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Meditation, James 1
The “testing of your faith produces endurance” (James 1:3). God is using situations around us to apply pressure to us and our faith. Some of us think we’ll grow spiritually by reading something and understanding it. But the fruit of … Continue reading
A Father’s Gift
The Word of God is a declaration of the love of God the Father to His Son. God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three persons in one God, what the Christians call the Trinity. This is how God describes … Continue reading
Meditation in Mark 8, A Deeper Healing
Some of the townsfolk brought a blind man to Jesus and urged Him to touch him (Mark 8:22-25). Here’s a blind man wondering, “Who is this stranger? What does He want? What is going on here?” Jesus, seeing the true … Continue reading
Meditation: “Love one Another” (1 Corinthians 13)
First Corinthians 13:1-8 has been oft quoted at weddings simply because its topic is love. But Paul the apostle did not have marriage in mind when he wrote this. He had church gatherings in view. First Corinthians 13 is the … Continue reading
Meditation, “Full of Trouble”
Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He grows up like a flower, and is cut down. He also flees like a shadow, and doesn’t continue.Job 14:1-2 Job’s pains go on and … Continue reading
Meditation, Psalm 8
1 O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens. I don’t know how old David was when he wrote this. He lived long enough to know that … Continue reading
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John 14:6). How can we understand this verse, these three aspects of Jesus? This passage takes place … Continue reading
Meditation: Colossians 1:26-29
1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: God raised up Paul to teach what had not been revealed in the Old Testament. However, how could Paul … Continue reading
Meditation: Love for the Saints
“since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of your love for all the saints” (Colossians 1:4) The fruit of the Spirit is love. Not self-love; not love of the world’s cultures and values; not love merely as … Continue reading
Meditation: Judging in the Kingdom
Matthew 7:1-2 Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. This judging refers to condemning someone, not judging … Continue reading
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