Tag: hope
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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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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’…
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Your Standard [1-minute read]
15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,but a wise man listens to advice.–Proverbs 12 Israel was never more rebellious than in the book of Judges. That disastrous book carried with it this basic theme verse: In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his…
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Bring Blessing [1-minute read]
25Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,and one who waters will himself be watered.–Proverbs 11
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S.H.M.I.L.Y.
7The memory of the righteous is a blessing,but the name of the wicked will rot.–Proverbs 10 I had the honor of co-officiating my great-grandmother’s funeral service yesterday. The first half of our verse today describes how the day went. Grandma was a blessing to so many people and had lived a righteous life. Therefore as…
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Three Salvation Questions [1-minute read]
1And you were dead in the trespasses and sins…4But God…5even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ…8For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9not a result of works, so that no one may boast.–Ephesians 2 (abbreviated…
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The Oldest Verse in the Bible
4For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence.–Ephesians 1 Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed…
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Contentment or Excuses
8…give me neither poverty nor riches;feed me with the food that is needful for me,9lest I be full and deny youand say, “Who is the LORD?”or lest I be poor and stealand profane the name of my God.–Proverbs 30 And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ…
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Hope for the Prodigal
7The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.–Proverbs 28 It almost seems impossible that Jesus didn’t have this proverb on his mind when he gave his famous parable about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. Let’s use that passage to illustrate. A father had…
Joel M Bradshaw 