Tag: test

• Bedtime Thoughts

  3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,you have tested me, and you will find nothing–Psalm 17 The Hebrew word for ‘tried’ has a meaning of ‘examined.’ The word for ‘tested’ is linked to a goldsmith’s method of refining precious metals. The metal is heated to a high degree and the impurities…

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  June 19, 2023

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• Heart Test

  4but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.–1 Thessalonians 2  Paul’s basic argument was this. God approved of him and the ministry he did. That was enough for Paul. All of his life…

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  October 23, 2022

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• A Simple Spiritual Test

  5Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!–2 Corinthians 13  Paul was giving one last warning to the Corinthians. The chapter kind of had the vibe of a tired parent…

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  August 3, 2022

  2 Corinthians

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