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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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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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Who Jesus Came For
“Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’” Luk...
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The Heart of a Pharisee: Majoring on the Minors
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more...
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Better Than We Could Ever Dream Up
“Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” Ephesians 4:32 Rev. Steve Brown says that a friend onc...
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The Heart of the Pharisee: Guarding the Gate
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not e...
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The Beauty of Coming Back
“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Fa...
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Coming to God with Confidence
“In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.” Ephesians 3:12 Because of Jesus’s death on the cross, we have bee...
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Hiding God’s Word in Our Heart
“How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word. I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your com...
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All Is Grace
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by f...
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Instead of Hiding, We Are Free
“Then he added, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will.’ He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sa...