Category: Brothers and Sisters in Christ
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Secured Identity.
There are three critical elements of salvation: death, burial and resurrection. Nothing but faith in the person and work of Jesus is sufficient to reconcile us to God and save us from our sin. The key truths of the gospel are believing that Jesus was buried and was raised on the third…
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togetherness.
No Christian has ever been called to “go it alone” in their walk of faith. “And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more…
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transformation of weaknesses
Yesterday I had the opportunity to sit with my oldest daughter. We were waiting on her fiance’s family to all arrive. They are taking a two week vacation to Florida. I was driving part of them in her finance’s car to the airport and returning his car to their home…
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it is never too late.
I had someone tell me that it was too late for me. That because I was not in obedience to God I would just return to my old ways and that God deemed it was too late for me. They used a passage of scripture to justify (just-a-lie) their position.…
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can’t throw stones when washing feet
I came across this saying a while back. There was a really dumb saying most people my age (late 30s early 40s) will remember. It became the cornerstone of schools and guidance counselor posters all over school. Sticks and stone may break my bones, but words won’t. What an incredibly…
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finish what you start: frustration
Yesterday I opened a topic of why do we not finish what we start? I zoned in on the first reason being, our focus. Where is your focus? Let us look at our verse again: 11 Now also finish the task, so that just as there was an eager desire, there…
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monkey see. monkey do.
This was a phrase I first learned in kindergarten. There were kids putting paste in their ears. The teacher walked up and asked one of them why. They said because so-and-so was doing it. She said monkey see, monkey do. It took me years to understand what she was saying.…
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i want to know
What is your ultimate goal in life? WHat do you set your ambition and motive on? What are you trying to accomplish? This often comes to mind for me. I often ask myself what exactly are you doing and who are you doing it for. More than a year ago…
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soldier.
I have been studying Philippians and took a pause to look over an interesting way that Paul speaks of others throughout all his letters. He speaks that some were brothers or sisters, some were coworkers in the ministry of the gospel, and then we read some were soldiers. 25 But I…
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coworker.
I have been studying the man mentioned in Paul’s letter to the Philippians: Epaphroditus. Paul had an amazing way of speaking about others and we can learn how to be Christ like by looking at the example of others in their character description. 25 But I considered it necessary to send…
It Starts Small 