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Spiritual Nuggets 9/15/2026
Scripture for Study and Encouragement: Romans 4; Waiting on God doesn’t mean sitting around and hoping. Waiting means believing he will do what he’s promised and then acting with confidence. Waiting on God is not at all like the meaningless … Continue reading
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Inspirational Quotes 9/08/2026
Baptism Do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead … Continue reading
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Christian Commitment – 5
Scripture References: Ruth 1:1-18; John 8:31-38 There are all kinds of things that can come between us and those we love. We have to work hard, very hard, not to let changing attitudes and differing needs damage a commitment of … Continue reading
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Christian Commitment – 4
Scripture References: Ruth 1:1-18; John 8:31-38 From Last Post: Naomi became convinced that her young daughters-in-law would be better off to stay in Moab, each with her mother. She decided to send them back. “Go, return each to her mother’s … Continue reading
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Christian Commitment – 3
Scripture References: Ruth 1:1-18; John 8:31-38 We’ve been talking about the positive values of persistence and perseverance, and Ruth has become a prototype for the person who is willing to stay with it and stick it out. Ruth’s proverbial persistence, … Continue reading
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Christian Commitment – 2
Scripture References: Ruth 1:1-18; John 8:31-38 From Last Post: If we make a mistake in choosing our initial career or for circumstances beyond our control we lose the opportunity to practice that initial career, we aren’t stuck for life. Also, … Continue reading
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Christian Commitment – 1
Scripture References: Ruth 1:1-18; John 8:31-38 It’s a mobile society we live in. We’re always busy, ever on the go, and not just in our activities but in our agility with moving through and beyond relationships and responsibilities which no … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 8/27/2026
Scripture for Study and Encouragement: Psalm 91; When you’re weary with the battle, remember that the one who is your strength never takes a break, never needs sleep, never grows weary. Life in this fallen world is wearisome. Sometimes your … Continue reading
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Inspirational Quotes 8/20/2026
Baptism I [John the Baptist] indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and … Continue reading
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A Good Consideration – 2
Scripture: Romans 8:18 Faith is the journey of the soul between the realized and the unrealized. It is ever leaving the actual behind and reaching forth to the ideal, never satisfied until it finds in the ideal the Eternal Seal. … Continue reading
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A Good Consideration – 1
Scripture: Romans 8:18 The Bible never speaks despondingly about the future. If it has a becoming sense of the magnitude of the task of life, that is only the reverence of a great artist, nerving himself to accomplish some far-reaching … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 8/11/2026
Scripture for Study and Encouragement: Luke 6:27-36; Matthew 18:21-35 Mercy means I am so deeply grateful for the forgiveness I have received that I cannot help offering you the same. We all do it, probably every day. We have no … Continue reading
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Inspirational Quotes 8/08/2026
Authority When He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease (Matthew 10:1). And Jesus came and spoke … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 7/28/2026
Scripture for Study and Encouragement: Psalm 97 You don’t have to worry about whether your world is under control. God rules. You just have to learn to trust him when his rule isn’t evident. I looked everywhere. I looked high … Continue reading
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Inspirational Quotes 7/25/2026
Atonement Then he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him (Leviticus 1:4). Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is … Continue reading
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God’s Grace Reaches Out – 4
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 From Last Lesson: This is what happened one time when Moses was atop Mount Sinai in intimate conversation with God: Right in the middle of something Moses was saying, God interrupted: “Get back down there to … Continue reading
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God’s Grace Reaches Out – 3
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 From Last Lesson: The God Paul served and upheld was angry and unforgiving. The only way of responding to people who didn’t appease God the way that Paul thought was appropriate was to condemn them with … Continue reading
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God’s Grace Reaches Out – 2
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Paul once sat down to put on paper his thoughts about what serving Jesus Christ meant to him. When he did, his reflection caused him to take in the whole of his experience with God in … Continue reading
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God’s Grace Reaches Out – 1
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Have you ever had any serious reflection about how loving parents can take in stride verbal abuse and other teenage acting out from their children? Have you ever wondered how, on the morning after you spouted … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 7/16/2026
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:10 Billy Graham Many a time under my own preaching I’ve RECOMMITTED my life … Continue reading
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