Monthly Archives: April 2018

Faith overcomes fear

Romans 5:1 (NLT2) 1  Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. “A perfect faith would lift us absolutely above fear.”– George Macdonald Edythe Draper, Draper’s Book of Quotations for … Continue reading

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Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:13 (NLT2) The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure. “Each … Continue reading

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He came for our restoration in worship

Why did Christ come? Why was He conceived? Why was He born? Why was He crucified? Why did He rise again? Why is He now at the right hand of the Father.  The answer to all these questions is, “In order that He might make worshipers out of rebels; in … Continue reading

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Dirty clothes and shining armor

Romans 13:12 (NLT2)  The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining armor of right living. “Religion is the best armor a man can have, but it is the worst cloak.”—John Bunyan Elesha … Continue reading

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All fading away

1 John 2:15-17 (NLT2) 15  Do not love this world nor the things it offers you, for when you love the world, you do not have the love of the Father in you. 16  For the world offers only a craving for physical pleasure, a craving for everything we see, … Continue reading

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In the Midst of Us

John 15:4 (NLT2) Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me. Christ is in the midst of us! He is, and ever shall be! — Russian Orthodox … Continue reading

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God answers our prayers

Matthew 7:7-11 (NLT2) 7  “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8  For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door … Continue reading

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God hears our prayers

Psalm 9:10 (NLT2)  Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O LORD, do not abandon those who search for you. There come times in our lives when we in our desperation and pain run to God and dial our 911 prayers. Sometimes we’re hysterical. Sometimes we don’t know … Continue reading

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Looking for specks

Luke 6:41-42 (NLT2) 41  “And why worry about a speck in your friend’s eye when you have a log in your own? 42  How can you think of saying, ‘Friend, let me help you get rid of that speck in your eye,’ when you can’t see past the log in … Continue reading

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Live your faith

James 2:18 (NLT2) Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” We can prove our faith by our commitment to … Continue reading

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