Category Archives: encouragement

Nothing Is Impossible

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon Matthew 17:14-20 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and … Continue reading

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Trust the Evidence

Isaiah 38:16-17 (NLT) Lord, your discipline is good,     for it leads to life and health. You restore my health     and allow me to live! 17 Yes, this anguish was good for me,     for you have rescued me from death     and forgiven … Continue reading

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Is It Hypocrisy?

Romans 2:13-24 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. 14 For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do … Continue reading

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Healing is a choice

Matthew 8:1-4  Jesus Cleanses a Leper When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus … Continue reading

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Matthew 9:35-38 The Harvest Is Plentiful, the Laborers Few 35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he … Continue reading

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By Authority

2 Corinthians 10:7-8 7 Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we. 8 For even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which … Continue reading

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Unity in the Body of Christ

Ephesians 4: 1-16 1a I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord… Some of the most powerful words in the bible are not the nouns or the verbs, but the conjunctions. What jumped at me right off is that Paul did not … Continue reading

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Ministers of the New Covenant

2 Corinthians 3 (ESV) 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our[a] hearts, to be … Continue reading

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On Account Of These Things

Colossians 3:5-11 (ESV) Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of these the wrath of God is coming. 7 In these you too once … Continue reading

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Isaiah 48:17-19 Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go. 18 Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace … Continue reading

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