Tag: devo
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Sinner’s Hope [1-minute read]
[13] Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.—Proverbs 28 This is a terrifying verse for many who hide, but there is so much bravery here. The villain has a path towards acting more like the hero. The first two are in the verse. The second…
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Iron [1-minute read]
[17] As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.—Proverbs 27 Famous proverb today. Let’s ask some questions.
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Answering a Fool [1-minute read]
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.5Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.–Proverbs 26 Is this a side-by-side biblical contradiction? These verses are literally one right after another. Think of these verses in terms of boundaries and influence. In verse 4,…
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God Meets Us Where We Are
1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”–Matthew 2 The magi will teach us something…
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Responding to an Angel
18And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”… …34And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?”–Luke 1 I highlighted two responses. Gabriel punished the first and didn’t punish the second. Why the…
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Joseph’s Faith [1-minute read]
18Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. 19And her husband Joseph, being a just man and unwilling to put her to shame, resolved to divorce her quietly. 20But as he considered…
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Imitation and Standards [1-minute read]
11Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.–3 John
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Did Jesus Need to Be a Real Human?
7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.–2 John The Apostle John faced an earlier form of Gnosticism affecting some of the churches. One of the features of this heresy was to promote that Jesus didn’t really come in the flesh,…
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Idol Questions [1-minute read]
21Little children, keep yourselves from idols.–1 John 5 This was the last surviving disciple of Jesus who wrote these words. He can call anyone he wants to a little child in a spiritual sense! What is an idol? An idol is something you replace God with in your heart. You serve it with devotion. It…
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God’s Love, Our Love [1-minute read]
7Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.8Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that…
Joel M Bradshaw 