Tag Archives: Scriptures

The Discipline of Spiritual Tenacity

Thursday February 22, 2024 Psalm 46:10 “Be still, and know that I am God.” Tenacity is more than endurance, it is endurance combined with the absolute certainty that what we are looking for is going to transpire. Tenacity is more … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/22/2024

Who Is Trustworthy? We might get sidetracked when reading the Parable of the Ten Minas. Businessmen aren’t sympathetic characters in our modern world. In movies and sometimes in life, they’re often flat, miserly characters who take advantage of naïve individuals … Continue reading

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I Have Called You Friends – 2

Scripture Reference: John 15:12-25 The arms race today, and the once called “cold-war” is like that. It is the cut that exposes the grain. The grain is national chauvinism, the assumption of moral superiority inherent in our kind of people … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/21/2024

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 41:10

Wednesday February 21, 2024 Isaiah 41:10 Be not dismayed, for I am your God. How tenderly God is always comforting our fears! How sweetly He says in Isaiah 41:10, “Fear not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/21/2024

God the Innovator Innovators often say they learn more from their failures than their successes. The successes come as a result of repeated failures, whether in business or in life. We must learn from our mistakes if we are to … Continue reading

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I Have Called You Friends – 1

Scripture Reference: John 15:12-25 The man who is speaking the words in our reference scriptures will be dead and buried approximately twenty-four hours later. He is preparing a small circle of His followers to be ready to live without Him. … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/20/2024

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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The Great Reservoir

Tuesday February 20, 2024 Proverbs 4:23 Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. If I should vainly attempt to fashion my discourse after lofty models, I should this morning compare the human heart … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/20/2024

Complaints Complaining can be automatic. We complain about the weather, our children, our jobs. And we might do it for any number of reasons—even something as trivial as to keep a conversation going. Although we might complain lightly, we still … Continue reading

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The Anointing of a Praying Church – 4

Scripture Reference: Acts 4:23-31 5. There Is Grace Abounding in the Lives of God’s People Luke told us that “great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4:33). The word grace here could be exchanged for the word Christlikeness. These people … Continue reading

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Reflecting With God 2/19/2024

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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So Rich a Treasure

Monday February 19, 2024 Philippians 3:13-14 But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. … Continue reading

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Spiritual Nuggets 2/19/2024

Transitions Life is marked by seasons—times of great difficulty and times of great joy. Usually we focus on making the transition from pain to relief as quickly as possible, but in the process, we may forget the significance of the … Continue reading

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The Anointing of a Praying Church – 3

Scripture Reference: Acts 4:23-31 3. There Is a Desire to Evangelize Acts 4:29 is probably the most challenging verse in this Scripture. “Now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with … Continue reading

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Praise The Lord 2/18/2024

I Will Bless the Lord I said to the Lord, “You are my Master and my God! Every good thing I have comes from You.” LORD, You alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You stand guard over me … Continue reading

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Essential Insights on Faith 2/18/2024

Good news from a distant land is like cold water to a parched throat. PROVERBS 25:25 Billy Graham My calling is to preach the LOVE of God and the FORGIVENESS of God and the fact that He DOES FORGIVE us. … Continue reading

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Classic Devotional 2/18/2024

Centuries of Meditations – First Century 72 There is in love two strange perfections, that make it infinite in Goodness. It is infinitely diligent in doing good, and it infinitely delighteth in that Goodness. It taketh no pleasure comparable in … Continue reading

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Anecdotal Story 2/18/2024

Listening Scripture References: Jeremiah 7:21-26; Matthew 7:26-27 Lucy, of the Peanuts comic strip, tells Charlie Brown that she has to read a book but doesn’t want to. Would he please read it to her? “Read it yourself,” he says. She … Continue reading

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The Anointing of a Praying Church – 2

Scripture Reference: Acts 4:23-31 1. There Is a Continuous Desire to Pray A praying church recognizes the supreme importance of prayer, and always desires to pray. This is illustrated in the lives of the leaders of the Jerusalem church. Peter … Continue reading

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