(רֹן / טָב) Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.

Acts 20:9-12 [9] Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. [10] Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!” [11] Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. [12] The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted. -------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.

2 Kings 18:7-8 [7] And the Lord was with him; he was successful in whatever he undertook. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. [8] From watchtower to fortified city, he defeated the Philistines, as far as Gaza and its territory. --------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.

2 Kings 17:18-19 [18] So the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them from his presence. Only the tribe of Judah was left, [19] and even Judah did not keep the commands of the Lord their God. They followed the practices Israel had introduced. ------------------------------------------- Romans 9:6 [6] It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. ------------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 [26] Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. [27] But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. [28] God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, [29] so that no one may boast before him. [30] It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. [31] Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.” ---------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs, N.D.S.M.D.

Hosea 1:2-3 [2] When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.’ [3] So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. ------------------------------ Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Romans 7:4-6 [4] So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. [5] For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. [6] But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. ------------------------------ Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Proverbs 9:1-12 ( Lady Wisdom ) [1] Wisdom has built her house;     she has set up its seven pillars. [2] She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine;     she has also set her table. [3] She has sent out her servants, and she calls     from the highest point of the city, [4]     “Let all who are simple come to my house!” To those who have no sense she says, [5]     “Come, eat my food     and drink the wine I have mixed. [6] Leave your simple ways and you will live;     walk in the way of insight.” [7] Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;     whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse. [8] Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you;     rebuke the wise and they will love you. [9] Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;     teach the righteous and they will add to their learning. [10] The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,     and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. [11] For through wisdom your days will be many,     and years will be added to your life. [

Psalm 82:3-4 [3] Defend the weak and the fatherless;     uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. [4] Rescue the weak and the needy;     deliver them from the hand of the wicked. ---------------------------------------- Important read:  https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2023/09/rescue-and-save.html ---------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs P.S. - thank you to Pray.com  for reminding me of this passage. ( The speaker was Bono )

Psalm 143:7-12 [7] Answer me quickly, Lord;     my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me     or I will be like those who go down to the pit. [8] Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love,     for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go,     for to you I entrust my life. [9] Rescue me from my enemies, Lord,     for I hide myself in you. [10] Teach me to do your will,     for you are my God; may your good Spirit     lead me on level ground. [11] For your name’s sake, Lord, preserve my life;     in your righteousness, bring me out of trouble. [12] In your unfailing love, silence my enemies;     destroy all my foes,     for I am your servant. -------------------------------- Important Read:  https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2023/08/always-be-good.html -------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Psalm 142:1-7 [1] I cry aloud to the Lord;     I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy. [2] I pour out before him my complaint;     before him I tell my trouble. [3] When my spirit grows faint within me,     it is you who watch over my way. In the path where I walk     people have hidden a snare for me. [4] Look and see, there is no one at my right hand;     no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge;     no one cares for my life. [5] I cry to you, Lord;     I say, “You are my refuge,     my portion in the land of the living.” [6] Listen to my cry,     for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me,     for they are too strong for me. [7] Set me free from my prison,     that I may praise your name. Then the righteous will gather about me     because of your goodness to me. ----------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Psalm 141:1-10 [1] I call to you, Lord, come quickly to me;     hear me when I call to you. [2] May my prayer be set before you like incense;     may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice. [3] Set a guard over my mouth, Lord;     keep watch over the door of my lips. [4] Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil     so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers;     do not let me eat their delicacies. [5] Let a righteous man strike me—that is a kindness;     let him rebuke me—that is oil on my head. My head will not refuse it,     for my prayer will still be against the deeds of evildoers. [6] Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs,     and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken. [7] They will say, “As one plows and breaks up the earth,     so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of the grave.” [8] But my eyes are fixed on you, Sovereign Lord;     in you I take refuge—do not give me over to death. [9] Keep me s

2 Kings 5:25-26 [25] When he went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Where have you been, Gehazi?” “Your servant didn’t go anywhere,” Gehazi answered. [26] But Elisha said to him, “Was not my spirit with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to take money or to accept clothes—or olive groves and vineyards, or flocks and herds, or male and female slaves? ---------------------------------- More on bilocation ->  https://aleteia.org/2023/06/13/what-is-bilocation (Archived)  https://web.archive.org/web/20230613101019/https://aleteia.org/2023/06/13/what-is-bilocation/ ---------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Proverbs 17:22 [22] A cheerful heart is good medicine,     but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. ---------------------------------- Read more on being happy ->  https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2024/02/what-lord-our-god-loves-and-what-he.html ---------------------------------- Read more on being sad ->  https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2024/02/on-sorrow.html ---------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

2 Kings 2:22-25 [22] And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken. [23] From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” [24] He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. [25] And he went on to Mount Carmel and from there returned to Samaria. ---------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

1 John 2:15-16 [15] Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. [16] For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. ---------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Proverbs 5:18-19 [18] May your fountain be blessed,     and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. [19] A loving doe, a graceful deer—     may her breasts satisfy you always,     may you ever be intoxicated with her love. -------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Hello, I've created a Basic Music Dashboard in Google's Looker Studio  web application. ( I've created some in the past using Tableau here and here ).  The web application is free ( but limited ) and it just might help you fish for fish if you learn it. Below is the screenshot of the ( very basic ) dashboard and you can view and interact with it Here  ( best viewed using Chrome , and,   just refresh or re-open the page if there are dataset errors ). Note: The religious bands/musicians are found under the 'Religion' and 'Gospel' genres. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Hebrews 10:11-14 [11] Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. [12] But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, [13] and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. [14] For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. -------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Proverbs 17:11 [11] Evildoers foster rebellion against God;     the messenger of death will be sent against them. --------------------------------------- 2 Kings 19:35 [35] That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies! --------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

1 Samuel 16:16  ( Old Testament ) [16] Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.” --------------------------------- Titus 3:5-6  ( New Testament ) [5] he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, [6] whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, --------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

1 Kings 13:18-22 [18] The old prophet answered, “I too am a prophet, as you are. And an angel said to me by the word of the Lord: ‘Bring him back with you to your house so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” (But he was lying to him.) [19] So the man of God returned with him and ate and drank in his house. [20] While they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the old prophet who had brought him back. [21] He cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You have defied the word of the Lord and have not kept the command the Lord your God gave you. [22] You came back and ate bread and drank water in the place where he told you not to eat or drink. Therefore your body will not be buried in the tomb of your ancestors.’” ----------------- Jeremiah 14:14 [14] Then the Lord said to me, “The prophets are prophesying lies in my name. I have not sent them or appointed them or spoken to them. They are prophesying to you false visions, di

1 Kings 11:14 [14] Then the Lord raised up against Solomon an adversary, Hadad the Edomite, from the royal line of Edom. -------------------------------------- 1 Kings 11:23 [23] And God raised up against Solomon another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah. -------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

1 Kings 10:14-15 [14] The weight of the gold that Solomon received yearly was 666 talents, [15] not including the revenues from merchants and traders and from all the Arabian kings and the governors of the territories. ----------------------------- Ezra 2:13 [13] of Adonikam 666 ----------------------------- Revelation 13:18 [18] This calls for wisdom. Let the person who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. That number is 666. ----------------------------- Rest in peace, Mr. Laurer. https://www.ithistory.org/honor-roll/mr-george-joseph-laurer Archived:  https://web.archive.org/web/20181218075624/https://www.ithistory.org/honor-roll/mr-george-joseph-laurer ----------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

From the Lament of the Bow 2 Samuel 1:25-27 [25] “How the mighty have fallen in battle!     Jonathan lies slain on your heights. [26] I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;     you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful,     more wonderful than that of women. [27] “How the mighty have fallen!     The weapons of war have perished!” -------------------------------- Proverbs 17:17 [17] A friend loves at all times,     and a brother is born for a time of adversity. -------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Proverbs 12:10 [10] The righteous care for the needs of their animals,     but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel. ----------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Psalm 127:3-5 [3] Children are a heritage from the Lord,     offspring a reward from him. [4] Like arrows in the hands of a warrior     are children born in one’s youth. [5] Blessed is the man     whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame     when they contend with their opponents in court. ---------------------------------- Malachi 2:15 [15] Has not the one God made you? You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring. So be on your guard, and do not be unfaithful to the wife of your youth. ---------------------------------- Proverbs 17:6 [6] Children’s children are a crown to the aged,     and parents are the pride of their children. ---------------------------------- Proverbs 17:21 [21] To have a fool for a child brings grief;     there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. ---------------------------------- Proverbs 23:24 [24] The father of a righteous child has great joy;     a man who fathers a wise son rejoices in him

Psalm 107:10-16 [10] Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,     prisoners suffering in iron chains, [11] because they rebelled against God’s commands     and despised the plans of the Most High. [12] So he subjected them to bitter labor;     they stumbled, and there was no one to help. [13] Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,     and he saved them from their distress. [14] He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,     and broke away their chains. [15] Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love     and his wonderful deeds for mankind, [16] for he breaks down gates of bronze     and cuts through bars of iron.  ------------------------------------------ Psalm 146:7-8 [7] He upholds the cause of the oppressed     and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, [8]     the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down,     the Lord loves the righteous. ------------------------------------------ Psalm 142:6-7 [6] Lis

Ezekiel 37:1-10 [1] The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. [2] He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. [3] He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said, “Sovereign Lord, you alone know.” [4] Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! [5] This is what the Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. [6] I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’” [7] So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. [8] I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them,

Proverbs 16:24 [24] Gracious words are a honeycomb,     sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. ----------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

1 Kings 1:1-2 [1] When King David was very old, he could not keep warm even when they put covers over him. [2] So his attendants said to him, “Let us look for a young virgin to serve the king and take care of him. She can lie beside him so that our lord the king may keep warm.” ------------------------------------ Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Originally posted on Sept. 19, 2023 https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-love-hurts-series-divorce.html ------------------------------- Continuation: Matthew 19:3-6 [3] Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” [4] “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’ [5] and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? [6] So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” ------------------------------- 1 Corinthians 7:10-16 [10] To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. [11] But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. [12] To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who i

Originally posted on May 14, 2023   https://rontabs.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-truth-about-our-doctors.html -------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs

Galatians 6:1-2 [1] Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. [2] Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. ------------------------------------- Keep the Faith. Best regards, Bro. Rontabs