Tag: God
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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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Whose Opinion Matters Most? [1-minute read]
2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.–Proverbs 21 I will speak of me here. Maybe this also speaks of you.
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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…
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God’s Love [1-minute read]
1See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 2Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we…
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Two Loves [1-minute read]
15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17And the…
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Sin Deceptions And Truth
8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.–1 John 1 What deceptions regarding sin do you use? The bad news is that if you claim…
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Be A Good Friend
20Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.–Proverbs 13 I oversee support groups at my church. And to that end, I have leaders in place in each group who also have journeyed in that particular area. They once had ‘wounds’ and they now have ‘scars.’ People with ‘wounds’…
Joel M Bradshaw 