But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Hebrews 7:24 How wonderful it would be to have a great physician, an advocate, a king, a priest who never died!!! Oh, wait a minute… It seems like just when we get used to a situation it changes. The calendar flips to the next year, the…
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But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Why do Christians look different than the world? It’s because through Christ’s salvation we now have the Holy Spirit in us and the fruits in our lives that brings. It all starts with love, a sacrificial love…
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Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced that God had prepared the people, since the events took place so suddenly. 2 Chronicles 29:36 King Hezekiah’s father, King Ahaz, reigned for 16 years, and he did not do what was right in the sight of God and partook in the evil rituals of the world, including…
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Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. John 11:33 Lazarus had just passed away and there was a lot of sorrow and weeping going on. And as Jesus looked around and saw this, we are told that “He groaned in…
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For as the rain comes down and the snow from heaven and do not return there, but water the earth and make it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return…
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Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the…
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Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. Hosea 10:12 Fallow ground is ground that has been left unplowed for a season. It’s often dry, hard, and stubborn. It does little good to sow seeds…
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matthew 13:45-46 The beginning of every pearl is an irritant of sand or coral. The oyster forms a protective coating around this irritant and…
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