“And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.” John 16:8 When one hears the word “conviction,” there is usually a sense of fear. In the courtroom, a conviction usually means a sentence is being passed down on a guilty individual. However, when the Bible speaks…
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“Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Mark 14:38             This is one of those verses that reminds us of just how much Jesus knows about human nature. We need to be watching ourselves and praying so we don’t enter into temptation. Jesus tells us that happens not because we…
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Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. Proverbs 12:1 I’ve been teaching in Children’s Ministry for 22 years and one area of my life in which that has helped has been the way I talk. Even if I wanted to use salty language nowadays, knowing the kids would jump on my case…
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The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah.  It came to pass in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the citadel. Nehemiah 1:1 Nehemiah was a Jew.  For almost a century the Jews had been back in their own land and Nehemiah could have joined them, but he chose…
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“However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.”   Acts 14:20 Unbelieving Jews who had wanted to stone Paul back in Iconium caught up with him in Lystra, stoned him, and left him for dead.  Today’s verse reveals that he…
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Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then…
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There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. Romans 8:1 Paul, in Romans 6-8, focuses on two very important truths. First, that once we are born-again, the Holy Spirit living within us will work to guide us…
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“You have heard that it was said to those of old, You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’ Matthew 5:21 In Matthew 5:21 Jesus begins to address the true issue at hand in regards to our sinful deeds. Each action He addresses begins in one place: our heart.…
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“And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we…
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“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.“ Acts 4:12  Our human nature is always to work towards something, wanting to earn what we receive. Unfortunately that often translates into our faith which keeps us from experiencing the fullness…
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