was assigned to be in charge of the project in collaboration with a foreign-capital enterprise. Once the cooperation is successful, I would get the work opportunity abroad. I was thrilled, so I worked overtime almost every day collating information, striving for the acquisition of the project. But when the preparation work was ready, a series of unexpected bad news…

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  • 12 Bible Verses About Strength That Will Lift Your Soul

    Although we believe in God, we have little confidence in God. The following 12 Bible verses about strength will help us increase our confidence in God. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. Isaiah 33:2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be you their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might…

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  • Moses Sends 12 Spies to Canaan

    Sweet Publishing/FreeBibleimages.org/CC BY-SA 3.0 Spies Sent to Canaan (Numbers 13:1-16) 1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of…

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  • If All Goes Well, Can We Be Mature?

    In the past, I read a fable. Once upon a time, there was a farmer, who hoped that the wheat was never in danger and only enjoyed fair weather. Then his wheat indeed grew up in such an environment. But when the harvest season arrived, there was no grain in the husk of wheat. It turned out that wheat harvest must be based on the baptism of frozen landscape and wind, sun, rain, snow sleet, that is to say, only…

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  • Bible Verses About Stress and Worry—Building Faith in God Is Very Important

    We have selected twenty Bible verses about stress and worry and we hope these verses can help us build faith in God. When we meet stress and difficulties, we should believe God’s mighty power and commit our difficulties to Him. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. 1 John 3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care on him;…

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  • Moses Breaks the Tablets

    (Exodus 32:15-35) 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. 16 And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven on the tables. 17 And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses,…

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  • Hardships Turn Out to Be Special Blessings From God

    By Li Zhi In the cold month, north wind brings bone-aching chill, and a heavy fall of snow covers the ground—pines and cypresses are standing on the hillside facing the cold wind, still green and tall. Despite the wind and frost, and rapid climate change, they are always proud and extraordinary, continuing unabated in front of cold waves. The harsh environment seems to be very unfavorable to the pine and cypress, but their tenacious lives are actually built through terrible…

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  • Bible Verses About Spiritual Warfare: How to Overcome Satan’s Temptation

    In life, we often suffer from illnesses, misfortunes of families, difficulties at work, and disasters. Therefore, our hearts stray from God and we are unwilling to read the Bible, attend meetings, or take part in church life; we fall into Satan’s temptations, doubt and complain against God, and may even sever our relationship with God, and be carried off by Satan. So how can we see through Satan’s schemes in spiritual warfare and rely on God to overcome Satan’s temptations?…

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  • The Israelites Worship the Golden Calf

      The Golden Calf (Exodus 32:1-6) 1 And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden earrings, which are…

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  • How Should We Respond to Unpleasant Things?

    By Li Yan One day, as I sat there flipping through the magazine, a small story caught my attention. One day in 1914, a massive fire raged through inventor Edison’s lab complex, burning five city blocks and destroying almost his entire operation and his life’s work. His wife broke down in tears in the face of damage, but Edison responded in a way that showed total control over his emotions. He thought disaster was also valuable, because he had just…

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