we know that we are not alone here. we are loved, pursued, and refined by YOU, and we couldn't ask for anything more. YOU reveal YOURSELF to us. these words on this weblog are our dealings with YOU: YOUR heart, YOUR son, YOUR wisdom, YOUR love, YOUR jealousy, and YOUR word.
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1 Timothy 4:10-12 This is why we’ve thrown ourselves into this venture so totally. We’re banking on the living God, Savior of all men and women, especially believers. Get the word out. Teach all these things. And don’t let anyone put you down because you’re young. Teach believers with your life: by word, by demeanor, [...]
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matthew 25:31-40 “When he finally arrives, blazing in beauty and all his angels with him, the Son of Man will take his place on his glorious throne. Then all the nations will be arranged before him and he will sort the people out, much as a shepherd sorts out sheep and goats, putting sheep to [...]
psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. i have been reading and reading and rereading and processing this psalm for 3 mornings now. i noticed during the first morning [...]
2 corinthians 6:11-13 Dear, dear Corinthians, I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life. We didn’t fence you in. The smallness you feel comes from within you. Your lives aren’t small, but you’re living them in a small way. I’m speaking as plainly as I can and [...]
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2 corinthians 2:14-16 In the Messiah, in Christ, God leads us from place to place in one perpetual victory parade. Through us, he brings knowledge of Christ. Everywhere we go, people breathe in the exquisite fragrance. Because of Christ, we give off a sweet scent rising to God, which is recognized by those on the [...]
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1 Corinthians 16:13-14 i just about plowed through 1 corinthians in my last 4 or 5 quiet times. there was a ton of good stuff, but this verse stuck out to me. it’s something to live by. it’s to the point. if i could do all 5 of these things for one whole day, i [...]
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matthew 12:34-37 “You have minds like a snake pit! How do you suppose what you say is worth anything when you are so foul-minded? It’s your heart, not the dictionary, that gives meaning to your words. A good person produces good deeds and words season after season. An evil person is a blight on the [...]
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genesis 37-50 i just re-read the story of joseph in genesis in the message. i am struck with the fact that joseph’s life was awesome. incredible. not boring. he did things. and YOU got all the credit. it was clear that YOUR favor was on joseph. part of me wants that. i want YOUR favor, [...]
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isaiah 58:13-14 “If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don’t use my holy day for personal advantage, if you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God’s holy day as a celebration, if you honor it by refusing ‘business as usual,’ making money, running here and there— then you’ll be free to [...]
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isaiah 57:9-12 You send scouts to search out the latest in religion, send them all the way to hell and back. You wear yourselves out trying the new and the different, and never see what a waste it all is. You’ve always found strength for the latest fad, never got tired of trying new religions. [...]
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