Monthly Archives: June 2013

Shine Brightly for Christ

Philippians 2:12-18  Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out our own salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you, … Continue reading

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The Price of Disobedience

Leviticus 26:3-6  “If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their … Continue reading

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Sanctification Simplified

2 Peter 1:3-8 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his … Continue reading

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False Prophets

Jeremiah 23:16-17 16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes. They speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the … Continue reading

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Evil

1 John 5:19 (NIV) We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. I awoke this morning to the screams of my own voice. The nightmare was vivid, I … Continue reading

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Press On

Jeremiah 45 Message to Baruch 45 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of … Continue reading

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Good Soil

Matthew 13:23  As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. Well, I got mostly … Continue reading

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No One Knows That Day or Hour

Mark 13:32-37  “But concerning that day or that hour, no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. 34 It is like a man going on a … Continue reading

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We do not see to believe, we believe and are then given sight

John 11:40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”

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There is no other

Acts 4:7-12  They had Peter and John brought before them and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?” 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! 9 If we … Continue reading

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