Category: Christian Faith & Life
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Resolutions
Today is Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day. Discover the reason why so many people abandon their resolutions and how we take comfort in the fact that we have a God who didn’t abandon a single one of his resolutions for our sake.
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Baptized in Christ
“I know full well that I cannot do a single thing that is pure. But I am baptized, and through my baptism God, who cannot lie, has bound himself in a covenant with me. He will not count my sin against me, but will slay it and blot it out.”[1] What would it be like…
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Clothed in Christ
You might be the type of person who spends a lot of time thinking about what you wear. Or you might just throw on whatever’s clean and not give it much thought. (No judgment here!) Regardless, for many adults, getting dressed and ready for the day is automatic. No one has to remind us what…
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Pattern Your Whole Life After God’s Will
(Read 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24) Note: This blog post is split up into sections for ease of reading. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 In rapid fire no less than eight imperatives follow one after the other. With eight commands Paul reviews for us what “God’s will” for us is “in Christ Jesus.” These are not man-made guidelines. They…
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The Lord Sends His Servant to Announce Good News
(Read Isaiah 61:1-3, 10-11) Note: This blog post is split up into sections for ease of reading. Isaiah 61:1-3 Who speaks in these verses? Whom has the Lord anointed and sent to preach good news? Isaiah identified the speaker in several earlier passages. In 11:2, the prophet wrote that the Spirit of the Lord would…
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Prepare the Way for the King
(Read John 1:6-8, 19-28) Note: This blog post is split up into sections for ease of reading. John 1:6-8 The apostle John has not yet identified exactly who the Word with the light is. Instead, he introduces a man whom God sent to be a witness to the light. The man’s name, like the gospel…
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Grow in Readiness for Jesus’ Return
(Read 2 Peter 3:8-14) Note: This blog post is split up into sections for ease of reading. 2 Peter 3:8-9 If people in Peter’s day thought that God would never return (if indeed he was ever there in the first place), how much more hardened and apathetic are the people of today with two thousand…
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The Lord Rescues His People
(Read Isaiah 40:1-11) Note: This blog post is split up into sections for ease of reading. Isaiah 40:1-2 Not just once, “Comfort”, but twice, “Comfort, comfort.” So the Lord begins with a single repeated command. The command flows from the mind of God, and God himself directed it toward his messengers, who will announce the…