Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
1Cor. 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes […]
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Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; 25 nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; Rev. 4:11
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Col.2:9 For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, 10 and in Him you have been made complete… Notice the sequence in Colossians 2. Paul tells that the Christian life is lived the way it began; receiving, by faith, and verses 9-10 tells us that we can simply appropriate (receive) because we already
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Luke 2:25-32 NASB [25] And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. [26] And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he
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Acts 14:22 Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. Jesus gave us a promise in John 16 when He said, “In
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When Jesus called Matthew to follow him, He had another interesting encounter with the Pharisees. Matthew was a tax collector, and tax collectors the most disrespected people, because they worked with the Romans to fleece their own people financially. They were the scourge of the earth to their fellow Jews, and when Matthew followed Jesus
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In Romans 5:12 – 21 the words “gift,” or “free gift,” and “grace” are used ten times. The grace, or free gift referred to in these verses are all referencing the free gift of righteousness that is ours in Christ because of God’s abundant grace. Before Calvary, sin reigned, but now in Christ righteousness reigns.
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Romans 5:12-13 NASB Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned— [13] for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. The word “imputed” used in verse 13
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1Th. 5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it. What a simple verse and yet, what a life changing truth. How many of us, though Christians, face situations or responsibilities in life with a deep sense of inadequacy and insecurity. One of the Devil’s primary ways of keeping us from living
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(Joel 1:15) Alas for the day! For the day of the Lord is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty (Joel 2:1)… For the day of the Lord is coming; surely it is near (Joel 2:11)… The day of the Lord is indeed a great and terrible “The day of the Lord”
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