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Tag Archives: hypocrisy
The Choice to Rejoice; November 17, 2022
Habakkuk 3:18-19 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, choices, circumstances, faith, gratitude, hypocrisy, Japanese culture, reality, superhuman, trials
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Companions; September 26, 2022
Psalm 119:79 May those who fear you turn to me, those who understand your statutes. I chose this verse from reading it in the NIV, but then I read it in Japanese and noticed an interesting distinction: where the NIV … Continue reading
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Tagged companions, echo chamber, friends, humility, hypocrisy, learning, positive reinforcement, pride, relationships, spiritual growth
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Delighting in God; March 17, 2022
Psalm 37:3-4 Trust in the Lord and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. This Psalm as a whole deals with the … Continue reading
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Tagged delighting in God, faith, goals, hypocrisy, integrity, motivation, platitudes, prayer, sincerity, truisms, trusting God, truth
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God’s Omnipotence; July 23, 2021
Jeremiah 32:27 “I am the Lord, the God of all mankind. Is anything too hard for me?” I have always loved how God quoted Jeremiah’s own words from verse 17 back to him here. God had told Jeremiah in some … Continue reading
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Tagged anticipation, faith, fruit, God's omnipotence, God's omniscience, hypocrisy, stress, trusting God, vision
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Idolatry; July 15, 2021
Isaiah 44:17 From the rest he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships. He prays to it and says, “Save me; you are my god.” Just recently Bill Whittle and Alfonzo Rachel had an episode … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Whittle, control, hypocrisy, idolatry, idols, politics, pride, ridicule, science, seeking God, The Virtue Signal, worship
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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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Sincerity; May 14, 2021
1 Kings 8:60-61 “…so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. But your hearts must be fully committed to the Lord our God, to live by his … Continue reading
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Tagged character, confession, effort, honesty, hypocrisy, sincerity, spiritual growth
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