Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer. Psalm 19:14 Oh, that it would only be so easy. Mike and Jim began gossiping rudely about a fellow coworker who is not pulling his weight on the team project due Friday. “I should…
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Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord. Acts 18:24 – 25a This portion of scripture which describes Apollos’ ministry continues on to verse 28.  We are told that Apollos taught accurately, spoke boldly, and helped…
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“Yet in Your manifold mercies, You did not forsake them in the wilderness.  The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day, To lead them on the road;  nor the pillar of fire by night, To show the way they should go.  You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, And did not withhold…
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While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.” But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. Matthew 27:19-20…
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Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12:1 Having referenced the lives of so many saints through the ages who had lived by faith in…
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And everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him. So he became captain over them. And there were about four hundred men with him. 1 Samuel 22:2 Hiding out in the desert from King Saul, David drew many men to himself. Men who were discontented, in debt, and in distress. They…
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Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites. And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” Joshua 6:11-12 We find Gideon here in a time…
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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Matthew 6:33 We often quote this verse on its own and it certainly does stand alone as a promise from God, but it’s also the grand finale of Jesus’ solution to being a worry wart. Jesus gives…
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Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5 Life can be difficult, there’s no denying it. As much as I love to laugh and tell jokes, there are also going to be times of sadness and tears. Psalm 56 says God keeps our tears in a bottle. He knows we’re going to…
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And at this point His disciples came, and they marveled that He talked with a woman; yet no one said, “What do You seek?” or, “Why are You talking with her?” John 4:27 When Jesus departed from the disciples, He did not leave them empty handed. In fact, they were given much power and strength in the…
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