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Readily Sacraficing...
In Luke 10:29-37 we read the familiar story of "the good Samaritan". But, today I got to thinking as I read, about the Sacrafice that the Samaritan made in this story. We see that the Samaritan- 1. Got…
Created 11 months ago
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Our Redeeming God!
Acts 9:27- Would I be willing to forgive, like Barnabas? To have faith in God's redeeming work, like Barnabas? And to put my reputation on the line for someone, like Barnabas?? -God, You took Saul, the…
Created about 1 year ago
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"Lord, You are God..."
Acts 4:23-31 -When Peter and John returned, and told the others what had happened, and about the warning the Sanhedrin had given, they all prayed- And when the started out their prayer, they started by…
Created about 1 year ago
Acts 4:23 (NASB), Acts 4:24 (NASB), Acts 4:25 (NASB), Acts 4:26 (NASB), Acts 4:27 (NASB), Acts 4:28 (NASB), Acts 4:29 (NASB), Acts 4:30 (NASB)
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WITNESS
Acts 1:8 "..., and you shall be WITNESSES to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."- as believers we make a big deal about this verse. We pick it apart. We decifer…
Created about 1 year ago
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...I also send you"
- What did the Father send Jesus to be? A sacrifice! He sent Him to live a life of service, and to die, for the sake of redeeming man! -So, when Jesus says that He's sending His disciples out as the Father…
Created about 1 year ago
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"failures"...
John 21:3 "... They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing." -How frustrating this must have been for these "seasoned fishermen"! But, it would seem that God had…
Created about 1 year ago
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May the hurts of others move my heart, like it does Yours!
John 11:1-57 Verse 7&8- Jesus decides to go up to Judea to raise Lazarus, even if it means that it will bring Him into the hands of those looking to harm Him. His own well-being was not as important…
Created about 1 year ago
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"Glory" shrouded in humility
John 1:14-18, As I read through those comments John records about Jesus, "...His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father.", "...preferred before me,", "but grace and truth came through…
Created over 1 year ago
John 1:14 (NASB), John 1:15 (NASB), John 1:16 (NASB), John 1:17 (NASB), John 1:18 (NASB)
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...losing sight of God
2 Samuel 11:1-12:25. -David commited this horrific act- he stole Uriah's wife, and then had him(one of his mighty-men-of-valor) killed. In 12:13, Nathan sad that "the LORD also has put away your sin;…
Created over 1 year ago
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Man after God's own heart...
1 Samuel 23:7-24:22 -I, just as Saul, was impressed by the honorable act of David in verses 4-15 of chapter 24. David's heart was not hardened, or bitter, towards Saul. No matter what Saul did to David,…
Created over 1 year ago
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...would I dare to hold back?
1 Samuel 2:20&21- Hannah gave God a "tithe", the "first-fruits", the thing she had wanted for so long and held so dear- and God blessed her beyond expectations! -Hannah asked for One son. God gave it…
Created over 1 year ago
1 Samuel 2:19 (ESV), 1 Samuel 2:20 (ESV), 1 Samuel 2:21 (ESV)
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share the story...
Exodus 12- I was struck by the way that God wanted the people to set this special week(the festival of unleavened bread) apart, as a time to remember the way God had delivered His people from captivity!…
Created over 1 year ago
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no replicating this one...
I am in Awe, as I read the account of God manifesting His glory/ just the awesomeness that goes before Him to the mountain!! Hollywood could try for a hundred years, and never replicate the amazing scene…
Created over 1 year ago
Exodus 19:16 (ESV), Exodus 19:17 (ESV), Exodus 19:18 (ESV), Exodus 19:19 (ESV), Exodus 19:20 (ESV)
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meditate...
Josh 1:7 "be stron and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper…
Created over 1 year ago
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the proper response...
In Joshua 5:14 Joshua comes face to face with the Lord. And his response was- He fell on his face, and worshipped! Joshua was the leader God had chosen for His people. Joshua was the one who'd stayed…
Created over 1 year ago
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the foolish things of this world...
In verses 12-14 of Judges 6, God shows up, and says in His greeting to Gideon, that He "is with you", and that Gideon is a "mighty man of valor". But, in verse 13, we see the frustrations of Gideon towards…
Created over 1 year ago
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...and sent Timothy...
Paul and Silvanus needed someone they trusted, that they could send to the Thessalonians- who they so loved, and missed. So, they chose Timothy! A guy who when you read 1st and 2nd Timothy, you see that…
Created over 2 years ago
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...blatent disreguard of an order!
...as i read this story of Christ healing this guy, and then he gives the guy a simple command... and the guy totally blows Him off, i get pretty frustrated!! sure, i can understand this guys excitment,…
Created over 2 years ago
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...as a nursing mother....?
between verse 7, and verse 11, i just can't miss the way that paul put so much into his ministry!! he took so much responsability for those he was called to serve!! with the same kind of mindset, and…
Created over 2 years ago
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affliction...joy... when do these two words go together?
this verse deffinitly caught my attention when i read over it!! is there any other context in which this could be said, other than in following Christ? just this morning i read in my personal devos, where…
Created over 2 years ago
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...i thought we were the ones sent out to be evangalists...?
i can only imagine the reaction of paul and his buddies, when they would show up in one of these towns!! when they started to share the Gospel with someone they had just met, that person was able to tell…
Created over 2 years ago