Tag: Humility
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November 25, 2022
When Sin Causes Suffering Key Verse to Read and Treasure For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil—I Peter 3:17 (ESV) For Insight Forty years wandering in the desert. An entire generation that would not live to see the promised land. Suffering, trials, enemy […]
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July 23/24, 2022
Avoid Anger Turned Inward Key Verse to Read and Treasure He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts (Mark 3:5, NLT) For Insight We often identify anger as being something bad or negative to experience or feel but seldom think of it as being potentially deadly or harmful for […]
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June 24, 2022
Avoid Arrogance Key Verse to Read and Treasure Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the LORD; be assured, he will not go unpunished. (Proverbs 16:5, ESV) For Insight Have you noticed when you read the Book of Proverbs, that Solomon has a lot to say about the topic or disposition of […]
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June 13, 2022
The Good of Agreeing together Key verse to Read and Treasure I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree. And that there be no divisions among you. (I Corinthians 1:10,ESV) For Insight The Church at Corinth was a church divided over leaders. As it sometimes […]
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May 6, 2022
Lesson Focus: Cultivating a Spirit of Unity 1.Read Ephesians 4:1-2As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 2.Studying Ehpesians 4:1-2Paul invites believers to look more at the things they […]
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April 22, 2022
A Lesson in Humility Read Also: Matthew 14:1-21 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. […]
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March 29, 2022
When We Choose Peace Over Self-Interests If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right, or if you take the right hand, then I will go to the left. (Genesis 13:9, ESV) Abram and Lot were standing on a hilltop overlooking some prime real estate. The Scriptures describe it as “good […]
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March 5 & 6, 2022
Regarding Having the Mind of Christ… But we have the mind of Christ. (I Corinthians 2:16, ESV) Having the mind of Christ is more than having a healthy mind or mental state, it means we understand and agree with Christ’s outlook and share his heart on matters of heaven and earth. We share in his […]
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October 25, 2021
Give Me a Clean Heart Create in me a clean heart, O God. (Psalm 51:10, ESV) David asked God to create in him a clean heart because David recognized he had a weakness for women. Not all women but attractive, good-looking, especially beautiful women. These are the ones that made his head turn and his […]
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August 31, 2021
FavorWhen the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem, it was like a dream! (Psalm 126:1, GNT) Sometimes we are asking God for or praying about money or manmade solutions when what we really need is God’s favor. Human strategies will only get us so far and money cannot buy everything contrary to what we may […]
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