Tag Archives: Jesus

Jesus Makes the Difference – 2

Scripture Reference: Luke 5 From Sickness to Health (Luke 5:12–16) The next person was a man who needed to be changed, for he was a leper. Among the Jews, several skin diseases were classified as leprosy, including our modern Hansen’s … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/10/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, no words we can use will ever be sufficient to declare your glory. No thought we have of you will ever be great enough. No song we sing will ever reach the heights that you … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/10/2023

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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God In the Form of Man

Monday July 10, 2023 Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. So completely are we carried … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/10/2023

That’s Enough The Rev. R. I. Williams telephoned his sermon topic to the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch. “The Lord is my Shepherd,” he said. “Is that all?” he was asked. He replied, “That’s enough.” And the church page carried Mr. William’s … Continue reading

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Jesus Makes the Difference – 1

Scripture Reference: Luke 5 Jesus was concerned about individuals. He preached to great crowds, but His message was always to the individual; and He took time to help people personally. His purpose was to transform them and then send them … Continue reading

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Saturday Prayer & Praise 7/08/2023

Matthew Henry: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Many may ask, “Who will help us?” We say, “Lord, show us your face.” That will give us glad hearts, even so much more than farmers after a great harvest. We ask your … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 7/08/2023

Leadership Principles From Nehemiah – 6 Leaders Resist Underhanded Politics (Nehemiah 6:5-9). HAVING failed to intimidate Nehemiah into stopping the work, Sanballat and his followers tried smear tactics to shut the project down (Nehemiah 6:5–7). Frustrated opponents often resort to … Continue reading

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God’s Clock Is Never Wrong

For Saturday July 8, 2023 Acts 1:7 [Jesus] said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.” A story is told of a man who rushed into … Continue reading

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Jesus Is Coming Again! – 16

Scripture Text – Matthew 24:3-14 The Meeting In The Air Every unbeliever will be left behind. The unsaved dead will remain in their graves and their souls will be in torment, not to be raised until a thousand years later. … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/07/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we praise you for your closeness to us and for your being with us in Christ. We praise you that in him you have entered fully into what it means to be a human being. … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/07/2023

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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1 Timothy 6:17

Friday July 7, 2023 1 Timothy 6:17 Fight the good fight of faith. Victory over sin is from first to last a victory of faith. It is so from the very moment of conversion. To be converted does not mean … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/07/2023

A Psalm Enshrined Too Long As I parked my car in front of a big city hospital in Miami, one of our best-loved physicians came down the steps and started toward his car. It happened that it was very near … Continue reading

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The Kingdom of Heaven

Scripture Reference: Matthew 13 He spoke many things to them in parables . . . John the Baptist would pause and ask honest questions when things didn’t add up or make sense to him. We shouldn’t be afraid to do … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/06/2023

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, there are no words that can express the joy with which you fill our hearts and lives. There are no hymns or songs that have the words that will do justice to your glory. There … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/06/2023

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Vision and Reality

Thursday July 6, 2023 Isaiah 35:7 The parched ground shall become a pool. We always have visions before a thing is made real. When we realize that although the vision is real, it is not real in us, then is … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 7/06/2023

Action Over “Quiet Hour” A Presbyterian youth from New Orleans was a naval “wireless” operator during the war. Early one morning, after a night on duty, he snatched a few minutes for his “Quiet Hour” when no message was going … Continue reading

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The Victory of The King – 4

Scripture Reference: Matthew 28 They Shared the Good News with Others (Matthew 28:16–20) – Continued Christianity is a missionary faith. The very nature of God demands this, for God is love and God is not willing that any should perish … Continue reading

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