Category: Jesus
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deliberate.
When you get up in the morning, what is your intention for the day? Intention is a thing intended; an aim or plan. This word and thought of intention has come up many times over the last few weeks. It has challenged me to ask that question: am I intentionally…
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the exchange.
I am learning in this discipleship journey, Christ gives us new life, a transformation of our hearts and minds, but he does this by asking for something in return. He asks us to first redeem ourselves through confession. This is an immediate always ask, but there is something else he…
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it stops here.
30 “Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each one of you according to his ways.” This is the declaration of the Lord God. “Repent and turn from all your rebellious acts, so they will not become a sinful stumbling block to you. 31 Throw off all the transgressions you have committed, and get yourselves…
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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…
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brother. sister.
Paul was writing to the church in Philippi. He was letting them know that he was sending Epaphroditus back to them. He describes in in three very unique ways: 25 But I considered it necessary to send you Epaphroditus—my brother, coworker, and fellow soldier, as well as your messenger and minister…
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simplicity.
I wrote about how God’s Wisdom turns the world’s wisdom and intelligence on it’s head. Then I wrote about how our response to God’s Wisdom is a loud hallelujah! When I was talking to my daughter about the subject of God’s Wisdom vs. the world’s wisdom, she said, man we…
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hallelujah
The other day a song popped up in my head. Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah.Praise ye the Lord, Hallelujah. I think it was something we sang in Bible school when I was a kid. I remember the “hallelujah” part we would shout really loud. There was a song we sang…
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what did i do to deserve this?
There are so many great and wonderful truths in God’s Word. One of the many, written through Paul, tells us that the wisdom and intelligence of the world has been turned upside through Christ. 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but it is…
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no.
The other day I wrote something that has even stuck with me. Judas sold Jesus for a very small amount of money. He traded a life of living for death. He sold Jesus for money. Man I can not tell you the things I have sold Jesus for in my…
It Starts Small 