Tag Archives: Righteousness

The Promise of Rest – 3

Scripture Reference: Hebrews 4:1-13 The Rest Obtained Is New-Creation Rest (verses 8–11).  Though Jesus is not compared here with Joshua in terms of relative greatness, it is apparent from these verses that the work of Joshua in leading Israel into … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 11/11/2023

Child Discipline A popular belief today is that people are basically good. An extension of this belief is that children come into the world as morally pure and pristine creatures who are then “socialized” into harmful, hurtful patterns by parents … Continue reading

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The Secret Compartment

Saturday November 11, 2023 2 Samuel 22:47, 50 The Lord lives! . . . Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing praises to Your name. In 1794, James Monroe, who later became America’s … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 11/11/2023

Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham (Comment on the crusades) In some cases they are not lasting at all. In other cases they are ABSOLUTELY PERMANENT. In every … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 11/11/2023

Out of Egypt, But – God Overrules ABRAM had left Egypt, but Egypt had not left Abram. Egypt’s cattle went with him, and became the occasion for the strife between the brethren before the eyes of the unbelieving Canaanites and … Continue reading

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The Promise of Rest – 2

Scripture Reference: Hebrews 4:1-13 The Time for Response Is Today (verses 3–7). In verses 3–10, we learn the full meaning of the word rest. First, it is a rest which believers of the first century (and today) can actually experience. … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/10/2023

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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Matthew 5:4

Friday November 10, 2023 Matthew 5:4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Those who mourn are just as blessed whether they mourn during or after their conversion. Even you who have been given an insight into … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 11/10/2023

The Danger of Success Western culture is obsessed with success. Society places successful people on a pedestal, as if they’re somehow smarter or better than everyone else. Christians certainly aren’t immune to this trend, as is demonstrated by the growing … Continue reading

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The Promise of Rest – 1

Scripture Reference: Hebrews 4:1-13 Dreams of Utopia have haunted human minds for millennia. When Sir Thomas More, in 1516, wrote the book Utopia, he chose the name because in Greek it means “no place.” Many attempts have been made in … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/09/2023

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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Sacramental Service

Thursday November 9, 2023 Colossians 1:24 I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ . . . The Christian worker has to be a sacramental ‘go-between,’ … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 11/09/2023

A God Who Is Present It’s sometimes difficult to grasp that the Creator of the universe cares about us—that He bothers with miniscule people like us. Because we tend to forget about others and focus on our own tasks and … Continue reading

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Does God Care About Me? – 5

Scripture Reference: Malachi 1:2-5 III. God’s Love Defined – Continued 4. A Permanent Love The force of the Hebrew construction in the words, “I have loved you,” are “I have loved you and I still love you.” These people Malachi … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/08/2023

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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Romans 8:2

Wednesday November 8, 2023 Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free. There is a natural law of sin and sickness, and if we just let ourselves go and sink into … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 11/08/2023

When God Doesn’t Act “When Jehoram ascended to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and murdered all his brothers with the sword, and even some of the princes of Israel. . . . And he did evil in … Continue reading

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Does God Care About Me? – 4

Scripture Reference: Malachi 1:2-5 III. God’s Love Defined – Continued 2. A Predestinating Love “Therefore He has mercy on whom He wills, and whom He wills He hardens. You will say to me then, ‘Why does He still find fault? … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 11/07/2023

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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The Christian’s Heaviness and Rejoicing

Tuesday November 7, 2023 1 Peter 1:6 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, You have been grieved by various trials. “Though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness.” … Continue reading

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