Tag: our words
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A Life of Sacrifice
Hebrews 13:15 “Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.” Do you realize that every Old Testament sacrifice pointed to Christ? A sacrifice is an act of giving something to God that is of value to us. Typically sacrifices…
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The Things We Say
2 Corinthians 4:13 “I believed, and so I spoke.” Our words reveal the truth about our faith. Put another way, it’s not what we say about our faith that matters, but how our faith influences what we say about everything else. In James 2:18, James puts it this way: “But someone will say, ‘You have…
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The Things We Say
1 Corinthians 12:3 “No one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit.” One of the commands of Jesus is that we say what we mean and mean what we say. One of the ways in which He commanded this is found in the following passage from the Sermon on the Mount: “Again you…
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Tests of True Faith – Part 3
1 Thessalonians 1:8 “The word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and in Achaia.” Tests of true faith: the Bible is full of them, for God would not have us to be self-deceived about who we really are. Often you hear people talk about how they are trying to “find themselves,” “know…
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Spiritual Speech
John 16:14 “He (i.e., the Holy Spirit) will glorify me (i.e., Jesus), for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” How often do you and I use the word “I” when we speak? If God is truly working in our lives, it’s likely that we won’t use it much. In John…
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The power of our words
Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.” The Bible tells us that our tongue, although one of the smallest members of our body, is perhaps the most powerful member of our bodies with which to do both evil and good. The book of James warns us…
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The “Shibolleth” Test
Judges 12:5-6 “And the Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, ‘Let me go over,’ the men of Gilead said to him, ‘Are you an Ephraimite?’ When he said, ‘No,’ they said to him, ‘Then say Shibboleth,’ and he said, ‘Sibboleth,’ for he could…
To Encourage You 