Prayer for Courage

Father, give us the strength and courage  to stand up for our faith against all odds  when the world seems to be screaming hatred towards your teachings.  Let us not find shame in your precepts but to stand up firmly in favour of them without hesitation and doubt.  Give...

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Peace From Obedience

"And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him:and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together." (1 Kings 5:12) Solomon lived the beginning of his reign over Israel according to God's commands. He carried on David's alliances and lived up to the name...

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Conviction of the Intention

2 Samuel 23:15-17 "And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought...

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Repentance After Conviction

2 Samuel 24:10"And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done:and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly." This was after David ordered his men...

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It's Not the Physical Cross

Yesterday, during the service of the Lord's supper, I was thinking: what makes the cross so special? Then I thought, it wasn't the cross that made Christ's sacrifice unique.  So often we only limit Christ's sacrifice to the contents of the earthly cross. If it was the cross alone that made...

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Children of God

"He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." John 1 : 11-13 Just reading this verse...

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Are You Wood From the Vine?

"Then the Word of the Lord came to me, saying:  "Son of man, how is the wood of the vine 'better' than any other wood,  the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?  Is wood taken from it to make any object?  Or can men make a peg from it to hang any vessel on?  Instead,...

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Never Too Far Gone For God

"Even if I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;  even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, surely the darkness shall cover me;  even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; But...

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Power and Faith

"And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people." Acts 6:8      For the majority of my life I believed that if a person had power it would be inevitable that they use it for evil, no matter how good they were before they had power. (ie....

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We Are Special

"And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee." 2 Corinthians 1 : 21-22 The royal queen or king put their seal on any bills they would like to enforce as laws, or as a way of claiming...

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Christ = Life

"When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory." Colossians 3:4 We treat our lives very sacredly. We would do anything to preserve them and their reputations. We spoil ourselves when we can and we make our lives our number one priority. Colossians 3:4 says...

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Song of the Month

"Till Thou shalt come in glory and call us hence away, to share with Thee the brightness of that unclouded day. We show Thy death Lord Jesus, and here would seek to be more to that death conformed whilst we remember Thee." We were singing this song in church yesterday and it is talking about how...

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The Greatest Cheer Squad in the World

"Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age." Matthew 28:20 Jesus said this to his disciples during the very important moment in the Bible, which we like to call, "The Great Commission" -- where Christ tells his disciples...

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A Healthy Fear of God

"And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell"  Matthew 10:28 Firstly, "Him" who destroys both the body and soul is not satan. It is actually referring to God. We shouldn't be scared of anything...

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Significant Insignificance

Colossians 1:10 "That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;" The words of Paul that stood out to me this morning from this verse are, "being fruitful in every good work"... Notice how Paul doesn't give a measurement...

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Comfort Found in Jesus

Colossians 1:11 "Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;" Strengthened with all might...what does that mean? According to Matthew Henry's commentary, it's as if we're being furnished by God. God furnishes our earthly bodies...

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We Spice the World

'You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.'  Matthew 5 : 13  I don't doubt that you have seen this verse before-- I have seen it many...

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Devoured By The Devil

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 1 Peter 5 : 8 Yesterday evening the speaker at our church talked about "problems in the church" and he was talking about how the devil can attack us in very obvious ways (ie....

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Kindhearted not Aggressive

" Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, " Colossians 3 : 12 Notice how this list doesn't include: judging hearts, aggression, vengeance, etc.? Perhaps that's because we shouldn't have those qualities. Every time I look at Christ's character and then look at mine I see how vastly different they are. When I think I'm living...

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Citizens of Heaven

" But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,"  Philippians 3 : 20 Our citizenship isn't in Canada in North America on Earth in the Milky Way Galaxy. Our citizenship is in HEAVEN. What does that mean? It means we belong there; we have residence...

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Becoming Bondservants

"For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus's sake. For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" 2 Corinthians...

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He Chose YOU Before the WORLD

"Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love" Ephesians 1:4 I was actually going to talk about another verse but I decided to read a few verses before my selected verse, for some reason. I came across this one. I couldn't help but cry while reading it. THE GOD OF THIS UNIVERSE, THE CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, chose me...ME!...

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Lives Hid With Christ

"For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. " Colossians 3 : 3 I wasn't entirely sure what this verse meant when it says "your life is hidden with Christ" so I decided to consult Meriam-Webster and "hidden" also means "concealed". Our lives are concealed with Christ in GOD. In other words, NO ONE can take our lives away without God's admission; Our lives are in His bank. So we...

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The Irony of Elijah's Fear

"Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there" 1Kings 19:3 I was reading the story of Elijah yesterday and this morning, and I learned something about him: he was scared of dying by the hands of man. He ran away and hid when Jezebel threatened to take his life for killing Baal's prophets. If there was a way he wanted...

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Slaves to Righteousness

"and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. " Romans 6 : 18,22 Slaves of righteousness... We're no longer slaves of sin. When we were slaves of sin, we couldn't get ourselves out of sin. So now since we're slaves of righteousness,...

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His Yoke is Light

"Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" Matthew 11:29 If you don't know, the yoke is a wooden bar that is attached to the necks of a pair of animals (commonly oxen) and this allows whatever load that is being pulled or whatever labor that is being done easier work to do. Christ...

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Talents for God

I used to think I was decent at writing until this year. I took a Writer's Craft course during first semester and I explored all different styles of writing. Through that course, I discovered that I wasn't good at poetry, script writing, articles, novels, and children stories. This really bummed me out. I concluded that I had fooled myself into thinking that I had any talent in writing. However,...

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