Month: July 2016

Monday, July 11th Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. Hebrews 3:12,13  Step Ten of Alcoholics Anonymous says that we need to continue to take a personal inventory. Daily, we need to be introspective, analyzing self to see that…
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Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion…  Hebrews 3:7,8 If God spoke, would you listen? I remember, as a child, hearing the stories of how the Israelites (in the Old Testament) went through a repetitive cycle of rebellion, punishment and repentance, only to do it all over…
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  Saturday, July 9th Because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Hebrews 2:18  In our pain and misery we often cry out that no one understands what we go through. In an attempt to justify our behavior, we come to believe that we are worse…
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Friday, July 8th You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain… you are the same, and your years will have no end.   Hebrews 1:10-13  The ethereal language of Hebrews’ opening chapter prods me to attempt a more…
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I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective for the full knowledge of every good thing that is in us for the sake of Christ.  Philemon 1:6 I find it easy to tell others about my family, my vacations, and my job, as long as it’s not too personal. We post on…
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Avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.  Titus 3:9 I have been guilty of this kind of behavior. It is in my nature, my flesh nature, to need to be right and to have others accept that I’m right. Of course when we are talking about…
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Titus 3:1-3 Remind them to… speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient… passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.   Titus 3:1-3  I assume that you can identify with…
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Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works. Titus 2:14 I have often wondered, when considering my flesh nature, why God made me this way. Why did God put the fruit in the…
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…To be self-controlled.  Titus 2:6 Let go and let God… You are trying to hard… All you need is prayer… Just believe it and it will come true… I’ve heard all these things from well meaning Christians, trying to teach self-control. I find this all to be nonsense. We are in a daily battle with…
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Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.  Titus 2:6 Yesterday, I posed the question, Why do we still struggle with self-control? Once we become Christians isn’t our flesh nature gone? Is my addiction to drugs, food, pornography, self-image, or pride evidence that I am not a Christian? There are many who teach that we…
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