Category: Renewing of the Mind
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God’s Fresh Start, daily.
As we come down to the end of the scripture writing series for January, I believe this is the greatest verse for us to write upon our hearts. We see this verse used all the time! We see it in cute graphics and people quote it all the time. This verse,…
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His Mercy: Faith, Hope, Love
Many believe that Paul is the author of Hebrews. The author starts a three-step process to moving the reader to be roused spiritually and start moving forward. The first step is in today’s verse for the January Scripture writing plan: His Mercies are New each day. The author writes. “let us draw…
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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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Seeing Double?
If you have been following along the January 2024 Scripture Writing Plan: His Mercies are New, you might think I made a mistake. Did we not just read this verse, yesterday? Sort of, but not really. When God speaks something more than once, I believe it is important to sit up…
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Heart Transplant of Transformation.
God is going to restore His people. This is the theme throughout Jerimiah and Ezekiel. God promises to renew us by restoring us. In today’s scripture He promises a full on heart transplant! God promises us that He will change us from the inside out. This promise is referred to as the promise of…
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Approved.
One of the greatest insecurities most of us suffer is approval. We seek the approval of those around us. We seek our spouses approval. We seek the approval of our children, our boss, our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. We seek it from our friends, family, and the world. We desire deep down for…
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God WILL give you more than you can handle.
One of the most well told lies goes something like thins: “God will never give you more than you can handle.” Many teachers, preachers, and believers base this off today’s scripture. The world says this, but God’s Word does not say this. This verse of often taken out of context, as…
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Rain that Renews
Hosea was one of the minor prophets. This does not make the book of Hosea lessor because it is shorter. Interestingly, Hosea’s name means “salvation,” and it is appropriate for the book of Hosea. Hosea was possibly one of two prophets writing from the northern tribe of Israel (Jonah was the other). Hosea was…
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Never Ending Mercies
A little while ago, I wrote about a verse in this series from the book of Lamentations. We looked at how Grieving our Sin brings us a renewing through how merciful God is. Lamentations 3:22-23 offers a message of hope and reassurance amidst the backdrop of immense sorrow and devastation. The…
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Hope for the Despair
Have you been rebelling lately? Do you feel far from God? DO you feel demoralized? Do you feel exhausted? Do you feel hopeless? Do you feel like God has abandoned you? Are you on the edge of despair? Maybe you feel one or many or all these things, then chapter…
It Starts Small 