Monthly Archives: February 2017

Once IN Christ, never INferior again

Romans 1:16 (NIV) I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV) 12 … Continue reading

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Hard to see past the plank

Luke 6:41 (NIV) Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? The human race is inquisitive about other people’s lives, but negligent to correct their own. —Saint Augustine of Hippo Confessions. Christianity Today, Vol. 43, … Continue reading

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Sunday is for worshipping God in His House

Romans 1:22-23 (NIV) 22  Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23  and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Leviticus 26:1 (NIV) “Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred … Continue reading

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Try a little kindness

Galatians 5:22 (NIV) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness. 1 Corinthians 13:13 (NIV) And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. Colossians 3:12 (NIV) Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, … Continue reading

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All you do matters

Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Matthew 10:42 (NIV) And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I … Continue reading

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Running into closets

Jonah 1:10 (NIV) This terrified them and they asked, “What have you done?” (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.) It is said that Dr. Mortimer Adler suddenly left a discussion group at a tea quite disgusted, slamming the door after him. … Continue reading

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Growth in Prayer

Luke 11:1 (NIV) One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Ephesians 6:18 (NIV) And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With … Continue reading

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Doing your best

Ecclesiastes 3:17 (NIV) I thought in my heart, “God will bring to judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time for every deed. Matthew 22:37 (NIV) Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul … Continue reading

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Go to God in solitude

Psalm 5:3 (NIV) In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. John 14:23 (NIV) Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make … Continue reading

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Never cut off

Psalm 31:22 (NIV) In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have … Continue reading

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