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The NLT misssing the deeper meaning?
The NLT really diminishes what Christ has done when it states that Christ was the "sin offering." KJV and others state that he "became sin" on our behalf. Perhaps it is semantics, however, the latter…
Created 3 days ago
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Troubles as Opportunities!
Life Application Study Bible: Our troubles should not diminish our faith or disillusion us. We should realize that there is a purpose in our suffering. Problems and human limitations have several benefits:…
Created 3 days ago
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Why we Worship
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: Feel Abandoned, Worship God Anyway If God never did anything else for you, he would still deserve your continual praise for the rest of your life because of what Jesus…
Created 9 days ago
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Faith and Hopelessness
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: Be Frank With God Did you know that admitting your hopelessness to God can be a statement of faith? Trusting God yet feeling despair at the same time, David wrote, "I…
Created 9 days ago
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Learn from History
Life Application Study Bible: Today's pressures make it easy to ignore or forget the lessons of the past. But Paul cautions us to remember the lessons the Israelites learned about God so we can avoid…
Created 9 days ago
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Faith not Feelings
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: Faith, Not Feelings, Please God God's omnipresence and the manifestation of his presence are two different things. One is a fact; the other is often a feeling. God is…
Created 10 days ago
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You are The Temple of God
Life Application Study Bible: Paul wanted the Corinthians to understand that they were a unified assembly. They were not to see themselves as a collection of competing interests or independent individuals.…
Created 16 days ago
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Test of Faith
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: Seeking Feeling is Not Worship God has not promised "you will always feel my presence." In fact, God admits that sometimes he hides his face from us. (Isaiah 45:15)…
Created 19 days ago
Job 23:8 (NLT), Job 23:9 (NLT), Job 23:10 (NLT), Isaiah 45:15 (NLT)
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Discernment
Life Application Study Bible: Everyone wants to be wise. Yet Paul taught the Corinthians that true wisdom or discernment requires the believer to be guided by the Holy Spirit. Because Satan's greatest…
Created 19 days ago
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Affirmation before Correction
Life Application Study Bible: In this letter, Paul wrote some strong words to the Corinthians, but he began on a positive note of thanksgiving. He affirmed their privilege of belonging to the Lord and…
Created 21 days ago
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Hospitality vs. Entertaining
Life Application Study Bible: Christian hospitality differs from social entertaining. Entertaining focuses on the host: The home must be spotless; the food must be well prepared and abundant; the host…
Created 23 days ago
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Prayer with URGENCY!
Life Application Study Bible: Too often we view prayer as a time for comfort, reflection, or making our requests known to God. But here Paul urges believers to join in his struggle by means of prayer.…
Created 23 days ago
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When people see you...
Living a Divinely Inspired Life: Be Worthy of Imitation The Thessalonians were converted to Christ not only because of the words of Paul and his men but also because of the example of their lives.…
Created 26 days ago
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Sensitive to Others
Life Application Study Bible: Both strong and weak Christians can cause their brothers and sisters to stumble. The strong but insensitive Christian may flaunt his or her freedom and intentionally offend…
Created 26 days ago
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Wait upon the Lord
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: God Is Real It is easy to worship God when things are going great in your life - when he has provided food, friends, family, health, and happy situations. But what do…
Created 27 days ago
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Genuine Love!
Life Application Study Bible: Most of us have learned how to pretend to love others-how to speak kindly, avoid hurting their feelings, and appear to take an interest in them. We may even be skilled…
Created 28 days ago
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Eternal Perspective
Rick Warren Daily Devotionals: Letting Go of the Eternally Useless As you strive to reach the goals that God has given you, it's important to remember that life on earth is just a temporary assignment.…
Created about 1 month ago
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Sharing the Good News
Life Application Study Bible: We must take God's great message of salvation to others so that they can respond to the Good News. How will your loved ones and neighbors hear it unless someone tells them?…
Created about 1 month ago
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No Fear in Life No Fear in Death
Life Application Study Bible: The love that caused Christ to die is the same love that sends the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us every day. The power that raised Christ from the dead is the same…
Created about 1 month ago
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Daily power of God to save
Life Application Study Bible: The love that caused Christ to die is the same love that sends the Holy Spirit to live in us and guide us every day. The power that raised Christ from the dead is the same…
Created about 1 month ago
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Sin is Sin
Life Application Study Bible: Some sins seem bigger than others because their obvious consequences are much more serious. Murder, for example, seems to us to be worse than hatred, and adultery seems…
Created about 1 month ago
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God's Best
Life Application Study Bible: As a believer, you are not left to your own resources to cope with problems. Even when you don't know the right words to pray, the Holy Spirit prays with and for you, and…
Created about 1 month ago
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Revealed in Creation
Life Application Study Bible: Does anyone have an excuse for not believing in God? The Bible answers an emphatic no. God has revealed what he is like in and through his creation. Every person, therefore,…
Created about 1 month ago
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Service to God
Life Application Study Bible: When Paul uses the term "instrument of evil," he uses a word that can refer to a tool or weapon. Our skills, capabilities, and bodies can serve many purposes, good and…
Created about 1 month ago
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Forgiven
Life Application Study Bible: Some sins seem bigger than others because their obvious consequences are much more serious. Murder, for example, seems to us to be worse than hatred, and adultery seems…
Created about 1 month ago
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Turn to God for Forgiveness
Isaiah 55:6-7 (NLT)
Seek the LORD while you can find him. Call on him now while he is near.Created 2 months ago
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God of Mercy
Psalm 86:15 (NLT)
But you, OLord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.Created 3 months ago
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God Answers Prayer
Psalm 86:7 (NLT)
I will call to you whenever I’m in trouble, and you will answer me.Created 3 months ago
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Psalm 103:14-15
Psalm 103:14-15 (NLT)
For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.Created 4 months ago
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Right with God
Romans 5:1-2 (NLT)
Therefore, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith, we have peace with God because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us.Created 4 months ago
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In the hands of God
John 10:28-29 (NLT)
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them away from me,Created 4 months ago
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All things in God's hands
Romans 8:28 (NLT)
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.Created 4 months ago
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Called of the Father
John 6:37 (NLT)
However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.Created 4 months ago
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Our Guide
Psalm 48:14 (NLT)
For that is what God is like. He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.Created 4 months ago
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The Lord is my rock
Psalm 18:2 (NLT)
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior; my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the power that saves me, and my place of safety.Created 4 months ago
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a table before me in the presence
Psalm 23:5 (NLT)
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.Created 4 months ago
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love your enemies
Matthew 5:44 (NLT)
But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!Created 4 months ago
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bless those who persecute you
Romans 12:14 (NLT)
Bless those who persecute you. Don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them.Created 4 months ago
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God is Spirit
John 4:24 (NLT)
For God is Spirit, so those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.”Created 4 months ago
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Rules our hearts
Colossians 3:15 (NIV)
Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.Created 5 months ago
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Guards our hearts
Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.Created 5 months ago
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Justified by faith
Romans 5:1 (NIV)
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,Created 5 months ago
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Jesus overcame the world
John 16:33 (NIV)
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."Created 5 months ago
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Peace from God alone
John 14:27 (NIV)
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.Created 5 months ago
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Jesus bore all for our peace
Isaiah 53:5 (NIV)
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.Created 5 months ago
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confidence from righteousness
Isaiah 32:17 (NIV)
The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever.Created 5 months ago
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seek peace by turning from evil
Psalm 34:14 (NIV)
Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.Created 5 months ago
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In our sleep
Psalm 4:8 (NIV)
In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, lord, make me dwell in safety.Created 5 months ago
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Peace found in Christ alone
Colossians 3:15 (AMP)
And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ’s] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always].Created 5 months ago
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Christ suffered for our sins
1 Peter 3:18 (NLT)
Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners to bring you safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.Created 5 months ago
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