Tag: work
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Light Work for God
17For thus says the LORD, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.’18This is a light thing in the sight of the LORD. He will also give the Moabites into your hand.–2 Kings 3, with emphasis Now to Him…
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Victory and Priorities
57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.–1 Corinthians 15
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Work to Do
12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. 13But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. 14We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our…
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Weary [1-minute read]
13As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good.–2 Thessalonians 3 This simple verse caught my eye this morning. It has 3 basic parts. Let this verse encourage and guide first your thoughts and then your heart. Your attitude and words/actions will follow. As I write these words, I have a busy life.…
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Two Yokes
14Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?–2 Corinthians 6 Here is a stock photo I found of an ancient yoke for oxen. To be unequally yoked was to put two oxen together that were so different that they would not pull…
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Unless the Lord
1Unless the LORD builds the house,those who build it labor in vain.Unless the LORD watches over the city,the watchman stays awake in vain.–Psalm 127 Here is the great tension between our efforts and God’s plan. Here are 7 thoughts that jumped out at me as I drink my first cup of coffee this morning.
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Four Arrows for Your Self-Talk Quiver
Let’s take these line by line from Psalm 9:1-2. I used bold type for the verses. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart I need to respond to my situations with thanksgiving. Gratefulness is one of the best motivating attitudes. My whole inner person needs to be involved in this. This gratefulness influences…
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Satisfied Sleep
10He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity. 11When goods increase, they increase who eat them, and what advantage has their owner but to see them with his eyes? 12Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but…
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Are You Teachable?
13Better was a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knew how to take advice.–Ecclesiastes 4 The biblical Solomon started off as a young man asking for wisdom and ended up with this description… King Solomon, however, loved many foreign women besides Pharaoh’s daughter—Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians and Hittites.…
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Joseph Got It Done
4And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7And she…
Joel M Bradshaw 