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- John 3:16-18 - Simple Beauty
Notice that God is the primary subject of every sentence and clause. into the world to save the whole world through Him; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for taking
- Acts 10:23-26 - Saint or saint?
25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made “a servant” for us; and he made himself “completely like his brothers.” The next words in the passage don't seem very profound, but they represent a massive step forward for All of this to say that if anyone ever deserved the title of 'saint', Peter had all the more reason. worship, trust and respect; A LIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Pray that you will cling only to Christ in every
- 1 Timothy 6:17-19 - Hold On by Letting Go
Interested in taking hold of the life that is truly life? You're likely not too concerned about making it to work or uptight about getting your daily chores accomplished -10 is a good example of how quickly things can fall off the cliff: 8 If you have many possessions, make The first verse makes a great elaboration of passages like we read in 1 Timothy 6, but the final two verses makes it seem like it's your generosity that delivers you from death!
- Leviticus 24:10-16 - Hallowed Be Thy Name
No sin is greater, no sin makes God more angry than blaspheming his name. The significance of this description is that his father’s heritage made him a foreigner, and while those While the consequence is not a physical death, this sin does make one worthy of condemnation.
- Matthew 9:9-13 - The Apocry-What?
Nobody ever has or ever will like paying taxes. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane, 49 so that they would forget Dig Deeper Our confession encourages us to "learn from" these books, but also makes it clear that these Realize this is the same grace which has triumphed in your life, and never make the mistake that the Pharisees made upon seeing Matthew's conversion, by assuming a person is too sick even for the greatest
- Psalm 16 - In God We Trust
Psalm 16 (NIV) A miktam of David. 1 Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips. 5 LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. 6 The boundary lines have fallen for me not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay. 11 You make AAA Prayer (About) A CKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS : Our Father, who makes known the paths of life and fills
- Luke 17:11-19 - Ten Percent
In addition to the medical concerns affiliated with leprosy, according to the ceremonial law, this made Dig Deeper Kate and I (Pastor Alan) have been married for 13 years, which hopefully makes it safe to Despite our family and friends knowing that we were grateful for them, we still made sure to write out AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who takes pity on His children and heals our diseases ; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Ask God to help you make gratitude the primary motivation in your
- Jeremiah 17:5-8 - Rooted Prayer
us to get rid of this foolish fear— or rather, this unbelief— he says to us that Jesus Christ was “made God to give us his Son as our Intercessor, let us not leave him for another— or rather seek, without ever But Jesus there didn't elaborate on what makes the trees different, only that there are good trees and Dig Deeper The LORD's words here in Jeremiah 17 make sense even when read out of the context they originally
- Luke 2:8-14 - Angels We Have Heard on High
They lie in wait for the church and every member of it like thieves, with all their power, to destroy However, as we take a look at Scripture, we see clearly there are spiritual beings - both angels and Paul says that by the calling of the Gentiles the wonderful wisdom of God was made known to angels: for
- Matthew 3:13-17 - Our Pleased & Loving God
Making distinctions is critical to having a well rounded theology (an understanding of who and what God is), and it's important to be able to turn to the Bible for guidance when making distinctions. this baptism is part of the biblical witness for the Trinity, helping to solidify the distinction we make