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The Requirements for Righteousness

How can I survive on my own?
I can’t make it all alone.
I have tried to do right, but I fail over and over again.
When will I overcome my weakness? When? When!
I look to my brother, and he is struggling too.
Lord, have mercy on me and my brother we NEED You.

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The Requirements for Righteousness

How can I survive on my own?
I can’t make it all alone.
I have tried to do right, but I fail over and over again.
When will I overcome my weakness? When? When!
I look to my brother, and he is struggling too.
Lord, have mercy on me and my brother we NEED You.

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Reorientation from Remuneration Frustration

Many of us become frustrated with our lack of earthly treasure. We wonder why God hasn’t blessed us with the things that “moth” and “rust doth corrupt”. Somehow, we fail to recognize that God has lovingly removed from our lives the temptation to accumulate wealth unto ourselves. Indeed, we fail to see that our very desire for material wealth demonstrates that we are focused on earthly treasure rather than on the “treasures in heaven” that Jesus instructs us to hold dear.

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treasure chest

Reorientation from Remuneration Frustration

Many of us become frustrated with our lack of earthly treasure. We wonder why God hasn’t blessed us with the things that “moth” and “rust doth corrupt”. Somehow, we fail to recognize that God has lovingly removed from our lives the temptation to accumulate wealth unto ourselves. Indeed, we fail to see that our very desire for material wealth demonstrates that we are focused on earthly treasure rather than on the “treasures in heaven” that Jesus instructs us to hold dear.

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All have Knowledge, Some have Salvation, None have Excuse

Mankind’s problem isn’t fundamentally one of knowledge. Rather the issue that besets the world is one of will. We know God exists, we know what is right. But will we seek God? Will we humbly accept His Way and His Salvation?

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All have Knowledge, Some have Salvation, None have Excuse

Mankind’s problem isn’t fundamentally one of knowledge. Rather the issue that besets the world is one of will. We know God exists, we know what is right. But will we seek God? Will we humbly accept His Way and His Salvation?

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Life is in The Light

Jesus is The Light, and we have The Light inside us. It is God’s plan for The Light that is Jesus to shine through us into the dark world in which we live…

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Life is in The Light

Jesus is The Light, and we have The Light inside us. It is God’s plan for The Light that is Jesus to shine through us into the dark world in which we live…

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G.R.O.W.: Gain Righteousness by Obeying the Word

The very genesis of our growth is the Word of Christ which the Holy Spirit reveals to us.

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G.R.O.W.: Gain Righteousness by Obeying the Word

The very genesis of our growth is the Word of Christ which the Holy Spirit reveals to us.

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Rest in Hope

God not only promises us a way out of every temptation, He also offers us rest. Not just for our souls, and not someday in the future – but right now and for our very flesh, even that part of us that constantly fights Him. “My flesh also shall rest in hope.”

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Rest in Hope

God not only promises us a way out of every temptation, He also offers us rest. Not just for our souls, and not someday in the future – but right now and for our very flesh, even that part of us that constantly fights Him. “My flesh also shall rest in hope.”

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ~Psalm 42:11

H.O.P.E.: Heavenly Outlook Produces Endurance

For the Christian, Faith is the compass that points the way to God and Hope is the sustenance for the journey. The closer we get to God, the more strength we have to keep going. Hope gives us energy; it builds our muscles and it keeps our Christian life in tune.

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. ~Psalm 42:11

H.O.P.E.: Heavenly Outlook Produces Endurance

For the Christian, Faith is the compass that points the way to God and Hope is the sustenance for the journey. The closer we get to God, the more strength we have to keep going. Hope gives us energy; it builds our muscles and it keeps our Christian life in tune.

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Where are you going in this New Year?

…if we do not have a crisis that changes things, we’re headed for more years like the years we’ve been experiencing…

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Where are you going in this New Year?

…if we do not have a crisis that changes things, we’re headed for more years like the years we’ve been experiencing…

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Hope for the Future gives us Hope for the Present

Jesus’ resurrection… gives us hope that we too can live our lives unburdened by sin/sinfulness/the sin-nature. We have a hope for the present, for our day-to-day walk, that sin does not have to rule over our lives: Jesus’ resurrection means we are free.

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flower on tombstone

Hope for the Future gives us Hope for the Present

Jesus’ resurrection… gives us hope that we too can live our lives unburdened by sin/sinfulness/the sin-nature. We have a hope for the present, for our day-to-day walk, that sin does not have to rule over our lives: Jesus’ resurrection means we are free.

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Two Lambs

Tidings to Shepherds: Broadcasts to Outcasts

Perhaps God has humbled you lately. Perhaps you have lost you job, or lost your house, or lost your health, or lost your savings or some combination of the above. While this can be quite painful, difficult and bewildering, perhaps God is preparing to speak a message to you that you are just now prepared to hear.

Two Lambs

Tidings to Shepherds: Broadcasts to Outcasts

Perhaps God has humbled you lately. Perhaps you have lost you job, or lost your house, or lost your health, or lost your savings or some combination of the above. While this can be quite painful, difficult and bewildering, perhaps God is preparing to speak a message to you that you are just now prepared to hear.

crepusculaire solitude

Pains of Rebirth

Search me, know me;
stay away.
I want love and salvation,
but I want it my way.

crepusculaire solitude

Pains of Rebirth

Search me, know me;
stay away.
I want love and salvation,
but I want it my way.

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Improve the Silence

Today is a gift from the hand of God. What we do and say in it is our gift back to Him. Be enriched in the knowledge of Him and speak your faith to those who will listen.

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Improve the Silence

Today is a gift from the hand of God. What we do and say in it is our gift back to Him. Be enriched in the knowledge of Him and speak your faith to those who will listen.

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name." ~ Psalm 100:4

Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting

Fast from discontent; Feast on thankfulness.
Fast from worry; Feast on trust.
Fast from anger; Feast on patience.
Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion for others.

"Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name." ~ Psalm 100:4

Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting

Fast from discontent; Feast on thankfulness.
Fast from worry; Feast on trust.
Fast from anger; Feast on patience.
Fast from self-concern; Feast on compassion for others.

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Light to Live By

What are you bumping into along life’s journey? Turn on the light of the word of God.

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Light to Live By

What are you bumping into along life’s journey? Turn on the light of the word of God.

linked together

…and They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love

It is the love we share (by our actions, not just words!) that makes people believe we are sincere. It is how much we sacrifice for each other that opens the door for the gospel message. It is by bearing each other’s burdens that we fulfill the Law of Christ.

linked together

…and They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love

It is the love we share (by our actions, not just words!) that makes people believe we are sincere. It is how much we sacrifice for each other that opens the door for the gospel message. It is by bearing each other’s burdens that we fulfill the Law of Christ.

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In the Pasture of The Shepherd King

Christ’s reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock… Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.

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In the Pasture of The Shepherd King

Christ’s reign in His Church is that of a shepherd-king. He has supremacy, but it is the superiority of a wise and tender shepherd over his needy and loving flock… Let us worship and bow down before Him as the people of His pasture.

flower + stonework

Loss of a Loved One

We must never think that God treats the death of one of His own casually.

flower + stonework

Loss of a Loved One

We must never think that God treats the death of one of His own casually.

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Jesus Cleanses a Leper: A Revealing Healing

Is what Jesus can do for us more important than what we can do for Jesus? Is our emphasis on receiving from God, or serving God?

Outstretched hand-2

Jesus Cleanses a Leper: A Revealing Healing

Is what Jesus can do for us more important than what we can do for Jesus? Is our emphasis on receiving from God, or serving God?

Bible on ledge

The Believer’s Battle is Spiritual (not Political)

Vote as you desire, but don’t be fooled: it is NOT the power of the poll that prevails.

Bible on ledge

The Believer’s Battle is Spiritual (not Political)

Vote as you desire, but don’t be fooled: it is NOT the power of the poll that prevails.