Tag Archives: Holy Bible

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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Reflecting With God 8/30/2023

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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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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Reflecting With God 8/29/2023

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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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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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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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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