Tag: faith
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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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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 Source of Our Hope
Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” I often ask children, “where does Jesus live?” I used to do it at the beginning of Chapel at a church I…
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A Living Hope
1 Peter 1:3-9 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven…
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A Critical Life Skill
Several quick scriptures today: 2 Chron 15:7 “But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded.” Gal 6:9 “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” 2 Cor 4:1 “Therefore, since…
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Optimism vs. Hope
Optimism vs Hope This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 