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We need to hear from God's Word now more than ever, to encourage us and show us how to cling to Him in the midst of our pain....
It may come as a surprise that we do have an official view on the subject of home schooling, Christian schooling, or public schooling....
I am an introvert. Maybe you are too. Have you ever felt you are at a disadvantage when it comes to evangelism? You are not alone. Here are five suggestions for helping introverts thrive in evangelism from Adam McHugh's book "Introverts in the Church"...
Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world, a city on a hill cannot be hidden. Eph 5:8 For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light....
Pursuing holiness: Is Jesus knocking at your door?...
Colossians 1:15, 19-22 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. [In] him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross. And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in h...
Keep ReadingEphesians 2:1-7 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wra...
Keep ReadingEphesians 2:1-7 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of w...
Keep Reading2Corinthians 5:17-21 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the m...
Keep ReadingRomans 5:20-21 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. We humans are suckers forthe one,mostdangerouslie. It has haunted us from the last day in the Garden of Eden, ...
Keep Reading1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. This is one of thesimplestverses in the Bible. It has no big words and can be understood by a child on its first reading.There are two people mentioned inthis simple verse-a father and his son.The father gave his son a task to complete. He sent him somewhere, to...
Keep ReadingEphesians 3:18-19 That you,may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. How do you capture the infinite dimensions oftheloveof Christ with words?In these verses in Ephesians Paul tries to turn three ...
Keep ReadingGalatians 3:10,13 For all whorely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, "Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them." Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for usfor it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree." The words "law" and "curse" conjure up st...
Keep ReadingPsalm 40:1-2 I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. I opened my eyes to utter darkness. It was incredibly quiet. I was unable to tell where I was, except for the cold damp walls pressing in on me from all sides...
Keep Reading1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. He bore our sins. He bore their weight. We are all familiar with this concept carrying a bag of concrete, or a heavy tool, or moving a friend's armoire down the stairs, or ladies maybe you can relate better to carryin...
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