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Are You Still Salty?
“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be ...
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Jesus Is Better than Being Better
“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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The Lord is Our Shepherd
“For this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when...
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Will I Disappoint God?
“When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually ...
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Loving the Body of Christ
“ Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with ...
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Welcoming Others from His Great Love
“May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and...
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The Little You Have is Enough
“While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made o...
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You Don't Need Good Advice...You Need Grace
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23 A number of years ago I was sitting ...
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Jesus' Beautiful, Messy Family
“This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob t...
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Are You Tempted to Hide?
“Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not hav...
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God's Rules
“Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” Psalm 119:18 When I grumble and complain about the circumstances of my day, I am ...
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Why Is Sin Such a Big Deal?
“As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our sins from us. As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compass...
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Living Water
“Jesus answered her, ‘If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you livin...
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This is Amazing Grace
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 I love the season of waiting for Eas...
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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 Do I Tell Others about Jesus?
“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 2:17 One of the questi...
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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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Earning Your Allowance
“…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, w...
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There's No Health Apart from Your Heart
“And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into h...
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Come Thou Fount
“For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be save...
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Why Do We 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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The Incredible Grace of God
“Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially go...
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The Tale of Sidney and Norman
“For by the grace given me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, ...
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Can You Show Grace Today?
“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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The Darkness Is Not Dark to Him
“I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth.” Isaiah 42:16b There is nothing at camp that creates a lump in my...
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Not by Your Good Works, but His
“I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in th...
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Running Towards Brokenness
“And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous,...
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Washed Clean
“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pu...
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Sin, the Problem, Jesus, the Solution
“For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a g...
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God Sings Over You
“The Lord your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult...