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Saved By Grace

Psalm 51:3 Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense. We tend to beat ourselves up over mistakes and transgressions. But when we turn back to God…instead of punishment and chastisement…we receive … Continue reading

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Be You

Psalm 40:7 Sacrifice and offering you do not want; but ears open to obedience you gave me. The prophet Hosea made a similar statement as this psalm: “For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice” (Hosea 6:6). Jesus said, … Continue reading

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Kingdom of God

Mark 8:20-21 “When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many full baskets of fragments did you pick up?” They answered [him], “Seven.” He said to them, “Do you still not understand?” When Jesus showed His followers … Continue reading

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Eternal Acceptance

Mark 8:11-12 The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Jesus’ … Continue reading

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Love Endures

Psalm 32:6-7 Then should all your faithful pray in time of distress. Though flood waters threaten, they will never reach them. You are my shelter; from distress you keep me; with safety you ring me round. Jesus knows what you … Continue reading

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All Are One

Mark 6:56 Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed. Jesus’ mission … Continue reading

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Kingdom of God

Mark 6:8 He instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick—no food, no sack, no money in their belts. I once heard a financial adviser on the radio talking about how people need to have a … Continue reading

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Love Overcomes

Hebrews 12:14 Strive for peace with everyone, and for that holiness without which no one will see the Lord. It seems like there is so much cynicism and dissension in the world. Do we respond with more of the same? … Continue reading

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Salvation

Hebrews 12:3-4 Consider how he endured such opposition from sinners, in order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggles against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood. Sometimes life is … Continue reading

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Good News

Mark 4:26-27 Jesus said, “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout … Continue reading

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