Tag Archives: Salvation

Bible Insights 5/11/2024

THE ANSWER OF A GOOD CONSCIENCE Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1 … Continue reading

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Saturday Prayer & Praise 5/11/2024

Thomas Brooks: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Lord, may I be more and more under the rich influences and glorious outpourings of the Spirit, that I may be an able minister of the new covenant, not of the letter, but … Continue reading

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Life In Focus 5/11/2024

Stand for What Is Right! PERHAPS in no other area do we as Christians today have as great an opportunity to influence people around us than in our ethics and morality in the workplace. How we behave on the job … Continue reading

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A City Big Enough

Saturday May 11, 2024 Revelation 21:16 The city lies foursquare, its length the same as its width. And he measured the city with his rod, 12,000 stadia. Its length and width and height are equal. Picture this: a city shaped … Continue reading

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Faith From The Beginning 5/11/2024

The Reward of Faith “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness’ . . . . No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in … Continue reading

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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 2

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 Restoring Sinners, Examining Yourself (verse 1) – Continued In order to bring healing to the sinner, we must have a compassionate view of the one who has sinned. Paul doesn’t define the kind of sin, he … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 5/10/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Father, we thank you for the life of your people and for the joy we share in knowing you as our Savior and Lord; for all those who down the centuries have known you and served … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/10/2024

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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Isaiah 57:15

Friday May 10, 2024 Isaiah 57:15 “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit.” The Lord dwells with those who are of a humble and contrite heart. He … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 5/10/2024

Big Picture Hope Some Bible passages are so perplexing that we’re not really sure what to make of them. Such is the case with Ezekiel 38:1-39:24. As we closely examine this text, we can easily lose sight of its message. … Continue reading

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Bear One Another’s Burdens – 1

Scripture Reference: Galatians 6:1-10 In previous chapters of Galatians Paul has led the Galatian believers to understand the historical and theological background for the crisis in their churches and given them general principles about life in the Spirit. Now he … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 5/09/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: We thank you for the message of Christ in the Bible and for all the stories of his miracles, his teaching, his compassion and his acceptance of all who turned to him; for the message of … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/09/2024

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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Grasp Without Reach

Thursday May 9, 2024 Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint. There is a difference between an ideal and a vision. An ideal has no moral inspiration; a vision has. The people who give … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 5/09/2024

A New Way of Being God calls us to live lives that are distinguished by His light, clearly separate from our old way of being. He wants to make us a new creation by separating the light from the darkness … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 5/08/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Heavenly Father, we thank you for who you are and all that you mean to us; for the beauty of hearts restored through Christ and made new by the power of the Holy Spirit. We praise … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 5/08/2024

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John 12:24

Wednesday May 8, 2024 John 12:24 Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies. Death and resurrection are the central ideas of nature and Christianity. We see them in the transformation of the chrysalis, in the buried … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 5/08/2024

Shepherding Is a Tough Business Leadership requires accountability, yet many leaders of the past considered themselves above rebuke. Even when their deeds failed to catch up to them in their own lifetimes, history judged them clearly. History often remembers and … Continue reading

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Daily Prayer & Praise 5/07/2024

Lord, hear our prayer: Glorious Lord, we thank you that down the centuries you have called those whom everyone else would have rejected and appointed those who felt least worthy to the most important tasks of all. Father, we thank … Continue reading

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