Continue reading “He Heals”He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds,
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crushed because of our sins;
he endured punishment that made us well;
because of his wounds we have been healed. Isaiah 53:5
Don’t Use God
Continue reading “Don’t Use God”Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will let your people go to offer sacrifices to the Lord.”
Moses said to Pharaoh, “I leave to you the honor of setting the time for me to pray for you and your officials and your people that you and your houses may be rid of the frogs, except for those that remain in the Nile.”
“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh said.
Moses replied, “It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the Lord our God. The frogs will leave you and your houses, your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the Lord about the frogs he had brought on Pharaoh. And the Lord did what Moses asked. The frogs died in the houses, in the courtyards and in the fields. They were piled into heaps, and the land reeked of them. But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. Exodus 8:8-15
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Blindly Following
As I am reading through the book of Genesis, I landed on chapter 22 for January 1st. In that chapter, as with all scripture, we gain an important lesson, one that is especially helpful as we launch into a new year (but just as important every other time of year too).
Continue reading “Blindly Following”What is Love?
Continue reading “What is Love?”In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another. No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John 4:10-12
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Don’t Follow Your Heart
Continue reading “Don’t Follow Your Heart”Guard your heart with all vigilance,
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for from it are the sources of life.
Remove perverse speech from your mouth;
keep devious talk far from your lips.
Let your eyes look directly in front of you
and let your gaze look straight before you.
Make the path for your feet level,
so that all your ways may be established.
Do not turn to the right or to the left;
turn yourself away from evil. Proverbs 4:23-27
Forgiving is Hard
Continue reading “Forgiving is Hard”Then Peter came to him and said, “Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times!” Matthew 18:21-22
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What I Understand
For the past weeks I’ve been reading the book of Revelation. I currently finished chapter 17 moments before typing this post. It’s crazy, there is just so much that I don’t understand about this book. Tragic events, glorious moments, and incomprehensible instances are recorded for us to read. Honestly, I can get caught up in my confusion and miss the importance of the one thing I actually understand from this book.
Continue reading “What I Understand”Faith Means Action
You’ve often heard the phrase “love is action,” but I’d go a step farther and say that faith is action too. So many people like to throw around the phrase “I’ve got faith.” Even some secular songs speak of having faith. Yet, not everyone who flippantly uses the phrase has faith. Thus, the question must be asked, how can you tell if a person has faith?
Continue reading “Faith Means Action”Does It Change You?
Continue reading “Does It Change You?”For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. Hebrews 4:12
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Not Even Adequate
Continue reading “Not Even Adequate”Now we have such confidence in God through Christ. Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. 2 Corinthians 3:4-6
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