Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.  For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are…
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For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you. 2 Peter 1:12-13 Peter writes here “for this reason.”…
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In my mid-through-late 20s, I spent my summer weekdays in Charlotte, Norht Carolina, setting up for soccer camps at 7 am and finishing camps at 3 pm, all so our team could practice from 4:30-6:15pm. If you haven’t spent too much time in the South during August, you’re extremely lucky. It’s hot and humid. At…
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“Therefore take heart, men, for I believe God that it will be just as it was told me.” Acts 27: 25 The Apostle Paul often referred to himself as a “Prisoner or bondservant” of Jesus Christ, completely bound and devoted to willingly serve his Lord. Well here in this section of scripture we find Paul…
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 “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.”  Matthew 6:9 Jesus now begins to give His disciples, and us, a blueprint for prayer.  NOT “Pray THESE words.” But “Pray in this manner.” The first word of the prayer is very significant, “Our.”  Jesus wants us to know right up front that we are ALL in…
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“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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