Going deeper with Jesus
Hangin’ out with Jesus? Isn’t He our Lord and Savior and worthy to be praised and far above all principalities and powers of darkness and above every other god? Yes, absolutely. He created us for His pleasure. (Revelation 4:11)That means He enjoys our company. We are supposed to pray without ceasing. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)We can’t […]
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People in your life can be dross. I imagine that works both ways. You could be dross in someone else’s life. When you are a part of God’s Kingdom, He prunes. He decides who He is going to give you as friends and coworkers and who He isn’t. The purposes could be to teach you
I went to a Bible Rodeo for kids. They practiced for a week leading up to the event. They had real animals. They roped them, they tied them, they wrestled them. They were as comfortable on horses as city kids who ride skateboards or bicycles. They practiced all week for this rodeo. Every night they
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Who art thou that judgest another man’s servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. Romans 14:4 Whose servants are we? Who decides if we stand or fall? Who do we aim to please? Jesus. Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
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Satan wants to make your life tougher. He’s always lurking about to see who he can use as a willing victim to cause you harm. There always seems to be someone who will take the bait. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
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Comparing ourselves to others leads to envy and covetousness. We will never be like someone else. While we might admire others and their talents or abilities, we were each created in God’s image and His likeness and He loves each of us uniquely. God made that pretty clear when He designed each of us with
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Is it duty or honor to love our enemies? Is it duty or honor to pray for them? I was reading the news and there were mugshots of a couple. Without the news, this couple looked like a questionable set, dirty, stringy hair, unshaven, even the woman had a 5 o’clock shadow, They had hurt
Don’t share everything. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Matthew 7:6 Most of us have shared something with someone else that we wished we hadn’t. The other person might not have valued
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Love covers a multitude of sin. And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 That word charity that the King James uses always seems to exemplify the love that scripture is talking about: Extra giving, like a form of charity, that same love
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The many times that Jesus offended people, He never apologized. He also never apologized for being silent. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto Him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,They say unto Him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in
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