Tag: Love
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True Christian Unity
1 Peter 3:8 “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.” The Christian’s life is not the life of a loner. It’s never to be lived with the attitude of “do your own thing,” or “to each his own.” It’s a life that is demonstrated…
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Asking “Why?”
1 Kings 1:6 “(David) had never at any time displeased (Adonijah) by asking, “Why have you done thus and so?” Sometimes the seeds of rebellion are sown at a very young age. That’s the picture we see in the verse above regarding David’s failure as a father to Adonijah. Adonijah was the son born to…
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Be Kind
Ephesians 4:32 “Be kind to one another.” Are you kind? I can assure you, sometimes I’m not! But I really want to be. It’s something I pray about and ask God to help me with. This morning as I was thinking about this, it occurred to me that one way in which such prayers have…
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The Willing
2 Samuel 19:11-12 “And King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests: ‘Say to the elders of Judah, “Why should you be the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king? You are my brothers; you are my bone and…
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Fed Up?
Psalm 136:1 “. . . his mercy endures forever.” Have you ever said or at least had the thought about a person, “That’s it! I’ve had enough!” Maybe you’ve tried to be kind and understanding to that person. Perhaps you’ve done things for them, even over and over again, but it didn’t seem to matter.…
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Multiplied Grace and Peace
1 Peter 1:2 “May grace and peace be multiplied to you.” As you enter each day and interact with others, what is your mindset towards them? Is your thinking directed primarily toward them, or are you thinking more about yourself and how you look to them? There’s a vast difference. In Peter’s salutation to the…
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The “One Anothers”
John 13:34 “Love one another.” Have you heard of the “one anothers”? The Bible is filled with them. They are commands that God has given to us regarding the others who are a part of our life. Perhaps the most repeated “one another” is the one above from John 13. This command, to love one…
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Are You a Lazy Christian?
2 Peter 1:5-8 “Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Do…
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Glorious Friendship
James 2:23 “Abraham believed God . . . and he was called a friend of God.” Abraham was called a friend of God. It’s hard to determine which is the more magnificent aspect of this statement: the condescension of God or the elevation of Abraham. Think for a moment about your best friend. Why is that…
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A Living Faith
James 2:14-16 “What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled,’ without giving them the things needed for…
To Encourage You 