Tag: purpose
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Fixed By His Own Authority
6So when they had come together, they [the apostles] asked him [Jesus], “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon…
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The Purpose in a Man’s Heart
5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.–Proverbs 20 As I journey with someone in biblical counseling, I find it helpful to utter a rather deep statement that I have learned. I DO WHAT I DO, BECAUSE I WANT WHAT I WANT. Many people…
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Ponder Your Path
21For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his paths.–Proverbs 5 What this simple proverb tell us is that everything we do in life is known to God. Therefore do you ponder the paths your life has taken and will take? If you were to take a step back and…
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God’s Plans Are Fulfilled
17For God has put it into their [His enemies’] hearts to accomplish his purpose by agreeing to hand over to the beast their royal authority, until God’s words are fulfilled.–Revelation 17 This chapter pictures God’s opposition gathering their forces until they get a unified response. In Revelation, a person’s allegiance is either given to the…
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Deny Your Greatest Idol
23And [Jesus] said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. —Luke 9 Our society expects each of us to inwardly and outwardly pursue the self. Following Jesus means placing that selfishness on the altar of daily living and instead pursuing Jesus. There’s a…
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Different [1-minute read]
66After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, 69and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy…
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Dive Deep [1-minute read]
5The purpose in a man’s heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.–Proverbs 20 I DO WHAT I DO, BECAUSE I WANT WHAT I WANT. That statement describes everyone’s story. Many people claim that they have a struggle, but they don’t struggle. Why? Because they want what they want.…
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Mine (1-minute read)
26You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.–Leviticus 20 God’s people were not yet in the Promised Land. The people groups there lived lives that were against the standards of God. God’s regulations were to socially and ethically set Israel apart…
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Holy to the LORD
36“You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ‘Holy to the LORD.’ –Exodus 28 Here is another verse of the Bible that helps us to understand what ‘holy’ means. I underlined a portion for us. You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have…
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Plagues 5-7: Pharaoh, for This Purpose!
13Then the LORD said to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 14For this time I will send all my plagues on you yourself, and on your servants and your people, so that…
