Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
Song 2:15 ¶ “Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom.” Sin is relational, not judicial. God says, “catch the foxes for US.” It’s as if The Lord says, “Sin affects US.” He pursued us through the ages, stepped out of eternity into time, […]
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Eternal Life is not primarily about chronology, but it is life as it’s lived in Heaven. It is, by nature, supernatural and is oiled with His presence. To be Born Again is to lay aside the old man, of this fallen world, and to become a carrier of life from above. Just think of it,
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John 15:14 “You are My friends if you do what I command you. John 15:15 “No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
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John 5:19 ¶ Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. John 5:20 “For the Father loves the Son,
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John 17:14 “I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. John 17:16 “They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Therefore since you have been raised up with Christ, keep
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The whole world is looking for an authentic, radical demonstration of the life of Jesus. I use the word “radical” intentionally, though if could have simply used the word “actual.” Compared to what most of the Body of has revealed as Jesus, to a broken world, “radical” is probably the right term, because normal from
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Song 8:11 “Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. Song 8:12 “My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its
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Song 8:11 “Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. Song 8:12 “My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its
John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” John 8:23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Jesus sent us with the same
Psalm 16 says that in His presence is fullness of joy, and that at His right hand there are pleasures forever more. Those who Make His presence the priority of their lives live in the rhythm of exhilaration. Those in pursuit never deal with boredom. Boredom is such a plague in our culture. There has
