Tag Archives: Comfort

Life In Focus 7/01/2023

Leadership Principles From Nehemiah – 5 Leaders Adapt to Adversity (Nehemiah 4:8-9). MANY people run from adversity; wise leaders expect it to happen occasionally. Wherever change and progress are underway, competing interests inevitably rise to challenge them. At that point, … Continue reading

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Our Weapon

For Saturday July 1, 2023 Ephesians 6:17 Take . . . the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. It seems as if everywhere you look these days, someone is pushing a new philosophy—one that won’t offend … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 7/01/2023

I am ready to preach the gospel – Romans 1:15 Billy Graham HOPE is both biologically and psychologically VITAL. Men and women MUST have hope. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, Holman Christian Standard Bible®, HCSB © … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 7/01/2023

Unworthy Goals Whoever is pregnant with evil conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment. – Psalm 7:14. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!” The disciples … Continue reading

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Jesus Is Coming Again! – 15

Scripture Text – Matthew 24:3-14 The Resurrection The coming of the Lord will affect all the inhabitants of the earth. The Church will be “caught away”; Israel will be put through the “fiery furnace of tribulation” but finally gloriously delivered … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/30/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord Almighty we praise you for the way Jesus identified himself with us. He entered into our pain, our rejection, our sorrow, our hopes, and, through his baptism, he even tasted the results and effects of … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/30/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Luke 5:10

Friday June 30, 2023 Luke 5:10 And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid. From now on you will catch men.” When Peter, in great distress because of sin, asked Jesus to depart from him, he did not feel … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/30/2023

The Vine and the Branches Jesus isn’t simply a high priority or even the highest priority of our lives. He is the source of life. In the Gospel of John, Jesus teaches the disciples that they need to depend on … Continue reading

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Counselor – Paraclete

The Holy Spirit Ministers To Believers “When He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/29/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we adore you and we praise you. We bring our praises in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord. We praise you for the way he demonstrated your merciful love and your gentle … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/29/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Direction of Discipline

Thursday June 29, 2023 Matthew 5:30 “And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/29/2023

Concerning Knowledge and Eating Meat It’s easy to equate knowledge with faith and then look down on new believers. Although we might not voice it, those who are less knowledgeable in their faith can seem weak. And sometimes, instead of … Continue reading

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The Lord God Is Our Strength – 4

Scripture References: Habakkuk 3:2-6; 17-19 In the midst of horrid circumstances tainted with implication that God somehow caused the pain as a means of judgment, Habakkuk is singing, and his song says he will rejoice in the Lord anyway, not … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 6/28/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Heavenly Holy Father, we worship you, the one true living God who is very real, very near, and present and active in the world that Christ died to heal. We seek to praise you in the … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 6/28/2023

Thinking, praying, reading, studying the Bible – when we do these things, we are reflecting on the Word of God. To reflect is to contemplate and/or consider, and God wants us to deeply reflect on His Word so that we … Continue reading

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Song of Solomon 8:5

Wednesday June 28, 2023 Song of Solomon 8:5 Leaning upon her beloved. Shall you make the claim most practical and real and lean like John your full weight on the Lord’s breast? That is the way He would have us … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 6/28/2023

Signs and Satire The images of judgment in Psalm 7 are sometimes hard to take. We are so acquainted with a God of love that it’s difficult to understand a God who blinds eyes, hardens hearts, and “has indignation every … Continue reading

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The Lord God Is Our Strength – 3

Scripture References: Habakkuk 3:2-6; 17-19 Light dominates the sight of God who comes to deliver the people. Rays, like rays of the sun, shone forth from divine hands, but while the light tells of God’s splendor and might, it also … Continue reading

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