As he journeyed he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”Acts 9:3-4 God chose Saul to reach the Gentiles, although here, at the beginning of chapter 9, he did not…
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Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.Hebrews 2:14-15 It seems like the…
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“So he called ten of his servants, delivered to them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business till I come.’”Luke 19:13 One of the major problems people have in this life is procrastination. We figure out when something is due, gauge how much time it will take to do this activity, and wait until…
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The apostle John’s goal was simple and stated in two verses near the end of his gospel – John 20:30-31 says, And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book, but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the…
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But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.James 1:14 The Bible clearly shows that if we draw near to God, He is faithful to draw near to us. To say that something “draws” us in is another way of saying “lures” us, as an animal is led…
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He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of his ways will die.Proverbs 19:16 The Hebrew word for keep in this verse means to guard, tend, hedge about, or observe. We can picture this verse as tending to what the Bible commands in order to guard our soul, and keeping…
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Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved friend and fellow laborer, to the beloved Apphia, Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house.Philemon 1 It is interesting that Paul starts off this letter not as Paul the Apostle but as a prisoner of Jesus Christ.…
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But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.Philippians 3:7-8 Out…
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The LORD orders the steps of a good man, And He delights in his way.Psalm 37:23 God controls and allows every detail of our lives. Nothing happens without His knowledge and approval. Yet, every day, we experience little changes in our schedule and small detours from our plans that we may often see as irritations.Every…
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The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.Proverbs 19:11 It is the discretion of a believer — an awareness of his own failures and weaknesses, the spiritual warfare he faces, and resting in the providence of God — that makes him slow to anger. A…
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