“Having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which He has called you, what are the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints.” -Ephesians 1:17 Not one who has visited heaven stayed the...
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“And now I commend you to God and the Word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” -Acts 20:32 The Word of God encourages us that the will of God for us is no...
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“But He gives more grace, therefore it says God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble….Submit yourselves therefore to God.” -James 4:6-7 On many occasions, this verse has been taken out of its context and most commonly...
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“As it is, there are many parts, yet one body..if one member suffers, all suffer together, if one member is honored, all rejoice together.” -1 Corinthians 12:20, 26 When Paul wrote about working on our salvation, actually he was...
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“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for His pleasure...
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“Therefore, preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace…” -1 Peter 1:13 So, you got saved! You became a part of God’s Kingdom and part of the Church accordingly. The Church is...
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“Now this I say and testify in the Lord that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds…but to be renewed in the Spirit of your minds and to put on the new self-created after the likeness of God in true...
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Focus: “When all one’s energy, attention, and desires are aimed at one thing.” Through the power of the Holy Spirit, we can focus and direct our thoughts on Jesus and His presence, His acting, what He does, what He wants to do...
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“I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” -John 10:10 If life is actually God’s life of quality-the way God has His existence then let’s ponder for awhile what is Jesus actually proclaiming here. What is the...
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“Truly, truly I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God…unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” -John 3:3, 5 This is probably the most interesting or most...
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“I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works, my soul knows it well.” -Psalm 139:14 We live in a world where the pressure to be conformed is so great. While promoting some mainstream philosophies of...
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