Tag: attitude
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An Attitude Like Jesus
3Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality…
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Outside, Inside Hypocrite [1-minute read]
38And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces 39and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, 40who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”–Mark 12 OUTSIDE:…
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First and Last [1-minute read]
33And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” 34But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. 35And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first,…
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Get Up And Serve!
29And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.30Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. 31And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.–Mark 1…
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Cellphones and Milkshakes
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.—Proverbs 9 I recall this memory from the days of COVID quarantine. I had cracked my cellphone screen and was going to get it replaced. Limitations were placed on who could enter the store and how…
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Daily Living
32“And now, O sons, listen to me:blessed are those who keep my ways.33Hear instruction and be wise,and do not neglect it.34Blessed is the one who listens to me,watching daily at my gates,waiting beside my doors.–Proverbs 8 The wisdom of God is personified in this chapter as a lady. Remember, the book of Proverbs is poetry…
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A Husband’s Love
25Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…
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Pharaoh’s Question, Moses’ Song
11“Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods?Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?–Exodus 15 Remember Pharaoh’s question: But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” (Exodus 5:2)…
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Generosity
10He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness. 11You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God. 12For the ministry of this service is not only supplying…
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Prayer and Enemies
1Be not silent, O God of my praise! 2For wicked and deceitful mouths are opened against me, speaking against me with lying tongues. 3They encircle me with words of hate, and attack me without cause. 4In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer. 5So they reward me evil for…
Joel M Bradshaw 