Devotionals written by Chuck Jones to encourage and build up the body of Christ.
This “way” of life that is the life of Jesus lived through us is the most amazing adventure. It is walked out in the everyday nitty-gritty details of life in this fallen world, and yet it is experienced in the sense realm of the heavenly places where we are seated in Christ. It is sort […]
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Philippians 4:11-13 NASB Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. [12] I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going
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1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NASB Rejoice always; [17] pray without ceasing; [18] in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. Ephesians 5:20 NASB always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; Sometimes, life and stress-containing circumstances come at us
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Romans 8:2 NASB95 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. Notice that it doesn’t say in that verse that Christ will set you free from the law of sin and death. It says that Christ has set you free
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Everything that Jesus did, he did vicariously (in your place and on your behalf). Jesus did not just come and clothe himself in his unique humanity. He came and clothed himself in mankind’s collective humanity. He was tempted in every way, just like us. In other words, for every temptation you have ever, or will
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What is normal? I hear Christians often defining what normal is based on how they feel, justifying attitudes that don’t line up with the biblical definition of normal. I realize that different changes in our lives can create “new normals,” circumstantially and relationally, but “true normal” stays the same. When I say “true normal,” I’m
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2 Corinthians 4:16-18 ESV So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. [17] For this light momentary affliction is preparing for and in us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, [18] as we look not to the things that
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Philippians 4:13 NASB I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 AMP I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfill His purpose-I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him
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John 14:6 Jesus explained, “I am the Way, I am the Truth, and I am the Life. No one comes face to face with the Father except through union with me.” In Christ, we who were far off were brought near. Through Christ, we have access in one Spirit to the Father– Ephesians 2:13, 18.
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Matthew 28:18 NASB95 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. That is a pretty amazing statement Jesus made concerning the issue of authority. He did not just say that authority had been given to him, but he said ALL authority had
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