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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 our hearts. The English word cleanse,
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In other Bible translations, “new man” is the phrase used. Paul, many times, says put on the new self. When we put on the new self we are renewed in the knowledge of the image of our creator. Our scripture today starts out with and…. There is something missing to the context so we need to look
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When we read the account of Job, we know that four of his friends came to preach over him about why he was in the state he was in. Job and his friends judged his sickness as God was angry with him. The last, Elihu, was telling Job, sometimes God will afflict the body for our goodness. God’s
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Paul starts this passage of scripture with therefore, do not give up…. If we know anything about how Paul writes, the “therefore” means because of ….. do not give up. What is Paul telling us? Let us back up to verse 7 and the following: Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that
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One of my favorite things to do, when I lived on a little farm was to work on a project, get really dirty, and then go take a shower. To throw off the dirty clothes and get cleaned up with a fresh set of clothes. There was some sort of accomplishment in getting the dirty off and
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There is a lot in this verse to chew on! Conformed That word conformed is an interesting word. It is the transliteration of syschēmatizō. The Greek word meant: to conform one’s self (i.e. one’s mind and character) to another’s pattern, (fashion one’s self according to). Paul is telling us to not conform our mind and character to
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This month I pray we can focus our hearts on understanding that God’s mercies are new each day. 22 Because of the Lord’s faithful lovewe do not perish,for his mercies never end.23 They are new every morning;great is your faithfulness!Lamentations 3:22-23 The word “mercy” is translated from the word ḥeseḏ. It means “deeds of kindness.” The Lord’s deeds of
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Christmas is about God. Christmas is the story of God the Father sending His son to be born as the God-man. Christmas is the story that God initiated salvation and God ultimately accomplished the sacrifice of God. The people and events surrounding Jesus’ birth are not impressive because they were displaying a God who is. Mary
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Imagine the Lord your God came and told you that you would not die without having seen the Messiah. You are well in your years, at the temple, perhaps praying for the Messiah, and one day two teenagers, with a little boy in their arms walks through the entrance, and there He is! Simeon was a
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Mary, after having been visited by the angel and speaking about her shocking pregnancy, breaks out in a song. These scriptures are known as the Song of Mary. She praises and worships God. She could have reacted with fear, confusion, or anger, but instead she chose to respond in worship. Singing praises and worshiping God is important in
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