Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever... Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away... (Hebrews 13:8; 1 Corinthians 13:8)


 

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints... (Psalm 116:15)


 

"Bring me the head of John the Baptist..." - On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!” Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter..” The king was consumed with sorrow (knowing that John the Baptist was a prophet of God), but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her. So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison. The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother... (Mark 6:21-28)


  

"Bring me the head of John the Baptist..." - On Herod’s birthday, her opportunity arose. Herod held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.” And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!” Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter..” The king was consumed with sorrow (knowing that John the Baptist was a prophet of God), but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her. So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison. The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother... (Mark 6:21-28)

ترنيمة لا لا تتركني

I am not The One. But there is One coming after me Whose sandals' straps I am unworthy to untie... He must increase and I must decrease... (John 1:27; John 3:30)


 

Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he... (Matthew 11:11)


 

المعصرة - للقديس شربل

Thursday, June 12, 2025

You are radiant with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game... And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp... My eyes have seen The King in all His splendour... My eyes have seen His salvation... (Psalm 76:4; Revelation 21:23; Isaiah 33:17; Luke 2:30)


 


 

A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you... (Psalm 91:7)


 

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths... (Proverbs 3:5-6)


 

"He who puts everything in the hand of God, will see the hand of God in everything..."


 

... but you excel them all. (Psalm 84:10)


 

Those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not become weary, they will walk and not faint... (Psalm 84:10)


 


 

"Our hearts O Lord are made for You and they are restless until they rest in You..."


 

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness... (Psalm 84:10)