Category: Scriptures
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1–2 minutesBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. The law is not against such things. Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Galatians 5:22-24 I would like to say I am very self-controlled, but I am not. In fact, I am rather self-indulgent. Allowing things that aren’t for God’s glory, no matter how right they seem, to consume my attention and take space in my heart is idolatry, not control. Our pride can easily disguise itself in these impure motives. God breaks…
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3–5 minutesReverence is vital to our walk with Christ. It is a crucial part of our acceptance of our sinfulness and His goodness. With should come a desire to share where we have been and what God has rescued us from. We are nothing apart from Him. He called us, redeemed us, and chose to sanctify. The joy we have for the sacrifice of Christ that fully paid our debt of sin and should greatly outweigh shame and any desire to hide our past. “Let the redeemed of the Lord proclaim that He has redeemed the for the power of the…
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1–2 minutesNow may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. And may your whole spirit, soul, and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 I know of God’s overwhelming goodness, yet my heart and mind get weighed down. I feel heavy and scared, somehow holding the knowledge of God’s faithfulness and love in one hand and my sin patterns and desires in another. Both demand my heart. Neither can coexist. When that happens, my hands need to come together. As…
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1–2 minutesTherefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need. Hebrews 4:14-16 Those feelings of being unable to control aspects of life, of being weak or simply not good…
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2–3 minutesFor just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so also through the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous. The law came along to multiply the trespass. But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 5:19-21 Grace is a wonderful and priceless gift. It doesn’t conceal faults and blemishes; it heals. It is a lightweight and pure balm, one that can be applied to the sinful nature in the…
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6–8 minutesFaith is developed through perseverance and continued trust in God when it looks and feels like He has abandoned us.
