Tag Archives: Encouragement

Reflecting With God 8/28/2023

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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Grace Comes By Jesus Christ

Monday August 28, 2023 John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Here are two important truths. . . . The first truth is that no one ever was saved, no … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/28/2023

God Gets 100% An ill-prepared college student taking an economics exam just before Christmas vacation wrote on his paper. “Only God knows the answers to these questions. Merry Christmas!” The professor graded the papers and wrote this note: “God gets … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/28/2023

Operating Standards Sometimes I operate on the premise that if I’m honoring God and following Him, I don’t have to be concerned with what other people think. But carrying this too far is just as faulty as basing my identity … Continue reading

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The Servant’s Seeming Contradictions – 1

Scripture Reference: Mark 10 As a master Teacher, our Lord used many different approaches in sharing God’s Word: symbols, miracles, types, parables, proverbs, and paradoxes. A paradox is a statement that seems to contradict itself and yet expresses a valid … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 8/26/2023

The Next Test HOW long Abram dwelt here in peace and quietness we do not know. The Lord gave him a little season of rest and refreshing, and then puts His servant to the next great trial and test. There … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 8/26/2023

How We Know About God OUR understanding of God comes from three levels of His self-disclosure: the general revelation of Himself through nature, which He created (Psalm 19:1–6), the special revelation of His Word (Psalm 19:7–11), and the particular work … Continue reading

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Enthusiasm Makes the Difference

For Saturday August 26, 2023 Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men. Motivational speaker Jeffrey Gitomer points out, “At the beginning of any task, more than anything else, your attitude will … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 8/26/2023

Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. COLOSSIANS 3:14 Billy Graham I am now aware that the FAMILY OF GOD contains people of VARIOUS ethnological, cultural, class, and denominational DIFFERENCES…Within the true church there is a mysterious UNITY … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 8/26/2023

Because She Cared [The Lord] says: “It is too small a thing for you to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 8/26/2023

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 47 To have blessings and to prize them is to be in Heaven; to have them and not to prize them is to be in Hell, I would say upon Earth: To prize them … Continue reading

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Majoring on Minors – 4

Scripture References: Philippians 1:1-11 Our Great Privileges in Christ – Continued We Are the Recipients of a Divine Fellowship In verses 3–8, Paul speaks of the blessed fellowship that he and the Philippians enjoyed in Christ: “I thank my God … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/25/2023

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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Matthew 11:28

Friday August 25, 2023 Matthew 11:28 “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” It was a joy to Jesus to call unto Himself all who labored and were heavy laden … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/25/2023

On Long Prayers “Pa,” asked a little boy, “does the Lord know every thing?” “Yes, my son,” replied the father; “but why do you ask that question?” “Because,” replied the boy, “our preacher, when he prays, is so long telling … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 8/25/2023

It’s Actually Quite Simple “May my teaching trickle like the dew, my words like rain showers on tender grass . . . For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh; ascribe greatness to our God! The Rock, his work is … Continue reading

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Majoring on Minors – 3

Scripture References: Philippians 1:1-11 Our Great Privileges in Christ – Continued We Are the Recipients of Divine Peace Continuing on, this is a second great privilege that is ours: “And peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,” … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/24/2023

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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The Spiritual Index

Thursday August 24, 2023 Matthew 7:9 “Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?” The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 8/24/2023

Mark Twain’s Address One day at the Knickerbockers Club in New York, a group of Mark Twain’s friends recalled that it was his birthday, and decided to write him a collective letter. They composed seven or eight pages of nonsense … Continue reading

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