Bible Study
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Love’s Journey to the Cross: First day in Lent
Love’s Journey to the Cross – Lent Reflections (Art by Moriah Misner) Easter is the most important event in our world history, and yet it can sneak up on us. We often spend so much time focusing on Christmas, that we forget Part 2, …the dying to self-part and receiving new life in Christ. Christmas…
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By this…, everyone will know!
Awesome excerpt from Tammy Strait… We were made for community. We were made to live our actual lives in community with other people. People who’ve gone before us, stand beside us, and come up behind us. If we’re going to run this race keeping our eyes on Jesus, it’s not going to happen by accident…
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What is Lent? (Journey to the Cross)
How will you journey this Lenten season? First the background… The 6 weeks before Easter is called the “Lenten Season”. It’s a time to focus on Christ’s sacrifice of death for our life. Because Jesus rose from the dead, we too can rise and enjoy heaven forever when we put our trust in Him. LENT…
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Comparison Steals our Joy
I was asked to prepare a talk on comparison for teens and twenties. Here’s what I learned. (Sources at the bottom.) Comparison washes away God’s plan for us and sidetracks us with someone else’s journey. Questions to ponder: When you play games, are you a good loser? How do you handle winning? Have…
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Have An Epiphany (A Light Bulb Moment)
You and I can do Christmas and completely miss the wonder and epiphany of it all! Today is the Day of Epiphany (January 6). What’s an epiphany? • a moment of sudden revelation or insight. (A light bulb moment!) • an appearance of a divine or supernatural being. We just celebrated Christmas, now it’s a…
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You Let Me Rest
I’ve been meditating on this old familiar Psalm quite a bit lately… May you too turn it into a prayer for yourself… “You let me rest in fields of green grass. You lead me to streams of peaceful water, and you refresh my life. You are true to your name, and you lead me along…
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Friendship
I’m pondering God’s words on friendship… (I made these notes several years ago. I can’t recall the source and did a search. Please post a link if you can find the original source besides the Word of God…) True and Lasting Friendship Can Occur Suddenly 1 Samuel 18:1–3 After David had finished talking with Saul,…
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Easter Sunday Reading: He is Risen!
Begin with no candles lit. HE IS GOD! He cannot stay dead. HE IS ALIVE. The true Glory of God shines in the world. The Light has won! The Eternal Light! TheBright Morning Star! The Light of the World! The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek…
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Good Friday reading: John 18-19 ERV – When Jesus finished… – Bible Gateway
Click here to read: John 18-19 ERV – Jesus Is Arrested – When Jesus finished praying… – Bible Gateway.
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Lenten Reading for Palm Sunday, the Sixth Sunday in Lent:
Light two candles. God made very sure that we could understand who He is, what He is like, and what He wants for and from us. He did this by sending his Son, Jesus. Now we don’t have just the written Word, we have the Living Word—a real person. When people watched Jesus, they were…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 