Tag Archives: bible

Focus; February 24, 2025

Posted on February 25, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. There is so much really rich stuff in this chapter that I think this verse gets overlooked most of … Continue reading →

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Spirit; February 23. 2025

Posted on February 24, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 8:16 The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. This is my wife’s favorite chapter in the whole Bible, and I certainly can’t fault her for that. Every verse is a rich blessing! Just reading it … Continue reading →

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Forgiveness; February 22, 2025

Posted on February 23, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 7:18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. This is a difficult reality, even … Continue reading →

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Rules; February 21, 2025

Posted on February 22, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 7:5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. One of the strange things about human beings is that the minute … Continue reading →

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Christian Living; February 20, 2025

Posted on February 21, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 6:13 Do not offer any part of yourself to sin as an instrument of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer every part of yourself to him as … Continue reading →

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Faith; February 19, 2025

Posted on February 20, 2025 by jgarrott

Romans 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. It should go without saying, but we are … Continue reading →

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Angels; February 13, 2025

Posted on February 14, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 24:5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? I noticed many years ago that almost any time … Continue reading →

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God’s Kingdom; February 12, 2025

Posted on February 13, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 12:32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” Matthew’s record of this teaching on not being anxious, in Matthew 6, is more famous, but it doesn’t have this line. We … Continue reading →

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Light; February 11, 2025

Posted on February 12, 2025 by jgarrott

Luke 11:34-35 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within … Continue reading →

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Jesus’ Sacrifice; February 10, 2025

Posted on February 11, 2025 by jgarrott

Matthew 27:50 And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit. It has always struck me that Jesus didn’t simply die, the way just about everyone dies, with the pulse dropping and the … Continue reading →

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