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Do Not Covet - 10th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

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“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything...

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False Testimony - 9th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.” Exodus 20:16 This command is pretty involved, and also has some similarities to the 6th ...

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Do Not Steal - 8th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

You shall not steal. Exodus 20:15 There is more than first meets the eye to the 8th commandment. We are not trusting God when we break this command...

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Adultery - 7th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall not commit adultery.” Exodus 20:14 If you take water and combine it with Kool-Aid, they become something completely different than they w...

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Don't Murder - 6th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall not murder.” Exodus 20:13 In the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, Jesus tells us a bit more about this commandment (Matt. 5:21-26). Whe...

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Honor Your Parents - 5th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” Exodus 20:12 This command is not typica...

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Keep the Sabbath Holy - 4th Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. O...

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Do No Misuse God's Name - 3rd Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.” Exodus 20:7 When you hear so...

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No Idols - 2nd Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow do...

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No Other Gods - 1st Commandment

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

38

“You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 Everybody worships something, even if they say they don’t. People can worship lots of things,...

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The Ten Commandments

by Lindsey Batte

by Lindsey Batte

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“And God spoke all these words.” Exodus 20:1a The 10 Commandments are God’s law. Christ came to fulfill this law because sinners (us) can never fulf...

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Modest is Hottest

by Elizabeth Madden

by Elizabeth Madden

38

“Likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self control.” 1 Timothy 2:9 Typically when I talk to gir...

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Grace

by Kendall

by Kendall

38

“I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a b...

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The Joy of Humility

by Tim

by Tim

38

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he...

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Saved

by Anna Greene

by Anna Greene

38

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not ...

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Knows More Than My Name

by Rob

by Rob

38

I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me. John 10:14 Shortly after Kendall and I were married, her dad took me hunting at a Hunting ...

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Plug In

by Heather Brown

by Heather Brown

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. Phil. 4:13 Make a list of all the hard things going on in your life right now. Do you beli...

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Beautiful, Attractive, Valuable

by Rob

by Rob

38

Let us make man in our image, after our likeness…So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created ...

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Growing Out

by David

by David

38

“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called ...

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Forgiveness

by Kendall

by Kendall

38

“So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you.’ He refused and went and put him in prison until ...

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Love and Grace Towards Others

by Dave

by Dave

38

“We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he h...

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Never Give Up

by Elizabeth Madden

by Elizabeth Madden

38

“And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap a harvest, if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 There was a young writer in...

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Slow Down, Stop, and Soak It Up

by Tim

by Tim

38

The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. Psalm 19:1 For the past 6 years I’ve been granted the opportunity t...

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It's More Than Listening

by Rob

by Rob

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Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you? Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is li...

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Hard Times

by Anna Greene

by Anna Greene

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“All things work together for good to those who love God.” Romans 8:28 Think about some of the best times in your life – you receive an award, you g...

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Don't be Surprised by your Doubt

by Tim

by Tim

38

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of ...

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Adoption

by Dave

by Dave

38

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we...

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Fasting

by Elizabeth Madden

by Elizabeth Madden

38

“I humbled my soul with fasting.” Psalm 35:13 I don’t know about you, but I used to think fasting was something only done during the Bible days. If...

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Content

by Kendall

by Kendall

38

“But godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into the world, and we cannot take anything out of the world. But if we have fo...

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The Lie of the Fairytale

by Sandi

by Sandi

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There is a ways that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. Proverbs 14:12 When you have three daughters you pretty much get to wat...

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