Category: Redeeming
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You are Redeemed.
Redemption is regaining or gaining something in exchange for payment or debt clearing. Jesus paid for our sins, clearing our debt with his blood. We’re now clean in God’s eyes and part of the Kingdom of Light. We’re no longer citizens of darkness but of the Son’s Kingdom. Embrace this…
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Grieving Sin
Lamentations is a short five chapter book. The author is not written, but many scholars believe it is the Prophet Jerimiah. If you have read the book of Jeremiah, you can see the similarities in the author’s personality through their writing. Jeremiah was a man who grieved sin. Not just his won, but the…
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Redemption: a gift.
Ruth is my all time favorite story of God’s Redemption in our lives. I have written a small series on the book of Ruth: Decisions that Determine the DestinyGod’s Amazing GraceGet CloserThe Happy Ending, Don’t you want it? Today, we are going to focus on God’s promising of renewal and redemption. This…
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masks.
What is union with Christ? Faith is how union with Christ becomes powerful and operative in your life. Faith is a God given gift. It is a gift that allows you to take hold of God’s having take hold of you. If you are in Christ, have received His gift…
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the most insidious net
Can I ask you an honest question? If your entire life story, ALL of it, your secrets and all, was played out on a big screen for the entire world to see, how would that make you feel? What was your response just now? I believe it was either a…
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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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prisons wounds and scars.
Everyone knows a little bit of something about the Apostle Paul. Every person, good or bad, in the Bible is there to show us and teach us something about ourselves. The intent and purpose of God’s Word is to show us who we are on the inside. To help us…
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Convicting Word in Our Hearts
When talk about experiencing the presence of God and learning who he is, we don’t have to go any further than his word! We find out in Psalms 19, God’s word reveals his glory in the physical world and that we were created in his perfect image. We also find…
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The Cup that Changed Eternity
As we enter into Easter weekend I am reminded of a sermon I heard at the start of my journey. It was through this sermon I began to realize who my Savior is. I knew of Jesus, but didn’t know Him on a personal relatable level to me. 39 And he…
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The Happy Ending, Don’t you want one?
The story of Ruth is a warming story to our hearts. A wicked pagan woman who makes a profound decision, is rescued by our hero Boaz, and their story ends in great happiness. Their story can be our story. Jesus brings us out of the darkness, invites us to be…
It Starts Small 