Monthly Archives: July 2014

He Hears Our Prayers

2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)  If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Psalm 50:15 (NKJV) Call upon Me in … Continue reading

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The Wisdom of the Cross

Proverbs 1:7 (NIV) The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (NIV) 18  For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. … Continue reading

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Be Patient

Psalm 37:7 (NKJV)  Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 1 Corinthians 13:4 (NIV)  Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not … Continue reading

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He will carry your burdens.

Matthew 11:28-30 (NKJV) 28  Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30  For My … Continue reading

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The Blessings of God Ring True

Genesis 1:28 (NIV) God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Psalm 5:12 (NIV) For surely, … Continue reading

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Actions Speak Louder than Words

Matthew 7:21 (NIV)  “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Luke 11:28 (NIV) 28  He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” … Continue reading

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Proverbial Optimism

Proverbs 15:13 (MSG) A cheerful heart brings a smile to your face; a sad heart makes it hard to get through the day. Proverbs 17:22 (KJV) A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Proverbs 15:15 (NIV) All the days of the oppressed … Continue reading

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Slipping and falling. . .

Proverbs 24:16 (NIV) For though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity. Psalm 37:23-24 (NIV) 23  If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; 24  though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD … Continue reading

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Obedience to God’s Word is no trifling matter.

Jeremiah 7:23 (NRSV) But this command I gave them, “Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people; and walk only in the way that I command you, so that it may be well with you.” Hosea 9:17 (NRSV) Because they have not listened … Continue reading

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Love One Another in Christian Humility

Romans 12:3 (NKJV) For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 (NKJV) 5 … Continue reading

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