Category: Repentance
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God comes to us first.
One of the most beautiful love stories comes from the book of Ruth. The layers and depth of that book is amazing! On the surface we read Boaz was Ruth first. Then he pursued her. Its a deeper picture of God’s love for us. We must first recognize that ALL our love is in…
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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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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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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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Restoration
First, lets break the 10 verse down. The Psalmist is asking God for a clean heart. Notice the psalmist says, God create in me. He gives acknowledgement that a clean heart comes from God. Only from God can we find the cleansing of our hearts. There’s nothing on this earth that can cleanse…
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The Soul’s Passion
“Christ did not die to make good works merely possible or to produce a half-hearted pursuit. He died to produce in us a passion for good deeds. Christian purity is not the mere avoidance of evil, but the pursuit of good.” — John Piper I love this quote by John…
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The naked truth
“Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.”Genesis 3:7 CSB In Genesis, while reading the story of creation, we can acknowledge that the glory of God consumed the Garden of Eden and…
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Adversity: He refines us by fire
We can use a cloth to wipe the dust off of gold, but before that gold can ever be used it, must be refined. Refining go,d is the process of heating the gold up to a point that all the impurities in the gold are bubbled to the top. The…
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the gap.
The question of the ages: If the gospel is supernatural, then why doesn’t it seem to make more of a difference in the lives of so many who claim to believe it? That is a great question! Skeptics ask it and fellow brothers and sisters ask it. I believe it…
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mountains that obscure faith
I have been exploring this idea of mountains. I love the mountains here in Colorado. While I am on my missions trip this next year, I am going to miss them! Jesus spoke and said that just a small faith will move mountains. 20 “Because of your little faith,” he told them. “For truly…
It Starts Small 