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Spiritual Nuggets 5/16/2023

Wisdom Can Quickly Become Folly What we need to hear and what we want to hear are rarely the same thing. Leaders who encourage honesty, allow for errors, and establish an environment of trust usually hear what they need to … Continue reading

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Kingly Living! – 2

Scripture References: Romans 5 The Blessings of Our Justification – Continued Glorious hope (verse 2b). “Peace with God” takes care of the past: He will no longer hold our sins against us. “Access to God” takes care of the present: … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/15/2023

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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Divine Transcendence

Monday May 15, 2023 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, The power and the glory, The victory and the majesty; For all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 5/15/2023

Lincoln’s View of God William J. Wolfe has called Abraham Lincoln “one of the greatest theologians of America.” He added that Lincoln’s theology was profound, “not in the technical meaning of producing a system of doctrine, certainly not as the … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 5/15/2023

The Problem with Power Grasping for power is one of the easiest sins to fall into. At first it looks like ambition, then it looks like success, and then it quickly becomes about your success and your power. This can … Continue reading

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Kingly Living! – 1

Scripture References: Romans 5 Since Romans is a book of logic, it is also a book of “therefores.” We have the “therefore” of condemnation in Romans 3:20, justification in Romans 5:1, no condemnation in Romans 8:1, and dedication in Romans … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 5/13/2023

The Half Has Not Been Told “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.” – Isaiah 65:17. Please read Revelation 21:1-5. (The link will open … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 5/13/2023

God Above All Gods SOME people object to Christianity’s claim that its God is the one true God. But the Bible states emphatically that the Lord is above all other gods, which are idols (1 Chronicles 16:23–27). He alone deserves … Continue reading

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Search Me

For Saturday May 13, 2023 2 Peter 3:18 Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. There are two words we should say less and less as we grow in the Lord: “I’m sorry.” Or, … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 5/13/2023

I am ready to preach the gospel – Romans 1:15 Billy Graham God WILL NOT reject a heart that’s broken and sorry for sin. He’s not waiting to condemn you, to judge you. He’s waiting to KISS YOU and say … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 5/13/2023

Four Steps – Four Men NOW to return to Abraham, I am sure that Paul must have had in mind the four men in Genesis who completely dominate the book from chapter 11 to 50; for these four men correspond … Continue reading

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Jesus Is Coming Again! – 8

Scripture Text – Matthew 24:3-14 How the Thief Comes The figure of a thief suggests many things about the coming of the Lord. I will enumerate a few: He comes at the darkest part of the night. He comes quietly … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/12/2023

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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Mark 7:37

Friday May 12, 2023 Mark 7:37 And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes both the deaf to hear and the mute to speak.” Yes, that is exactly the way our Savior does … Continue reading

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Food For Thought 5/12/2023

Unchanging “A” Note Author Lloyd C. Douglas used to tell how he loved to visit an old man who gave violin lessons because the teacher had a kind of homely wisdom that refreshed him. One morning Douglas walked in and … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 5/12/2023

God’s Ideas: More Than Good It’s exciting to see ideas take shape and then become reality. Even more exciting, though, is when God’s ideas take form. The Bible shows us these events repeatedly. As the reader, we’re given glimpses into … Continue reading

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The Exceedingly Happy Man – 5

Scripture References: Psalm 1 IV. The Contrast to the Happy Man – Continued From last lesson: Verse 5 makes it plain that the ungodly person is under condemnation. “Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/11/2023

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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You Won’t Reach It On Tiptoe

Thursday May 11, 2023 2 Peter 1:7 [Add] to brotherly kindness love. Love is indefinite to most of us, we do not know what we mean when we talk about love. Love is the sovereign preference of one person for … Continue reading

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