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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/31/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, our Father, we have so much to praise you for, and we will do so for ever. We praise you in Jesus, for in him all our praises have their beginning and by your Spirit … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 8/31/2023

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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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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Food For Thought 8/31/2023

Miraculous Interventions In History A tide was kept back strangely for twelve hours once, and so a host of Christians in Holland were saved from slaughter by the Duke of Alva. A tremendous wind once scattered the Armada of Spain … 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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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/30/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we praise you for Jesus Christ. We praise you for the life he lived and the teaching he gave; for the way he made your love real and your truth understandable; we praise you that … 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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Food For Thought 8/30/2023

“God Only Is Great” At the funeral of Louis XIV the great cathedral was packed with mourners paying final tribute to the king whom they all considered great. The room was dark, save for one lone candle which illumined the … 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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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/29/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Almighty God, Lord, there is no God like you, no God besides you. You are Lord of the whole of creation. The universe is not large enough to contain the praise we want to offer you. … 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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Food For Thought 8/29/2023

The Overwhelming Molecule I read in a magazine this month that every cubic inch of gas, at normal temperature and pressure, contains four hundred and forty-three billions of molecules. And this result is based, so it was stated, on an … 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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Daily Prayer & Praise 8/28/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Sovereign Lord and Father, we praise you for Jesus, who walked a hard path through his life; for the way he shared in the hopes and the fears of those around him; for the way he … 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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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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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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