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Spiritual Nuggets 9/19/2023
More Than I Can Handle “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle.” This Christian maxim is a well-meaning attempt at putting our difficult times into perspective. It holds the view that God knows our weaknesses and knows when … Continue reading
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The Prevailing Church – 2
Scripture Reference: Matthew 16:13-25 2. The Church’s Effectual Relationship to Christ After Peter made his great confession regarding his faith in Jesus, our Lord said: “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not … Continue reading
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Be Ye Holy!
Monday September 18, 2023 1 Peter 1:15-16 As He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, because it is written, “Be holy, for I am holy.” You cannot study the Bible diligently and earnestly … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 9/18/2023
If Life Were a Musical Maybe life should be more like a musical or an oratorio—like Les Misérables or Handel’s Messiah. How we feel is often expressed better in song or poetry than anything else. Literary criticism tells us that … Continue reading
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The Prevailing Church – 1
Scripture Reference: Matthew 16:13-25 A London newspaper offered a prize for the best essay on the subject: “What is wrong with the church?” The prize was won by a minister from Wales. He gave this answer: “What is wrong with … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 9/16/2023
The Purposes of God WHEN we are in the place where God wants us, we often expect that God is going to bless us for it. We expect that we are going to be free from all testings and trials. … Continue reading
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Life In Focus 9/16/2023
The Shadow of God’s Wings ONE of David’s favorite symbolic expressions was the word-picture of sitting in the shadow of God’s wings (Psalm 63:7; compare Psalms 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; and 91:4). The wings of a bird were a symbol … Continue reading
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Broken Vases
For Saturday September 16, 2023 James 2:10 Whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is guilty of all. Popular speaker Florence Littauer tells of being in a conference in Iowa in which an elderly … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 9/16/2023
Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. COLOSSIANS 3:14 Billy Graham Jesus loves ALL PEOPLE, NO MATTER WHAT their ethnic or religious background is. He is a GOD OF LOVE. Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from The Holy … Continue reading
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Classic Devotional 9/16/2023
Thoughts on Death – 1 VERY soon your life here will end; consider, then, what may be in store for you elsewhere. Today we live; tomorrow we die and are quickly forgotten. Oh, the dullness and hardness of a heart … Continue reading
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Jesus – Superior to All – 2
Scripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-14 Jesus – Superior to the Angels (Hebrews 1:3-14) It is worth noting the way in which Hebrews is saturated in the teaching of the Hebrew Bible. This is most likely due to the intended readership. The … Continue reading
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Luke 13:23-24
Friday September 15, 2023 Luke 13:23-24 “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 9/15/2023
Don’t Focus on Overcoming When I go through difficult circumstances, I want the end. I’m so focused on escape and overcoming that I barely think about what God might be teaching me through that experience. And I’m certainly not thinking … Continue reading
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Jesus – Superior to All – 1
Scripture Reference: Hebrews 1:1-14 Jesus – Superior to the Prophets (Hebrews 1:1-2) The clear teaching of these opening verses is that Jesus is incomparably better than all that went before him. Hebrews actually uses the term for superior approximately twelve … Continue reading
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