Bible Study
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Praising God in The Midst of Trials
“Every time we experience a trial, the world watches to see the substance of our faith – watches to see if we maintain our love and devotion; watches to see if God will see us through this difficult time. There may often be no better way to minister to others than to simply praise God…
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In Your Quest for Self-Gratification, Do You Neglect Others?
In your quest for self-gratification, do you neglect others? “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” (Luke 10:27 The Message) And if you don’t love yourself, ask God to show you how He sees you. Understanding His great…
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Are Monsters Beyond Forgiving?
“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have…they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of…
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A Kiss Instead of a Lecture (Grace)
“You’re worried about permissiveness – about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it’s okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God’s forgiveness… While you and I may be worried about seeming to give permission, Jesus apparently wasn’t.…
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What He Went Through For You
I was again thinking about how Isaiah prophesied about Jesus 500 years before He came. I read this passage again… What I love about this passage below is how descriptive it is in how Jesus understands our deepest pain. Plus He willingly went through pain for us to defeat the bondage of sin and death.…
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You Can’t “Put God On the Shelf”
Be Indifferent About the Stuff that Doesn’t Matter! “Our world is full of distractions away from God. Don’t let your heart become indifferent to His presence and power in your life. Jesus died to give you the life you could never have apart from Him—eternal life. And He will never, never leave you alone to…
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Where To Look When Studying The Bible
“I want to make sure our pastors are teaching with their eyes fixed on holiness and the grace of God. I have them ask themselves: Am I giving each person the good message of “repent and believe the gospel,” or am I giving them heavy burdens that they can’t carry? With my seminary students, I…
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Inner Sweetness of God Himself
We love letters because of the lover and how He loves us… “The Bible is not an end in itself, but a means to bring men to an intimate and satisfying knowledge of God, that they may enter into Him, that they may delight in His presence, may taste and know the inner sweetness of…
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The Glow In Your Words
“Brethren, study God’s Word diligently for your own edification; and when it has become more to you than your necessary food, sweeter than honey or the honeycomb, it will be impossible for you to speak of it to others, without a glow passing into your words which will betray the delight with which it has…
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What Lent Really Means…..& Free Easter Devotional
I’m enjoying the reflecting journey to the cross as we draw close to remember the most important event in all of history. You too will enjoy Ann Voskamp’s writings… What Lent Really Means…..{& Free Easter Devotional Book to Make a Jesus Easter Tree} » A Holy Experience.
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 