Tag: thoughts
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Beware the Smart Person Trap
6Do not add to his [God’s] words, lest he rebuke you and you be found a liar.–Proverbs 30
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Taking Thoughts Captive
5…and take every thought captive to obey Christ…–2 Corinthians 10 Paul was teaching the Corinthian church about the spiritual war they were all involved in. He would later famously teach the same truth to the Ephesian church (ch. 6) with the “armor of God” passage. The war is fought not in the flesh as in…
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Boundaries [1-minute read]
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries…–Numbers 34 (emphasis) IN CONTEXT: This chapter would of course be very controversial today. Wars have been fought regarding these lines. The boundary lines of the geopolitical…
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Order [1-minute read]
1The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: 2“The Israelites are to camp around the tent of meeting some distance from it, each of them under their standard and holding the banners of their family.”…34So the Israelites did everything the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they encamped under their standards, and that is the way they set out, each…
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Guard [1-minute read]
23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.24Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.25Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.26Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.27Do not swerve to the right or…
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The Perceiver of Hearts
5And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” 6Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, 7“Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” 8And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said…
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Daily Living
32“And now, O sons, listen to me:blessed are those who keep my ways.33Hear instruction and be wise,and do not neglect it.34Blessed is the one who listens to me,watching daily at my gates,waiting beside my doors.–Proverbs 8 The wisdom of God is personified in this chapter as a lady. Remember, the book of Proverbs is poetry…
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Guard Your Heart
23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.24Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.25Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you.26Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.27Do not swerve to the right or…
Joel M Bradshaw 