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How Many Do-Overs Do I Get, Lord?
“I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.” Romans 7:15 Do you ever have those days, or even weeks (or...
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So What’s the Deal with Grace?
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boa...
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God Forgives
“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose ...
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Wow, That Felt Good to Get Off My Chest!
“Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.” Psalm 32:1 Sometimes when we finally confess something that we’ve held i...
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Finished!
“It is finished!” John 19:30 Do you ever feel like pastors and parents and other Christians keep giving you a laundry list of things to do? The frui...
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Because of God's Grace
“While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the rig...
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Icky Stuff
“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 Have you ever prayed for forgiveness? Sometimes, I don’t do t...
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Freedom Found in Confrontation
“Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest...
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How Many Times Do I Have to Forgive?
“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Don’t you hate it when so...
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God's Plan is Bigger Than Our Comfort
“So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” Zechariah 4:6...
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Who to Forgive
“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for...
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Forgiveness
“The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He d...
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Showing Grace
“For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and ind...
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What to do with Guilt
“Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson...
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The Shepherd and His Sheep
“What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that i...
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Anger
“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” Proverbs 29:11 What angers you? Have you ever gotten so irritate...
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Grace
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 I recently heard grace described ...
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Don't Murder - 6th Commandment
“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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Forgiveness
“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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How Many Times Do I Have to Forgive?
“Be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” Ephesians 4:32 Don’t you hate it when so...
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Forgiveness
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 Forgiveness is a to...