Category Archives: love

50 Days of Promises (35): Pursue the Mind of Christ

Philippians 2:4-8 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (34): His Choice of You

1 Thessalonians 1:4 knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you;           I woke this morning with a bit of anxiety. I didn’t know what was going on under the surface but clearly there was … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (33): Rich in Mercy

Ephesians 2:4-6 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in o ur trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (31): White As Snow

Isaiah 53:5 But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.                   Hearing, understanding … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (30): The Apple of His Eye

Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. This concept of being the apple of … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (29): HIS Workmanship

Ephesians 2:10a For we are his workmanship… The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Ephesians can speak volumes of grace and purpose into the life of someone who has been there done that and come up empty. Although taking a single verse, and even … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (28): Ambassadorship

2 Corinthians 5:20a Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us…  My son and his family doesn’t know Christ yet personally. Some of them, as I did for decades, profess a belief in God, but there is no church, no bible, … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (26): Chosen With A Purpose

2 Timothy 1:8-9 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 who has saved us … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (25): Progressive Sanctification

Colossians 2:6-7 6 Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, 7 having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing … Continue reading

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50 Days of Promises (24): Qualified To Inherit

Colossians 1:9-14 9 And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to … Continue reading

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