Tag: bible
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Loving Life
Deut. 30:19-20 – “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You can make this choice by loving the Lord your…
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Love When It’s Hard
Proverbs 25:21-22 and Romans 12:20 “If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat. If they are thirsty, give them water to drink. You will heap burning coals of shame on their heads, and the Lord will reward you.” The message of this scripture really is straightforward. We are to love people that we…
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Love Covers
Most important of all, continue to show deep love for each other, for love covers a multitude of sins. 1 Peter 4:8 I started out the focus on love by confessing that, although I know a lot about love, I struggle to actually live it out well. For that reason, I am comforted by the…
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Are You “In Love?”
1 Corinthians 16:13-14: “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.” Psalm 143:8: “Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love, for I have put my trust in you. Show me the way I should go, for to you I entrust my life.” In…
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Love God, Love People
Matthew 22:34-40 (The Message) – When the Pharisees heard how he had bested the Sadducees, they gathered their forces for an assault. One of their religion scholars spoke for them, posing a question they hoped would show him up: “Teacher, which command in God’s Law is the most important?” Jesus said, “‘Love the Lord your…
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If God is Love, Then. . .
1 John 4:7-21 – “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son…
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The Target
The Target 1 Corinthians 13:1-8 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move…
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All That’s Left. . .
1 Cor 13:13 – And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. We’ve been focusing on faith and hope and now we move to love. Being confessional, I know a lot about all three, but as far as practicing them, I feel like I struggle with love…
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The Very Thing You’re Trying to Avoid
Romans 8:26-28 – And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words. And the Father who knows all hearts knows what the Spirit is saying, for the Spirit…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 