Tag: faith
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Called to Fail?
Ezekiel 2:1 – 3: “Stand up, son of man,” said the voice. “I want to speak with you.” The Spirit came into me as he spoke, and he set me on my feet. I listened carefully to his words. “Son of man,” he said, “I am sending you to the nation of Israel, a rebellious…
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Do You Have God’s Autograph?
Jeremiah 31:31-34 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke…
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When Pottery Rebels
Jeremiah 18:1-12 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. He said, “Go down to the potter’s shop, and I will speak to you there.” So I did as he told me and found the potter working at his wheel. But the jar he was making did not turn out as he had hoped, so he…
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The Heart of an Unpopular Prophet
Jeremiah 8:18-22 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the Lord abandoned Jerusalem?” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols …
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Are We Good News?
Isaiah 61:1–9 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of…
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Aspirations of Mediocrity?
Isaiah 55:1–7 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me,…
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Love Changes Lives
2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. The Sun Does Shine is Ray Hinton’s own autobiographical story. Hinton spent 30 years on death row for murders he did not commit because the white sheriff, the white judge,…
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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 and Reputation
Proverbs 3:3-4: “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.” Over the course of my life, I have known several people with the reputation of being extraordinary…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 