Tag: repentance
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The Transformed
1 Peter 1:14-16 “As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, ‘You shall be holy, for I am holy.’” Have you heard people talking about wanting to “find themselves”? Typically, they’re talking about an inward gaze,…
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The King’s Gate
2 Samuel 18:33 “And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept.” 2 Samuel 19:8 “Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, ‘Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.’ And all the people came before the king.” One…
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A Good News/Bad News Story
2 Samuel 18:19-20 “Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, ‘Let me run and carry news to the king that the Lord has delivered him from the hand of his enemies.’ And Joab said to him, ‘You are not to carry news today. You may carry news another day, but today you shall carry no news, because the king’s son…
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The Believer’s Heart
James 5:19-20 “My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.” Much that we read in the book of James is a differentiation between…
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The Way Up
James 4:8-10 “Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.” You’re probably familiar with the term, “in the gutter.” It’s an idiom that is…
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Righting the Ship
Psalm 146:9 “The way of the wicked He turns upside down” I love the way Psalm 146:9 is rendered in the New Kings James Version, which is the translation provided in the words above. It’s a statement of fact about the lives of those who have rejected God, here called, “the wicked.” It says that…
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Pointing Fingers
2 Samuel 12:7 “Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man!’” So, on May 26, 2021 there was a mass shooting. This time in San Jose. As a result, 10 more people died from such violence. I read one news account that there had been 14 mass murders (defined as four or more people dead)…
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Responding to a King’s Kindness
2 Samuel 10:1-6 “After this the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place. And David said, ‘I will deal loyally with Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father dealt loyally with me.’ So David sent by his servants to console him concerning his father. And David’s servants came into the land…
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Which Way?
1 Samuel 30:11-15 “They found an Egyptian in the open country and brought him to David. And they gave him bread and he ate. They gave him water to drink, and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit revived, for he had…
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Like a Broken Record
1 Samuel 26:1-2 “Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, ‘Is not David hiding himself on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the east of Jeshimon?’ So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.” 1 Samuel 26:21…
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