Tag: Holiness
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Reconciliation: There Are No Untouchables
When he came down from the mountainside, large crowds followed him. A man with leprosy came and knelt before him and said, “Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately he was cured of his leprosy. …
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Provision: A Faith Like Abraham’s
Our church just finished a season of prayer on breakthrough, asking that God’s kingdom would break through into our lives in real and powerful ways. I was privileged to be a part of putting some of the devotions together and have used some of them in expanded form for the blog. I pray that they…
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Handling Brokenness Part 2: Whitewashed Tombs
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full…
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Handling Brokenness Part 1: The First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem
But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which…
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Practical Theology: Why the Devil Loves Me When I Drive
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold…
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Life in Community: The Way of Holiness
Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all…