Today is Ash Wednesday, which is the beginning of the season of Lent. The word lent comes from a word that means “to stretch, lengthen.” As a liturgical season, it is intended to remind us of the extravagant heart of God for us and our call to live our lives every day, stretching to be […]
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2 Corinthians 2:12-14 AMP Now when I arrived at Troas to preach the good news of Christ, even though a door [of opportunity] opened for me in the Lord, [13] my spirit could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there; so saying goodbye to them, I left for Macedonia. [14] But
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Acts 2:22-23 NASB95 “Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—this Man, when handed over [to the Roman authorities] according to the predetermined decision and foreknowledge of
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Romans 6:4-7,10-11 AMPC We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life. [5] For if we have become one with Him by sharing a
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Colossians 1:19–22 For it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind,
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Because of our union with Christ, he shares his life with us—his nature, his holiness, and his adequacy. He also shares with us his relationship with the Father and the Holy Spirit. We participate in his sonship, and he brings us into his intimate fellowship with the Father and shares with us his emotions, which
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Mark 3:14 NASB95 And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, Ministry must always be the overflow of intimacy. If not, then we will be trying to give away out of our emptiness. Jesus appointed the 12 to be continually with him (that’s
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Western Christians love to study the teachings of Jesus, as all Christians should. The problem is, often Western Christians think that Christianity is primarily about the study of the teachings of Jesus. The truth is, though, if we possess the whole bulk of Jesus’s New Testament teaching and nothing more than that, the world today
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John 11:5-8,14-16 NASB95 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [6] So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. [7] Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” [8] The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi,
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Song of Solomon 8:5 NASB95 “Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?” Every one of us, regardless of our level of spiritual maturity, has to walk through the wilderness from time to time. Those places of pain, trauma, and loss are real. Jesus said in John 16:33, “In the world
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