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Praise The Lord 9/02/2023
Hebrews 3:7-14 (NLT) The Holy Spirit says, “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts as Israel did when they rebelled, when they tested me in the wilderness. There your ancestors tested and tried my patience, even though they … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 9/01/2023
Judging Gifts Comparing our gifts to those of the person sitting in the next cubicle or pew is dangerous work. Judging ourselves by this standard denigrates or inflates the gifts we’ve been given, leading to either ungratefulness or pride. Because … Continue reading
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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 5
Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Servants Shall Be Rulers Please read Mark 10:32-45 for background to this section. The destination was still Jerusalem, and Jesus was still leading the way. As Mark wrote his account of the Savior’s journey to Calvary, … Continue reading
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My Joy . . . Your Joy
Thursday August 31, 2023 John 15:11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.” What was the joy that Jesus had? It is an insult to use … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 8/31/2023
The Misnomer About God’s Will We often hear a great misnomer about following God’s will. It usually sounds something like this: “God has commanded me to do x, so I’m going to go into x blindly without fear.” A phrase … Continue reading
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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 4
Scripture Reference: Mark 10 The First Shall Be Last – Continued Please read Mark 10:17-31 for background to this section. From last lesson: The Law can bring the sinner to Christ, but the Law cannot make the sinner like Christ. … Continue reading
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John 13:17
Wednesday August 30, 2023 John 13:17 “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” You little know the rest that comes from the yielded will, the surrendered choice, the abandoned world, the meek and lowly heart … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 8/30/2023
Be Generous to Consume? Our culture encourages us to absorb the latest and greatest, and then cast off our gently used devices. We are targeted to accumulate and consume. The new feature we learned about yesterday is now the one … Continue reading
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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 3
Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Adults Shall Be as Children – Continued Please read Mark 10:13-16 for background to this section. From last lesson: You might be asking in what ways are children a pattern? In their humble dependence on others, … Continue reading
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The Voice of the Blood of Christ
Tuesday August 29, 2023 Hebrews 12:24 The blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. There is a cry heard in heaven; the angels are astonished; they rise up from their golden seats, and they enquire, “What … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 8/29/2023
He’s Dead, But You Can Be Alive “My servant Moses is dead” (Joshua 1:2). Imagine the shock of this moment for Joshua, Moses’ right-hand man. He probably already knew about Moses’ death before God told him (Deuteronomy 34:1–8), but it’s … Continue reading
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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 2
Scripture Reference: Mark 10 Two Shall Be One – Continued Please read Mark 10:1-12 for background to this section. From last lesson: He [Jesus] put sufficient regulations around divorce so that the wives would not become victims of their husbands’ … Continue reading
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