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Monthly Archives: October 2018
Gifts; October 28, 2018
Ephesians 3:2 Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you. This theme comes out again and again in the Bible: “given to me for you.” God’s gifts are seldom if ever … Continue reading
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Tagged community, focus, gifting, God's gifts, greatness, individuals, mid-life crisis, pride, spiritual gifts
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Political Correctness; October 27, 2018
Ephesians 2:12 Remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. We are very blessed that political correctness … Continue reading
Faithfulness; October 26, 2018
Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians is incredibly loaded with vital, deep truth. The first part of this verse is something … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostics, atheists, Creator God, Ephesians, faith, faithfulness, meaning, ministry in Japan, plans, purpose in life, the task at hand
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The Word of God; October 25, 2018
Ephesians 1:17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. With the magnificence of all that Paul writes … Continue reading
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Tagged Ephesians, God's Word, knowledge, revival, the Bible, the Holy Spirit, words
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God’s Blessings; October 24, 2018
Ephesians 1:3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. Paul was addicted to long sentences, which is extremely awkward for translators … Continue reading
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Tagged clear writing, God's grace, God's love, God's truth, gratitude, Greek, infinite god, obedience, spiritual blessings
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Mocking God; October 23, 2018
Galatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from … Continue reading
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Tagged destruction, focus, grace, hedonism, holy living, hope, logic, pleasing the flesh, pleasing the Holy Spirit, reason, walking in the light
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Freedom; October 22, 2018
Galatians 5:13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. The section from this verse through the end of the chapter is so … Continue reading
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Tagged free will, freedom, hedonism, liberty, paradoxes, resisting the devil, serving God, serving people, sin
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Diversity and Unity; October 21, 2018
Galatians 3:28-29 There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise. This is … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian unity, differences, discrimination, diversity, equality, ethnicity, human value, marriage, race, social standing
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Identity; October 20, 2018
Galatians 3:7 Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. This was an earth-shaking statement back in the 1st Century, and it still is to Jews today. Their whole identity, then and now, was/is wrapped up in physical … Continue reading
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Tagged belonging, change, children of abraham, identity, Israel, Japanese culture, Messiah, ministry in Japan, security, TCK, the Old Testament
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Life in Christ; October 19, 2018
Galatians 2:20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself … Continue reading
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Tagged death, faith, following Christ, God's riches, life, life in Christ, perfection, receiving from God, snares and traps
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