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obedience

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    He Humbled Himself by Becoming Obedient

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Philippians 2:3-4 ESV “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing...
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    Consumed with Longing for God's Word

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Psalms 119:17-20 ESV “Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I...
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    Because of Their Hardened Hearts

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Hebrews 3:7-11 ESV “Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “’Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the...
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    Everyone Hearing and Doing

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Matthew 7:24-25 ESV “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. And the rain fell, and the...
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    Get Rid of the Poop, Then be Cleansed

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love 2 Chronicles 7:13-15 ESV “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my...
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    Moving on to Maturity in Christ

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Hebrews 6:1-3 ESV “Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of...
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    He Has Taken Away the Judgments

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Zephaniah 3:14-17 ESV “Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has taken away...
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    For His Good Pleasure

    Philippians 2:12-13 ESV “Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.” As Obedient Children...
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    A Man Named Zacchaeus

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Luke 19:1-10 ESV “He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking...
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    If You Continue in The Faith

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Colossians 1:21-23 ESV “And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to...
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    The Word of God Remains Forever

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love 1 Peter 1:22-25 ESV “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you...
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    The Tested Genuiness of Your Faith

    I’m sharing this here with you from my quiet time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love 1 Peter 1:3-5 ESV “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope...
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    How the Pendulum Swings

    Someone I know posted this quote on Facebook: "Thinking that I deserve heaven is a sure sign I have no understanding of the gospel" -Sinclair Ferguson And I responded, as led by the Lord: “Absolutely true! We can do nothing in our flesh to earn or to deserve our own salvation. It is only by...
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    Seeking to Establish Their Own Righteousness

    Romans 10:1-4 ESV “Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to...
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    Confession and Belief

    Romans 10:9-10 ESV “Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.” Now, there are many people today...
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    Jesus Provided the Way of Escape

    The Israelites, who wandered in the wilderness for 40 years after being delivered out of slavery in Egypt, all “drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ. Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness” (See 1...
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    The Righteousness of God

    Romans 3:21-26 ESV “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the...
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    Beware of Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

    Matthew 7:13-14 ESV “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.” This is the message of the gospel of Jesus...
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    If We Love Jesus

    With regard to the Christian faith and doctrine, we can’t make up our own version of the gospel message. We can’t ignore the Scriptures we don’t like and build our doctrine of salvation around a few select passages of Scripture which are being taught outside their context. We must look at the...
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    The Righteousness of God that Comes by Faith

    Genesis 6:5-13 ESV “The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart… “Now the earth was corrupt in God's...