Tag Archives: Salvation

Prayer & Praise 7/07/2024

Robert Hawker: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lamb of God! Though you are now in your exalted state, not all the hallelujahs of heaven can keep you one moment from knowing and supplying all the wants of your church in … Continue reading

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Bible Insights 7/07/2024

Why Would God Have a Mission? The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God (Mark 1:1). Any mission requires work, sweat, and cost. A difficult mission usually involves setbacks and sacrifice. Why would God go to … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 7/07/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 93 As my body without my Soul is a Carcass, so is my Soul without Thy Spirit, a chaos, a dark obscure heap of empty faculties: ignorant of itself, unsensible of Thy goodness, blind … Continue reading

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Lift Up Your Eyes – 2

Scripture Reference: Matthew 9:35-38 I. The Waiting Harvest – Continued A Christlike Compassion When Jesus saw Matthew, He did not see a conniving, cheating, and thieving politician. Rather, He saw the writer of the first Gospel. When Jesus met Simon … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/06/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you for the world that you have made. We praise you that you not only made the world, but also made us. We thank you for all the colors and shapes we can … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 7/06/2024

First Things First SOME may have said, “I’ll pay more attention to religion as soon as my schedule lightens up.” “I’ll get back into a daily time of prayer and Bible reading as soon as I finish the project I’m … Continue reading

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Standing In the Dock

Saturday July 6, 2024 Hebrews 2:3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? Every day in courtrooms around the world, the tension is palpable as impartial juries deliver their verdicts. Lives hang in the balance, and … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 7/06/2024

Picture of Calvary – Part 2 From Last Lesson: God tells Abram to take a heifer three years old, a she goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove and a pigeon; and He commands Abram to … Continue reading

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Lift Up Your Eyes – 1

Scripture Reference: Matthew 9:35-38 “No one cares for me” is the statement that many people in our world are saying. Hundreds of years ago, the psalmist wrote, “For there is no one who acknowledges me . . . No one … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/05/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Glorious Lord, we thank you for those who demonstrate your love in all they say and do and are; for those whose lives are filled with compassion; for those who go the extra mile and turn … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/05/2024

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 3:31

Friday July 5, 2024 Romans 3:31 Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law. Is not the command of the law, “Thou shalt, thou shalt not,” out of order … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/05/2024

The Unity of Believers It’s easy to sort believers in a community based on the quantity of their service. Most of us could roll out the masking tape and divide those who contribute their time and efforts from those who … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 11

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Why Is He Breaking the Rules? – Continued Please read Mark 2:23-3:6 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: Jesus’ response however will be forthright.  Jesus knows exactly what is at stake here; he … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/04/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, in Christ you provide the love and the power to begin again, especially after stumbling or wandering astray. We thank you that you understand our complaints, our anguish, our fears and our frustrations. We praise … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 7/04/2024

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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One of God’s Great Don’ts

Thursday July 4, 2024 Psalm 37:8 Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil. Fretting means getting out at elbows mentally or spiritually. It is one thing to say ‘Fret not,’ but a very different thing to have such a … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 7/04/2024

When Hezekiah Gave Away the Farm After the announcement that Hezekiah “did right in the eyes of Yahweh,” the next description comes as a surprise: “At that time, Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Yahweh and the … Continue reading

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Who Does He Think He Is? – 10

Scripture Reference: Mark 2:1-3:6 Why Is He Breaking the Rules? – Continued Please read Mark 2:23-3:6 for the background to this section. From Last Lesson: The Sabbath was a gift from God. It was important, yes, keeping it special is … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 7/03/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you that you are real and not simply a figment of our imagination and that you have demonstrated the reality of your presence in the life and passion of Christ. We thank you … Continue reading

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