Into All The World | Travis & Teri Snode

A Hymn History taken from K. W. Osbeck’s book Amazing grace: 366 inspiring hymn stories for daily devotions.  Day by Day by Lina Sandell Berg, 1832–1903. Translated by Andrew L. Skoog, 1856–1934. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with [...]

Song of Solomon 4:7 “Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.” Love does not see the spots.  Love will consider the one loved to be all fair.  Hatred can see no good.  Hatred can only see spots. How do you view those you claim to love?  Do you only see [...]

Ecclesiastes 11:4 “He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.” There will always be a reason to not sow or reap.  For the man or woman who is looking for an excuse, they will always find one. The farmer who goes out and looks at the [...]

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: [...]

Ecclesiastes 2:11 “Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.” At the end of his life, Solomon wrote the book of Ecclesiastes.  He was [...]

Proverbs 30:25 “The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer.” The ants are described as things that are little upon the earth but exceeding wise in Proverbs 30:24.  Here is why they are so wise. They are a people not strong, but they prepare their meat in the [...]

Proverbs 29:25-26 “The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe. 26 Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.” Our motivation for why we do things is very important.  Are we motivated by what others think?  Are we more concerned with [...]

Proverbs 24:30-34 “I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, [...]

Proverbs 21:2 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts.” Most people think that they are not that bad, that they are okay, and that what they are doing is right.  We have a distorted view of our own goodness.  We tend to rationalize, justify, and make [...]

Proverbs 18:8 “The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.” Words are very powerful.  The old saying, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” simply is not true.  Most people would rather deal with the physical paint of [...]