Tag: Love
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Boomerangs
Ephesians 5:28 “He who loves his wife loves himself.” There are some things in the Bible that are so easy to pass over. If you are a Christian, you’ve likely read the passage above many times. I know I have. But have we really stopped to think about it?! Has it ever caused us to…
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Out of Sight AND Out of Mind?
Hebrews 13:3 “Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.” I asked my adult Sunday School class the following question some time ago: “Do you love Christians whom you have never met?” I asked that question because when we…
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Definitions
Hebrews 13:1-4 “Let brotherly love continue . . .Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.” I’m sure you’ve seen the signs that have popped up over the last few years. I’ve seen them primarily in people’s front yards, in front…
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Neighbors
Luke 10:29 “And who is my neighbor?” Throughout the Scriptures, Christians are called to live out their faith in relationships. For example, the Bible is filled with commands that some have called “the one anothers.” Some examples: “Love one another.” “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.” “Give preference to one another in honor.”…
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Why?
Hebrews 11:29 “By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.” Two people can do exactly the same thing but have completely different motivations for doing so. Thus, the Bible teaches us that it is the motives behind our actions, not…
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The Story of Christmas: It’s More than Meets the Eye
Revelation 12:1-4 “And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was pregnant and was crying out in birth pains and the agony of giving birth. And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and…
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Glorious Gentleness
Hebrews 5:1-2 “For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.” One of the most important attributes of the high priests that God had appointed to…
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Cherish
Ephesians 5:29-30 “He who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church, because we are members of His body.” Sometimes when I read the Scriptures, I get hit between the eyes. Actually, I probably should get hit like this every time I…
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Caring for the Body
1 Corinthians 12:21-27 “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you,’ nor again the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we…
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Patience’s Source
1 Corinthians 13:1 “Love is patient” Are you a patient person? I can assure you that I’m not as patient as I’d like to be. Oh, I can sit in a deer blind from morning to night, day after day and patiently wait to see just one deer. I can fish all day, even when…
To Encourage You 