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    Because As He Is

    1 John 4:13-17 ESV “By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have...
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    Treated Like She's a Nobody

    Luke 7:36-50 ESV One of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and...
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    With All My Heart

    Psalms 119:57-64 NIV “You are my portion, Lord; I have promised to obey your words. I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. I will hasten and not delay to obey...
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    We Cannot Be Christ's Disciples If..

    Luke 14:25-27 ESV “Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, ‘If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and...
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    The Life of the Christian

    The following words were written by the Apostle Paul, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, to the saints of God, who are God’s holy people, his called out ones, who are now to be separate (unlike, different) from the world. For we should be being made (molded, formed) by God into the...
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    Putting Self to Death

    Video Talk Galatians 2:20 ESV “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” When we believe in Jesus Christ with God-given faith, which...
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    The Will of God

    Video Talk 1 Peter 4:1-2 ESV “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.” I...
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    Here I am, Lord, Send Me

    Isaiah 6:1-5 ESV “In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And...
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    Minds which are Stayed on Christ

    Isaiah 26:1-4 ESV “In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in. You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you...
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    Abiding in Christ and Following Him

    Whoever Follows Him John 8:12 ESV “Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.’” Jesus Christ is God and he is the only begotten Son of God. He left his throne in heaven, came to the earth, was...
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    My 12 Favorite Scriptures Pt 12

    Video Talk Habakkuk 2:2-3 NIV “Then the Lord replied: ‘Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it...
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    If Jesus is our Lord, Where is Our Obedience?

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Malachi 1:6-9 ESV “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a father, where is my honor? And if I am a master, where is my fear? says the Lord of...
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    Denying Self or Denying Jesus?

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Luke 9:23 ESV “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” When Jesus Christ died on that...
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    Growing to Maturity in Christ Jesus

    I’m sharing this here with you from my time of personal devotions with my Lord Jesus Christ, for your encouragement. Sue Love Jesus Christ, our Savior Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God. But he is also God, the second person of our triune God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is our...
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    Does God Still Require Obedience?

    1 John 2:3-6 ESV “And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that...
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    Who Has Believed the Gospel?

    Isaiah 53:1-6 ESV “Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should...
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    We Need to Grow Up in Christ

    1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” We read in 1 Peter 1 that, as obedient children...
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    They Asked Me

    An Original Work / November 11, 2021 Strangers called on me one day, Asked me if I’d kindly pray For their neighbors, for their friends To find Jesus, accept Him. “Sure, I will,” I said to them, “Pray they give their lives to Him Fully, truly, not in jest, Not to falsely Him confess. “Pray...
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    Loving Jesus, Obeying His Word

    John 14:21-24 ESV “’Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.’ Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, ‘Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the...
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    Do we Long to Obey our Lord?

    My Soul Keeps Them Psalms 119:129-131 ESV “Your testimonies are wonderful; therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commandments.” Some people have this idea that...