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Tag Archives: God’s grace
Human Weakness; August 12, 2021
Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.” Every time I read this passage I remember an experiment that was done in the early days of … Continue reading
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Tagged assurance, excuses, faithfulness, follow through, God's grace, good intentions, obedience to God, repentance, temptation, translation, weakness
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Already/Not Yet; August 10. 2021
Matthew 21:22 “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” Here, or in the slightly more specific record in Mark 11:24, Jesus says something so extreme that it is shocking. Frankly, it violates both our logic … Continue reading
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Tagged already/not yet, answers to prayer, faith, God's grace, not giving up, prayer, repentance, sin, spiritual growth, time
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Standards; August 4, 2021
Matthew 5:48 “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Standards are important. Without standards, it’s very hard to evaluate anything. The flip side of that is that if our standards are skewed we are in deep trouble, because … Continue reading
Jonah; July 31, 2021
Jonah 2:8 “Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.” Just recently there was a news item from the US that greatly illuminated the story of Jonah. A swimmer was indeed taken into the mouth … Continue reading
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Tagged distractions, faith, God's grace, God's lessons, God's rules, idols, Jonah, missing out, whales
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Response to Crisis; July 11, 2021
Isaiah 37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. King Hezekiah lived in pretty terrible times, but he was definitely one of the better kings of … Continue reading
Hypocrisy; July 4, 2021
Proverbs 15:8 The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him. This is another expression of a truth that is stated countless times throughout the Bible, and that is that God cares about … Continue reading
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Tagged externals, God's grace, humility, hypocrisy, motives, prayer, seeking God, truth
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Morning Devotions; June 12, 2021
Psalms 5:3 In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice;in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. It is evident from various Psalms that morning prayer was a regular practice of David. The Japanese … Continue reading
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Tagged duty, faith, God's grace, habits, hearing God, liturgy, morning devotions, Reading the Bible, religion, rituals, seeking God
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Values; June 7, 2021
Job 21:16 But their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stand aloof from the counsel of the wicked. Job here touches on an issue that comes up in the Bible many times and is still common all … Continue reading
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Tagged accomplishment, envy, finances, God's grace, happiness, having it easy, luxury, prosperity, temporal vs. eternal, values, wealth, work
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Redemption; May 29, 2021
2 Chronicles 33:12-13 In his distress he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. And when he prayed to him, the Lord was moved by his entreaty and listened … Continue reading
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Tagged faithfulness, God's grace, God's patience, idolatry, redemption, repentance, sin, spitting in God's face, trials
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