Tag: faith
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Can’t Live Without This
Romans 5:2-5 The Voice “Jesus leads us into a place of radical grace where we are able to celebrate the hope of experiencing God’s glory. And that’s not all. We also celebrate in seasons of suffering because we know that when we suffer we develop endurance, which shapes our characters. When our characters are refined,…
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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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More Than What You Believe
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out…
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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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Jacob’s Ladder
Genesis 28:10-19 – Meanwhile, Jacob left Beersheba and traveled toward Haran. At sundown he arrived at a good place to set up camp and stopped there for the night. Jacob found a stone to rest his head against and lay down to sleep. As he slept, he dreamed of a stairway that reached from the…
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Noah
Genesis 8 – But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and livestock with him in the boat. He sent a wind to blow across the earth, and the floodwaters began to recede. The underground waters stopped flowing, and the torrential rains from the sky were stopped. So the floodwaters gradually receded from the…
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Esther Saves Her People
Esther 7 – So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.” Then Queen Esther…
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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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Elisha Overlooked
Read 2 Kings 4:8-37 – Elisha raises a boy back to life As was mentioned yesterday, Elisha had been groomed and mentored by Elijah for the work of the prophet. And Elijah’s investment paid off. Elisha – by all accounts he exceeded the works of his mentor – longer service, twice as many miracles, and…
Weekday Word w/ Eric 