If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Have you ever fallen flat on your face so bad everyone came running to help you and film you? That’s how bad I mean. We’ve all been there and when we were finally able to…
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Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 6:11 Earlier in Romans 6, the discussion presented the truth that we are identified in both the death and resurrection of Jesus. This verse commands how we are to respond to that fact. The word reckon is an…
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“And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, come at once and sit down and eat? But will he not rather say to him, prepare something for my supper and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk…
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But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.” Matthew 9:36-38 Matthew gives us plenty of examples in…
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O LORD, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds. I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of the LORD. Psalm 116:16-17 The sacrifice of thanksgiving was a part of the peace offerings that could be…
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Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe His word, But complained in their tents, And did not heed the voice of the LORD. Psalms 106:24-25 The Israelites were promised a land flowing with milk and honey. But instead, they did not believe God, but complained in their tents. They didn’t want to…
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Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh, and give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19 God is speaking through Ezekiel here to the people of Isreal about how He will restore them after they go into captivity. They had…
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Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3 Poverty can often be frowned upon in society. But being poor can have its benefits. When someone is poor, they are often aware of their needs. Biblically speaking, being poor, specifically spiritually poor, allows us to be in a place…
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“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?” Matthew 6:25 Do you have a tendency to worry? I think we all do. Thankfully, Jesus…
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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. Matthew 6:34 Let’s face it, it’s not hard to drive ourselves crazy. As a matter of fact, there is much we can do to make ourselves nervous wrecks. From worrying ourselves into a frenzy with…
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