Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5 Meekness certainly isn’t a trait that is sought after in this world. It’s a word that suggests someone who is weak, mild, and unassertive, all traits that the world says would hold us back and keep us from getting ahead. But that’s not…
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Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business Acts 6:3 As the church began to grow, the pressure on the apostles to forsake their times of study and prayer to administrate the various needs that arose in…
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Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Psalm 139:23-24 Some sins are obvious and on the surface. We struggle with them and rely on the Lord’s strength to overcome them. And…
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For every high priest taken from among men is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness. Hebrews 5:1-2 Have you prayed for your pastors and spiritual leaders today? If you…
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Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. Psalm 95:6 Philippians 2:9-11 says, Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every…
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But he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness but is subject to eternal condemnation. Mark 3:29 One of the scariest things a person may ask themselves is, “Have I committed the unpardonable sin?” Prayers are asked for friends or family members who they believe have gone past the point of forgiveness with…
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Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.Matthew 5:4 If you see yourself properly, you begin to mourn over your situation. We equate mourning with death or the loss of life, and when you realize that you are spiritually dead, mourning is the natural reaction. The word “mourn” here means just that, “To…
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The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him.Nahum 1:7 The Bible teaches that the Christian life is a battle. It doesn’t take long until this basic Biblical truth becomes our reality. Sometimes, the battle is very real. In Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians,…
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And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.Jeremiah 29:13 Jeremiah 29:1-14 was initially written to the Jewish exiles in Babylon to encourage them to stay the course of their captivity and that God had good intentions in mind in leaving them there as captives. They had…
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The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’Obadiah 1:3 Obadiah wrote to the prideful nation of Edom that dwelt in the mountain areas of northern Israel. God judged…
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