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1 Peter Chapter 3 – A Detailed, Study Bible Commentary

By Ekombe Hau -
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1 Peter Chapter 3 – A Detailed, Study Bible Commentary Photo by  iam_os  on  Unsplash I open 1 Peter chapter 3, I feel this strange mix of calm heaviness—like when you smell old paper in a Bible that’s been read too many times and you can almost taste the dust on the page. It’s one of those chapters that feels gentle and sharp at the same time. Soft like wool on the skin, but with a little thorn hiding in it. And honestly, that’s fitting, because Peter wrote to people walking through fire yet told them to answer with peace. Kinda wild. And so here we go, verse by verse, thought by thought, with those ancient Greek words whispering through the text like the sound of a slow wind moving through cedar trees, and sometimes I’ll dip into Hebrew roots where the ideas overlap—because the Bible breathes in both languages like lungs inhale and exhale. “Wives, likewise, be subject to your own husbands...” Greek key word: hypotassō (ὑποτάσσω) — “to arrange under, to willingly ...
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A Happy New Year Sermon (NIV) — A Verse-by-Verse Journey Through Hope, Faith, and God’s Quiet Whispers

By Ekombe Hau -
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A Happy New Year Sermon (NIV) — Verse-by-Verse Journey Through Hope, Faith. Photo by Natalie Kinnear on Unsplash There’s something strange about the way a new year feels, right? It’s like the air itself got washed overnight. You wake up and somehow the old troubles feel a bit lighter, even if they’re still sitting at the table drinking your tea. I don’t know about you, but every New Year’s morning, I get this tiny spark inside me—like God tapping my heart saying, “Hey, we’re going again.” And sometimes I’m excited, sometimes tired, sometimes confused, sometimes all three. So in this study, I want to walk through a kind of “New Year Sermon” rooted mainly in Psalm 65:11 (NIV) and a few other anchor verses around it. It’s not a traditional verse-by-verse of one chapter, but more like a verse-by-verse journey through a “Happy New Year message” straight from Scripture. And I’ll wander a bit, like humans do when they talk too long and start telling stories. The NIV puts Psalm 65:11 bea...
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A Happy New Year Sermons (NKJV) – Verse-by-Verse Commentary & Reflection

By Ekombe Hau -
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A Happy New Year Sermons (NKJV) – Verse-by-Verse Commentary & Reflection Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash New Year sermons always hits me with this weird mix of hope and heaviness. I don’t know about you, but every December 31st I sorta sit there with a cup of chai or coffee (depends on the mood really) and just stare at the window thinking, “Man… how did the entire year slip like that?” And sometimes the past feels loud, noisy inside your head—regrets banging like old dishes in a sink. But the Bible, especially the NKJV passages we’re gonna walk through today, always pulls me back into something steadier than my anxious thoughts. So today I want to walk you gently, verse by verse, through a kind of “New Year sermon collection” built from different Scriptures. Not a rigid outline, more like wandering through a garden of Scriptures and stopping whenever something smells sweet or stings a little. And we talk about it. Like friends. Like a Bible study in someone’s living room wh...
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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon

By Ekombe Hau -
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A Year Held in His Hands| A New Year Sermon Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash Every time a new year comes close, something in me start feeling that weird mix of excitement and heaviness. Maybe you know the feeling too—like you’re standing at this invisible doorway. One foot in the old year (the stuff you want to forget but somehow still sticks to you like stubborn glue), and the other foot stepping into something you still can’t see clearly. And sometimes you’re hopeful, sometimes you’re scared, sometimes you’re… well, both at the same time. I was thinking about all that while reading some Scriptures again, and honestly, it hit me harder this year. Maybe because life been kinda loud lately, or maybe because I’m tired of pretending everything always makes sense. But the Bible does this thing, right? It sneaks into the parts of your heart you thought you cleaned up, and suddenly you realize God is trying to talk to you again. Even if it feels like you weren’t exactly listening. S...
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