So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First, be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 If we have wronged someone, we must humble ourselves and do whatever is required to gain a clear conscience with God and the person we wronged. However, the person who was also wronged needs to make sure that they don’t counteract their hurt in the same way. They need to confront also in the way God tells us. Both sides need to be humbled and take…
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Reconciled with God and Others
Then the righteous will answer him, saying, “Lord when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did you see a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visited you?” And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. . . . . As you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.” Matthew 25:37-40,45 Does Our triune…
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Clear Conscience Means??
Now Samuel said to all Israel: “Indeed I have heeded your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. And now here is the king, walking before you; and I am old and grayheaded, and look, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. Here I am. Witness against me before the Lord and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it…
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Offenses Toward Others
“So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.” Acts 24:16 Do you offend people? Do others offend you? The apostle Paul understood the necessity of both dimensions of God and man. Paul was intentional about being moral at all times with God and with others. Paul wanted to make sure at all times there was no offense between him and others. Join me as we learn about having a clear conscience. Has the Holy Spirit convicted you of a sin you had committed against someone, or you had no peace in your conscience until you made it right with that person? We can…
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Reflection Day
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this, we know that we love the children of God when we love God and keep His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:1-5 Today is Reflection Day! I really…
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Digging Deeper
Now by this, we know that we know Him if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this, we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked. 1 John 2:3-6 Today let’s dig deeper into obedience. Let’s read Deuteronomy 30: 11-20: “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. It is not…
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Seeking Him
. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15 What is hindering you from a close relationship with God? Could it possibly be disobedience? Each act of disobedience is a step away from God. However, with each step of obedience to God is a step towards Him. In Malachi 3:7, God says “Return to me and I will return to you, says the Lord of Hosts.” Are we being honest with ourselves, others, and God about our obedience? Have God asked something of you and you have yet to obey? Are we at a place in our walk with God where we know God’s truth and now we…
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The Half Hearted Obedience
Samuel also said to Saul, “The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people, over Israel. Now, therefore, heed the voice of the words of the Lord. Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ” 1 Samuel 15:1-3 Are you as obedient as Moses was? Or do you think you can relate to…
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God’s Glory And Obedience
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring Me an offering. From everyone who gives it willingly with his heart, you shall take My offering. And this is the offering which you shall take from them: gold, silver, and bronze; blue, purple, and scarlet thread, fine linen, and goats hair; ram skins dyed red, badger skins, and acacia wood; oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense; onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod and in the breastplate. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. According…
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Obedience: The Foundation Of Our Walk
Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it! Luke 11:28 If you were brought up in the church as a child, Do you remember singing the song, “The Wise man built his house upon the rock”? This song was based on the parable from Matthew 7:24-27. “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. “But everyone who hears these sayings…