Tag: Relying on God
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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…
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Life in Community: The Humility of Christ
Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful. Let Israel be glad in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre. For the LORD takes pleasure in…
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Life in Community: Everyone is Broken
Everyone who believes has God’s approval through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no difference between people. Because all people have sinned, they have fallen short of God’s glory. Romans 3:22-23 (GW) “If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if…
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The Love of God: The Beginning of All Other Good Things
Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (GW) It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NRSV) It is always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes. 1 Corinthians 13:7 (NJB)…
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The Love of God: Tough Love
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at…
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The Love of God: A Father’s Heart
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. 1 Chronicles 16:34 (NIV) Your love, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your…
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My Life as a Tree: Growing from Season to Season (Skipping Rocks #6 – Part 4)
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to…
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My Life as a Tree: Growing Up by Digging Deep (Skipping Rocks #6 – Part 3)
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and…
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My Life as a Tree: Getting Life from the Source (Skipping Rocks #6 – Part 2)
Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams…
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Change is Good: The Gift of Seasons (Skipping Rocks Blog Post 3)
Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction. 2 Timothy 4:2 (NIV) When my Mom passed away, the opportunity for us to move in with my Dad in his new home was no coincidence. The blessings from that decision have been beyond measure for…
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