Tag: sincerity
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Zeal: the Good and the Bad
Titus 2:13-14 “Our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.” What are you passionate about? What trips your trigger, turns you on, fires you up? Another way of saying this is what are you…
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Can I Say That?
2 Corinthians 1:12 “For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.” Have you ever read a statement from the Scriptures and asked yourself, “Could I say that?”…
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A Necessary Need
Philippians 3:3-11 “For we . . . put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to…
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Misplaced Zeal
Philippians 3:6 “As for zeal persecuting the church.” How sure are you of the things you believe? Are you absolutely convinced that you are correct in how you view the world around you, God (or that there is no God), death, and eternity? What are your opinions based on? Is the foundation of your viewpoints…
To Encourage You 