Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
We are too often disillusioned and defeated when our expectations are rooted in the ideal. For example, soon-to-be married Christians commonly expect their coming marriage to be idea. "In our marriage, we won't have problems. We will agree about everything. We will experience nothing but togetherness, happiness, and pleasantness. Our ...
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Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
Focus verse: Hebrews 11:6--Without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of those who seek him.
College football is big business in this country. Some of the one-game losses in the top five teams ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Can there be joy without a cause? Can there be a celebration without a reason? On the night that Jesus was born, just after his birth, Luke 2:8-13 tells us that some shepherds who were close to Bethlehem had a visit from an angel. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the angel ...
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Sunday, October 21st, 2007
Quite often when we are driving, we will see a yellow or orange sign that says, CAUTION. We know immediately by the color of the sign and the word used that we are being warned. Though only one word and one color appear on the sign, we understand that we ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
Having faith in God through His son Jesus Christ solves many tensions in a typical life. It solves those tensions in numerous ways. It gives a person's life both an immediate focus and an eternal focus--the whole of life is not focused on the here and the now. It gives ...
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
James 1:19-27
1:19 Ye know `this', my beloved brethren. But let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: 1:20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 1:21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, ...
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Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
1 Corinthians 1:18-31
1:18 For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God. 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And the discernment of the discerning will I bring to ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Colossians 1:9-20
1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard `it', do not cease to pray and make request for you, that ye may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 1:10 to walk worthily of the Lord unto all pleasing, ...
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Sunday, October 7th, 2007
1 John 1:1-10
1:1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life 1:2 (and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare ...
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Hebrews 12:18-29
12:18 For ye are not come unto `a mount' that might be touched, and that burned with fire, and unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, 12:19 and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which `voice' they that heard entreated that no word more should be ...
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