Tag: bible
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Parents and Children
15My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed; 16my inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.–Proverbs 23
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A Heart That Is Pure
11One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.–Proverbs 22 I was verbally bullied in middle school and high school, and I never fought back. Inside I was devising words to say and responses to give. With my friends we would have verbal sparring sessions where…
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Whose Eyes?
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.–Proverbs 21
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Waiting Attitudes
7Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains. 8You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.–James 5
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What’s Your Motivation?
7Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will…
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The Hypocrite Tongue
9With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. 10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. 11Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 12My brothers and sisters, can a…
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Follow the Evidence
14What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? –James 2 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance… (Luke 3:8a) Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these,…
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Pay Attention During Trials
2Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.–James 1
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Two Choices for An Empty Tomb
11While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. 12When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, 13telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during…
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The Irony of the Cross
38Two rebels were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. 39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” 41In…
Joel M Bradshaw 