Tag: christianity
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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…
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Beneficial Provocation
Hebrews 10:19-25 – Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his flesh), and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us approach with a…
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That You Might Not Perish. . .
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. A pastor friend gave me an insight into this extremely popular verse that I hadn’t heard before. The word translated “perish” in this verse is the same word…
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Esther – For Such a Time as This
Pastor Eric’s Devo July 25, 2024 Read Esther 4:1-17 A bit of background for the scripture above. This is a quick summary of Chapters 1-3. The King of Persia was having a wild drunken party. In the midst of the party he has the wonderful idea that he would like to show off his beautiful…
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David – the Beginning
1 Samuel 16:1-13 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and be on your way; I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” But Samuel said,…
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Everything is Discipleship
Matthew 28:16-20 – Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus told them to go. When they saw him, they worshipped him, but some doubted. Jesus came near and spoke to them, “I’ve received all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them…
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Vision When It’s Hard to Look
Matthew 27:27-31, CEB The governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the governor’s house, and they gathered the whole company of soldiers around him. They stripped him and put a red military coat on him. They twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They put a stick in his right hand. Then…
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Judas and the Blood Money
Matthew 27:1-10, NIV – Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor. When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized…
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“These Two Sons of Mine. . .”
Matthew 20:20-28, The Message – It was about that time that the mother of the Zebedee brothers came with her two sons and knelt before Jesus with a request. “What do you want?” Jesus asked. She said, “Give your word that these two sons of mine will be awarded the highest places of honor in…
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This is Going to Happen. . .for Real!
Matthew 20:17-19, NIV – Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and…
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