Take, my brothers, the prophets, who have spoken in the example of suffering, affliction, and of patience. See, we count as blessed those who endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is very compassionate and merciful. James 5:10-11 To endure trials or afflictions is to be blessed. Job, What a man! Job is known as righteous man. ow he went through trials, affliction, and grief. He endured many things, and he was blessed. Job was patient in his suffering. He is a role model to us on how we should be in our sufferings. Even while Job was going through his…
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Turning From Sin
If my people called by my name humble themselves, pray and seek my face, and turn to from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 1 Chronicles 7:14 When we are God’s children, we are called by His name. We are dedicated to God. Being a child of God, we must humble ourselves before God. We must realize that we have failures and inabilities. We will have to repent of our sins. We must renew our commitment to follow in the ways of God. His plans, desires, and purposes. Humbling ourselves means recognizing how we need God’s mercy. Praying to God…
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The Steadfast Love Of God
But it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord had brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keeps his commandments, to a thousand generations, Deuteronomy 7:8-9 As we know, the Israelites are God’s chosen people. He was motivated by love for them. God keeps his promises to those chosen people – from generation after generation.…
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Love Is. . . .
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful but rejoices with the truth. Love hears all things, endure all things. Love never ends. I Corinthians 13:4-7 These verses are about the action of love, a behavior. Most of all, it shows the character of who the Triune God is. We all have to grow in this area of love. In every situation we get into, we should use verses to guide how we are responding. We should respond in a patient, loving, kind way. One needs…
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Prayer Time
Our Father in heaven, Your name is honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.] Let’s take some time and focus on prayer. Look up these verses and glean from them. Prayer! It’s a conversation with God. Do you struggle with praying? Is it intimidating to you to pray to God? Is there a right way to…
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Reflection Day
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10 Today is Reflection Day! I love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflect on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting action to what God is telling me and asking of me. Reflection Day gives me a slower pace to grasp what God is telling me. It gives me more time to…
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Love Of Christ
Who shall separate us from the Love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution, or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake, we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” As in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither, angels no demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:35-39…
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Love One Another
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God because God is Love. Can I be honest here? This verse is somewhat scary! If we don’t love others, we don’t know God. We won’t know who he is because he is love, and we don’t love others. I don’t know about you, but I want to know God. I choose to love others. Love is a choice and an action. God is the source of our love. The Holy Spirit gives us the power to love. He…
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God’s Love For The World
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. John 3:16-17 God’s love is so deep for you! Yes – you!! This is the heart and purpose of God. His plan of salvation for you! God’s love runs deep and wide for everyone. God had his son Jesus die, be the sacrifice, to pay for our sins. He gave his son out of love for us. This is a complete…
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The Lord Stands By Us
But the Lord stood by my side and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth. 2 Timothy 4:17-18 Paul was in prison. The church is in turmoil. Timothy probably didn’t have the courage to deal with the church. Paul is encouraging Timothy to speak to the church as God has called him to do. God always gives us the strength to do what he has asked us to do. When we step out in faith and are obedient that is when the evidence of God’s strength will be revealed.…