For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, as you know what kind of men we were among you for your sake.1 Thessalonians 1:5 Paul would write in Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,…
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.Ecclesiastes 3:11 Solomon was a man God had greatly blessed. He was raised in a godly home and was given wisdom by the Lord…
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For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.Hebrews 4:12 Have you ever had to have some kind of surgery? It’s never fun,…
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I will remember the works of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old.Psalm 77:11 All throughout the Psalms, they tell us the importance of remembering God’s works. Asaph, the writer of this song, tended to get depressed about the evil succeeding. In verses 7-through-9, he wonders if the Lord will cast off…
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“There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.”Mark 7:15 There is an old saying, “The devil made me do it!” This is often repeated as a joke, but unfortunately, some within the body of…
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I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my trouble.Psalm 142:4 But wait! Are we not commanded to “Do all things without complaining or disputing?” Are these verses contradictory? No, they are not. Philippians describes how we should carry ourselves before the world so that we are good witnesses. We keep the…
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The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the law, and also the prophets, wrote – Jesus of…
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You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth?Galatians 5:7 As Paul writes to the churches in Galatia, who were being persuaded by false teachers to trust in the law and their works rather than in the grace of God alone, he reminds them of how well they were doing before they began to…
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When Hanani one of my brethren came with men from Judah; I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who had survived the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem…
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Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves. Luke 10:3 As Jesus sent the 70 disciples out before him two-by-two, He told him that the harvest was great, but the laborers were few and that we should pray that the Lord would send out more laborers. He then said to them:…
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