Tag: perseverance
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Hearers only?
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” The promise above is one of the grandest in all the…
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Heaven’s crowns
Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” So much of our service to Christ seems, at least at the moment, to be inconsequential. It can seem that no matter how much we pray, or how often we share…
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The heart of Job
Job 13:15 “Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.” Death – it’s the worst thing that can be thrown at us. Job knew the Lord in such an intimate and trusting way, that even death – even if it came from God himself, would not shake him. Trust is just another word…
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While we wait . . .
Psalm 130:5 “I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope” Are you good at waiting for things? For example, how often have you heard, or thought, “I just can’t wait for this weather to change.” So often in life we find ourselves in positions of waiting, and more often…
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When trials come
Psalm 105:16-22 “When He (i.e. God) summoned a famine on the land and broke all supply of bread, He had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. His feet were hurt with fetters; his neck was put in a collar of iron; until what he had said came to pass, the Word of the Lord tested him. The…
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To whom shall we go?
John 6:66-69 “After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.’”…
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