Tag: priorities
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The Bucket List
2 Corinthians 11:24-28 “Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in…
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Above All!
Luke 10:42 “One thing is necessary . . .” You’ve heard the phrase, “to cut to the chase.” It means to get to the point of what you mean to say. It means to cut out anything extraneous, to say what you really want to say. Well, in just four words above from the mouth…
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First Things
Matthew 6:33 “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” How careful we should be to pay close attention to the individual words of the Bible. They aren’t there for filler. God, in His infinite wisdom, has said the things He has said to us in the…
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The Most Important Thing
Luke 9:59-62 “To another he said, ’Follow me.’ But he said, ’Lord, let me first go and bury my father.’ And Jesus said to him, ’Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’ Yet another said, ’I will follow you, Lord, but let me…
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Cursed Indifference!
John 18:18 “Now the servants and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.” Indifference: sometimes it’s an ok thing, but sometimes it’s not. In the account above, Jesus is headed to the cross. It’s at His first…
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Are You Ready?
2 Timothy 2:15 “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” Has anyone ever asked you the following question: “So, what has God been teaching you lately?” If they did ask it, would you have an answer? I had…
To Encourage You 