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Continue reading →: Choosing the Cross
The cross of Christ is the most defining moment in history for humans because it presents an offer, an invitation to all people. What will it be for you? Judgement or salvation? Salvation brings forgiveness, immortality, an inheritance coming in the Kingdom of God in which only those who repent…
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Continue reading →: Forgiveness is Forgetting
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:12 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matthew 6:14-15 God’s standard for forgiveness is high. He…
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Continue reading →: Living Water
John 4:1-42 tells about an encounter Jesus had with a Samaritan woman who came to a well outside of Sychar (also known as Shechem) to collect some water. She was a sinful woman having had five husbands and living with a man who was not her husband. But the story…
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Continue reading →: YOU Are Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city…
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Continue reading →: What the the Bible says about Thanksgiving
A friend extracted some verses from the bible regarding thanksgiving – maybe in a different context than what we would think about in November. To whom are we giving thanks? Read on and be blessed! Psalm 7:17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and…
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Continue reading →: The signature characteristic of the true church
Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Mat 5:11-12 Most of the true church…
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Continue reading →: Blessed are those persecuted for righteousness
10 “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. (Matthew 5:10-11) The level of persecution against…
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Continue reading →: Blessed are the peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 Peace. We all need some peace in our lives. How do you find it in a world always at war or under the threat of war. Its like we all can hear the drumbeat of war…
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Continue reading →: Blessed are the pure in heart
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Mat 5:8 Do you want to see God? I do! I want to see Him face to face – the One who saved me. The scriptures say that we who believe will see Him: Beloved, now we are children…
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Continue reading →: Blessed are the merciful
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Mat 5:7 When we hear the word mercy, I think we automatically associate it with God. Its not a word that has much use today in our culture which has become dark, harsh, violent, without mercy. Look at the news today.…