Tag: sin
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Dealing With Regrets
Isaiah 1:18 “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” Regrets: do you have any? I can tell you that I surely do. From time to time my mind goes to how I…
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Two Great Themes
Isaiah 55:7 “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” The Bible is a collection of 66 books written by over 35 different authors. Yet, there are only a few…
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Sowing and Reaping
2 Samuel 20:3-25 “And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten concubines whom he had left to care for the house and put them in a house under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of…
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Why?
2 Samuel 21:1 “Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year. And David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, ‘There is bloodguilt on Saul and on his house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.’” Have you ever asked yourself, “Why is this…
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The Abundance of the Heart
Psalm 109:30 “With my mouth I will give great thanks to the Lord; I will praise him in the midst of the throng.” One of the ways I sometimes use (waste) my time is by watching funny YouTube videos. Do you do this? Some that I find particularly hilarious are when a guy disguises himself as a…
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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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Debt
Romans 13:8 “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.” One of the most uncomfortable feelings in the world is to have a debt hanging over our heads. While we are in such a condition, there’s that constant awareness that we’re under obligation. We…
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True Righteousness
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Have you ever heard someone say, “That’s not right!” either to you or to someone else? What does someone mean when they say such a thing? It means that there’s…
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A New Identity
Matthew 3:13-15 “Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all…
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What’s Wrong with the World?
James 3:6 “How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! The tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness.” I heard an interesting sermon the other day around the topic of what I might rephrase “What is wrong with the world?” This pastor had a perspective on this issue that I…
To Encourage You 