Revelations 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline… Here is the question: Does God discipline us for behavior that He considers evil? Personally, I love the idea of a God who is full of grace and mercy. I know that in my new life, I am eternally saved and forgiven. I like to…
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Revelations 3:17 You say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. When in life have you prayed with the most intensity and passion? When in life have you most desperately sought God? Was it in times of prosperity and success or…
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Revelations 3:15,16 …You are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. I once had the audacity to tell God that though I wanted him in my life, I did not want to…
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Revelations 2:4,5 …You have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Have you ever looked down at your life and wondered, How did I get here? I am not speaking of the events of life over which we have…
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Revelations 1:14-16 His eyes were like a flame of fire…and his voice was like the roar of many waters… from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. I have a confession to make. I skipped this passage yesterday because I sometimes choose the God…
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Jude 1:21,22 …Keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. And have mercy on those who doubt. Some of the worst words ever to escape my lips have been wrought out of the conviction that I was right in the eyes of…
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Jude 1:16 These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters showing favoritism to gain advantage. When Jude speaks of the grumbling malcontent, focused on self, I know exactly who he is talking about. As soon as I read these words, I attach a name and I get irritated. I know who…
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Jude 1:12-13 These are… shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted; wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of their own shame; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever. I am no poet but if I was,…
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3 John 1:11 Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. When I was a kid, my father and I were downtown one day when I talked him into buying me candy cigarettes. Being a father now myself, I know that he thought it would be amusing to see what mom would say. She of…
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