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    Laying Down Our Lives

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    Obedient to the Point of Death

    Philippians 2:1-8 ESV “So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from selfish ambition or...
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    Living Lives Pleasing to God

    Ephesians 5:1-2 NIV “Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.” We read in the previous chapter that we, as believers in Jesus Christ, were created to be...
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    Do We Truly Love Jesus?

    John 15:9-11 NIV “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.”...
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    The Church in Humility

    The Lord Jesus has led me to write a series of devotions on the subject of the church. This will be the fourth in that series, as I am looking into what the church should look like and how we should function as the body of Christ. I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to...
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    Love in Truth

    Romans 12:1 ESV I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. When we come to faith in Jesus Christ, this is not merely about Jesus forgiving us our sins so that we can go...
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    Suffering Unjustly

    1 Peter 3:8-9 ESV Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. This unity of mind that we, as...
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    Peace Prayer of Saint Francis

    In the name of, the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit Amen. Lord, make me an instrument of your peace: where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is...
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    Fathomless Love

    Sunday, January 1, 2017, 11:30 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Wonderful Peace.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Corinthians 13 (ESV). Love Conquers All (vv. 1-3) If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a...