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Saturday Prayer & Praise 9/23/2023
Philip Doddridge: Piercing Heaven – Puritan’s Prayers Blessed God, I acknowledge before you my own weakness and insufficiency for anything that is spiritually good. I have experienced it a thousand times, and yet my foolish heart would again trust itself … Continue reading
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Faith From The Beginning 9/23/2023
God’s Permissive Will – 1 WE need to recognize this great fundamental truth, that God permitted Abram to be tempted and to fall, knowing that he would make this grievous error and commit a great sin, in order that God … Continue reading
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Life In Focus 9/23/2023
Looking Back PERHAPS your pastor gives an annual report of your church in which he points out some of the ways in which God has been faithful to the congregation over the previous year. In a similar way, Psalm 105 … Continue reading
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Resistance Training
Saturday September 23, 2023 James 4:7 Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. A popular form of strength development has come to be known as resistance training. Instead of muscles pushing against gravity (as in … Continue reading
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Essential Insights on Faith 9/23/2023
Above all, put on love—the perfect bond of unity. COLOSSIANS 3:14 Billy Graham I think a spirit of hostility is wrong. I believe that we should LOVE. Regarding those who criticize me from all points, I have asked God a … Continue reading
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Classic Devotional 9/23/2023
Centuries of Meditations – First Century 51 Wants are the bands and cements between God and us. Had we not wanted we could never have been obliged. Whereas now we are infinitely obliged, because we want infinitely. From Eternity it … Continue reading
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Stand Firm In Freedom – 2
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1. There is probably no word in the Christian vocabulary that has been more … Continue reading
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Daily Prayer & Praise 9/22/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Lord, we praise you that your purposes for us are not limited by time and space. Your love for us is not bounded by our selfishness and sin. Your grace reaches out for us even when … Continue reading
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Mark 1:15
Friday September 22, 2023 Mark 1:15 “Repent, and believe in the gospel.” Most people think that to ask an unconverted person to repent is as easy as slipping on a pair of hose. But let us for a moment think … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 9/22/2023
Making Good Out of Bad God is renowned for working through unlikely means with the most unlikely people. During the period of the judges, there were few candidates less likely for God’s work than Jephthah himself: “Jephthah the Gileadite was … Continue reading
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Stand Firm In Freedom – 1
It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. – Galatians 5:1. If Galatians is the esteemed charter of Christian liberty, then Galatians 5:1 should … Continue reading
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Daily Prayer & Praise 9/21/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: Sovereign Lord, we praise you that despite our weakness, our failure and the frailty of our faith, you still offer us hope, joy and the power that makes all things new. We pray, fill us with … Continue reading
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Missionary Predestination
Thursday September 21, 2023 Isaiah 49:5 “And now the LORD says, Who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant. . .” The first thing that happens after we have realized our election to God in Christ Jesus is … Continue reading
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Spiritual Nuggets 9/21/2023
Community Driven By default, we flag our own needs as high priority. And we often measure our church community by how well it’s serving our needs. Caught up in our own spiritual growth, we tend to forget that we’re meant … Continue reading
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The Prevailing Church – 4
Scripture Reference: Matthew 16:13-25 3. The Singular Way in Which the Church Does Its Work Immediately after announcing how He would build His church, Jesus explained that He must die and be resurrected. Not fully understanding, Peter objected. Jesus rebuked … Continue reading
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Daily Prayer & Praise 9/20/2023
Lord, hear our prayer: We praise you for all that you have done for us in Christ; for his life lived to the full in your love; for his death for us in our place as a sign of your … Continue reading
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