Month: July 2016

  James 1:5,6   If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God… and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. I’ve made enough mistakes in life that…
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James 1:2,3  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Yesterday as I was thinking about what God was saying to me through today’s passage, God spoke. I got a phone call from Tommy who was under the impression…
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Hebrews 13:4,5  Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled… Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have… In my worst destruction, those closest to me wanted to know why? What is wrong with you? How could someone so (supposedly) smart…
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Hebrews 13:1-3 Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. Remember those who are in prison… There is no way around it. As Christians, we are commanded by Jesus to love our neighbors (Matthew 22:39). The passage above says we are even to love…
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Hebrews 12:22,28  But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God…  Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken… Anxiety is admittedly not my greatest struggle in life. I am in general, just not a worrier. I have plenty of other defects to fill…
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Hebrews 12:6,11 For the Lord disciplines the one he loves… For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. When I encounter pain, I pray for God to stop that pain. James, brother of Jesus, throws a…
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Hebrews 12:1,4  Let us also lay aside every weight and sin, which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us… In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. I’ll just never do that again. If you are like…
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These all died in faith, not having received the things promised…having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth…But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.   Hebrews 11:13,16  Have you ever been disappointed with God? Has God ever failed to keep up his end of the…
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Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen… And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. Hebrews 11:1,6  What is faith? This question has plagued me since…
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  For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession… Hebrews 10:34  These early Christians were odd folk. They were happy in their suffering. They joyfully accepted persecution and did not fight back when others stole their…
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