Going deeper with Jesus
Who can love like Jesus does? Not a soul. Nobody can. Who can try? We can try. We can try to let Jesus love others through us. I just saw a video clip of a bully bullying and mocking someone. As I watched it, it got to me. The one who was being bullied hit […]
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I had an issue where I had to go out and brave the elements. My fingers got so cold, my pain level went to a 10, like the temperature. I wasn’t able to wear gloves because of the task I needed to do.I got to come inside at that point. It seemed like it took
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God is very intentional. There is nothing He does that does not have purpose. We can look at the history in the Bible and people do not find the value in certain parts of the Bible. Or the purpose that certain stories are in the bible.Dig deeper. Ask the Lord to teach you why something
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The story of Samson and Delilah has always fascinated me. God instructed the Israelites not to marry foreign wives as, He said, they would turn their hearts from the Lord. In fact, that is how Solomon’s heart turned from the Lord. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the
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Make time in your day for Jesus. Spend time with Him whenever you can. Absorb His unfailing love while in His presence. And then, reciprocate. How do we spend time with God? How do we even start?God has feelings. He made each of us for His pleasure. That is very important to realize: Thou art
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We know the story of The Prodigal Son, the one who squandered his wealth, strayed from his father and his family and from all he knew that was good. Then, he finally came to his senses and came back home thinking he would just be a servant to his father since he had messed things
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Your own self-righteousness will get you nowhere. God will not recognize it as righteousness.It means nothing and it stands for nothing. The righteousness of God is profitable to pursue. Any righteousness not founded on the word of God is baseless. Our righteousness are as filthy rags.But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our
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Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 1 Corinthians 5:6 Just like a rotten apple that spoils the bunch, one little, tiny mistruth can defile the whole lesson. A mistruth can defile the gospel. Keep the word of God pure. Don’t change it, don’t add to it. Man’s
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Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.James 4:8 What happens when you draw near to God?You realize Who God isHis power, His might, His HolinessYour fear of God increasesYour knowledge of the Truth expandsYou become less important in your own eyes, more humble Your sin is revealed
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Suffering guilt is not fun. Suffering shame. Rehashing mistakes made, or intentional sins. We are far less than perfect. We are bound to make mistakes. We are living in a fallen world. What is this perfection Jesus is talking about?Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.Matthew 5:48 Speak