Category: Jesus
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Rest.
The content highlights God as a caring shepherd, providing for His followers and guiding them to peace and rest. Like a shepherd leads his sheep to nourishment and safety, God guides us spiritually. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, offers rest, abundance, and peace to those who follow Him. He knows us…
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Need.
David’s declaration that God is his Shepherd and supplier of all his needs prompts us to consider our trust in the Lord. Understanding the difference between needs and wants, and the assurance that God will provide what is essential, leads to contentment and reliance on His provision. This extends to…
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Jesus: Holds us in His Hand and Walks with us!
In each letter through out this series, we will examine each of the churches that Jesus chose to write letters to. These were real churches located in Asia Minor, now western Turkey. There are two explanations of why Jesus chose these specific seven churches. The first is that each of…
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Love Adjusts our Pitch.
Paul instructs believers to live in harmony, emphasizing the need for mutual submission and humility. He stresses the importance of setting aside cultural, societal, and class differences within the church. Paul also advises against arrogance and urges individuals to be open to adjusting their own opinions for the greater good.
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Love Reflects God’s Empathy.
Paul is writing to the Romans and teaching them how to love others. Yesterday we looked at Romans 12:9-10. Paul was teaching us that our love must be authentic! We should never use love for selfish gains. Today He gives us three more details about love. Love is Sharing! Paul…
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Love Rejoices in Truth.
The passage from 1 Corinthians 13:6 teaches that love does not rejoice in unrighteousness but in truth. It challenges us to examine our reactions to others’ blessings and confronts envy and bitterness. True love rejoices in integrity, honesty, and selflessness, never finding pleasure in others’ failures.
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Love is Not Self Seeking
Those who are selfish will tear down others in order to elevate themselves or to get what they want. Selfishness is a very ugly quality for an individual to have and can do great damage to others.
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Love is Patience.
We have spent the last week looking at the source of love. Love is God and God is love. We can not love others without first loving Him. He chose to love us first, before we ever loved Him. If we want to love others, we have to first understand the source of Love…
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A Completed Love that brings Confidence.
For many Christians, the love of God is spoken in past tense. They saw the love of God in the cross, became born-again, but live tip-toing around God. John tells us we can have confidence around God. When the topic of the day of judgement is brought up many become uneasy. As…
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Come to Know and Believe.
John called himself a fascinating title: 23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was reclining close beside Jesus. John 13:23 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know…
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