Tag: Bible study
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What’s the Context?
Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.” Have you ever been taken out of context regarding something you’ve said? Have you ever had a snippet of what you’ve actually said used in a negative way…
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Glorious Reminders
2 Peter 1:12-15 “Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder, since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord…
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Alone Time
Mark 4:10-11 “And when He was alone, those around Him with the twelve asked Him about the parables. And He said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God . . .’” 2020 was a time when words became part of our vocabulary that we would not have even considered prior to that…
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The Prerequisite
Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.” One of the greatest opportunities that can be squandered by man is negligence in the matter of seeking to know God. God has repeatedly told us in His Word that there are awesome…
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“Huh?!”
2 Corinthians 1:13-14 “For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand —just as you did partially understand us.” Have you ever read or listened to something that made you say “Huh?!” Often that’s a result of poor writing. At other times…
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A Glorious Goal
1 Timothy 1:5 “But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” What benefit is there in reading and studying God’s Word? Why do it? Why did those who wrote it do so? Surely there are many reasons. However, in one of the clearest…
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First Things First
Luke 10:42 “. . . Mary has chosen the good portion” Mary and Martha were sisters. Both of them loved Jesus, and “Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus (their brother)” (John 11:5). Yet, Jesus commended Mary for something she did, while He, ever so gently, rebuked Martha. This was not Jesus’ mother Mary. Mary…
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Are You Ready?
Acts 13:15 “After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, ‘Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.’” A few years ago, my daughter and granddaughter participated in a short-term mission trip to Malawi. One of the things that made a great…
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The Burning Heart
Luke 24:25 “And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!” I read a sermon today by the late Martin Lloyd Jones on Jesus’ encounter with two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus right after the resurrection. It is one of my…
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Knowing God
Philippians 3:7-11 “But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain…
To Encourage You 