Tag: Spiritual discipline
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The Right Kind of Righteousness: Teachable
Instruct a wise man and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man and he will add to his learning. – Proverbs 9:9 (NIV) I like being right. There is a sense of satisfaction in having the right answer, the right solution or the right insight. It is a good feeling, but it can…
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The Right Kind of Righteousness
Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker? – Job 4:17 (NIV) Righteousness is talked about often in scripture. Men have written about the righteous God, His righteous people and the righteousness that comes through faith. God has given us His righteousness through His Son and…
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Gardening Tips: It’s About the Harvest
They sowed fields and planted vineyards that yielded a fruitful harvest; he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased, and he did not let their herds diminish. – Psalms 107:37-38 (NIV) Sowing seeds is always about the harvest. There is no purpose to seeding the ploughed ground if we do not expect or work toward…
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Gardening Tips: In Increasing Measure
For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective…
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Gardening Tips: Tilling The Soil
Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. – Matthew 13:5-6 There is not much that I have eaten in this world the matches…
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