Sep 9 (Wed)
Gentle words turn away wrath! 🕊️❤️ Choose softness even in disagreement! Prov 15:1 🌿
How will you soften your tone today? #StrongMarriage #September"
Gentle words turn away wrath! 🕊️❤️ Choose softness even in disagreement! Prov 15:1 🌿
How will you soften your tone today? #StrongMarriage #September"
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All that God requires us to be, Christ is for us.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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You can spend your entire life building something everyone applauds and eternity considers worthless. Live for what will matter when you stand before Christ.
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Real biblical love does not affirm people in the sin that is destroying them. Real love tells them the truth about God and points them to the Savior.
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH!!! GOD IS KING, GOD IS ALMIGHTY AMEN!!!
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If we're going to accept the parts of the Bible that talk about God's love and grace, then we must also accept the parts of the Bible that call for our repentance and holiness.
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God is:
•Holy
•Omnipotent
•Omniscient
•Omnipresent
•Righteous
•Perfect
•Glorious
•Infinite
•Eternal
•Immutable
•Sovereign
•Love
•Gracious
•Good
•Just
•Merciful
•Compassionate
•Faithful
•Matchless
He’s worthy of all worship, now & forever.
Happy Lord’s Day!
•Holy
•Omnipotent
•Omniscient
•Omnipresent
•Righteous
•Perfect
•Glorious
•Infinite
•Eternal
•Immutable
•Sovereign
•Love
•Gracious
•Good
•Just
•Merciful
•Compassionate
•Faithful
•Matchless
He’s worthy of all worship, now & forever.
Happy Lord’s Day!
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A person who is truly born again will demonstrate:
• A deep hatred for personal sin
• A longing to obey God's commands
• A steady love for other Christians
• Joyful endurance in times of trial
• A deep hatred for personal sin
• A longing to obey God's commands
• A steady love for other Christians
• Joyful endurance in times of trial
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September 10: God Doesn’t Promise Ease or Invisibility
#Devotional
Amos 4:6–5:27; Acts 9:20–43; Job 20:1–11
As Christians, we might be tempted by the lure of invisibility—the fabled cloak or ring that gives us the power to walk undetected among our friends or enemies. Although it is true that “making much of God” means making little of ourselves, we sometimes use this truth as an excuse to avoid proclaiming God’s work in our lives. Living under the radar is much more comfortable.
Paul never chose the comfortable route. As a former persecutor of the Church, Paul knew the danger of preaching Christ in the open—the chief priests had once empowered him to imprison all who publically professed Christ (Acts 9:14). Yet as a new convert, Paul loudly proclaimed the name of Christ to anybody within hearing distance: “And he was going in and going out among them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to do away with him” (Acts 9:28–29).
Most of us know that life as a Christian won’t be a life of ease. But what is our image of a life of ease? Is it overstuffed chairs, butlers, and bulging bank accounts? Is it remaining silent when we should confess the name of Christ? Or is it judging from afar when we should be coming alongside people in their pain and brokenness? If we follow Paul’s brazen example, we will boldly and wisely share Christ in every possible circumstance.
Are you choosing invisibility? How can you boldly and wisely proclaim Christ?
#Devotional
Amos 4:6–5:27; Acts 9:20–43; Job 20:1–11
As Christians, we might be tempted by the lure of invisibility—the fabled cloak or ring that gives us the power to walk undetected among our friends or enemies. Although it is true that “making much of God” means making little of ourselves, we sometimes use this truth as an excuse to avoid proclaiming God’s work in our lives. Living under the radar is much more comfortable.
Paul never chose the comfortable route. As a former persecutor of the Church, Paul knew the danger of preaching Christ in the open—the chief priests had once empowered him to imprison all who publically professed Christ (Acts 9:14). Yet as a new convert, Paul loudly proclaimed the name of Christ to anybody within hearing distance: “And he was going in and going out among them in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to do away with him” (Acts 9:28–29).
Most of us know that life as a Christian won’t be a life of ease. But what is our image of a life of ease? Is it overstuffed chairs, butlers, and bulging bank accounts? Is it remaining silent when we should confess the name of Christ? Or is it judging from afar when we should be coming alongside people in their pain and brokenness? If we follow Paul’s brazen example, we will boldly and wisely share Christ in every possible circumstance.
Are you choosing invisibility? How can you boldly and wisely proclaim Christ?
September 10 - The Impact of the Incarnation
#LifeOfChrist
“For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him” (John 1:17–18).
God’s Law was permeated with His glory and reflected His holiness and righteousness. Though God was gracious in the Old Testament, the Law was not an instrument of grace because the Law saved no one (Rom. 3:20–22; Gal. 2:16; 3:10–12). It merely convicts sinners of their inability to keep perfectly God’s righteous standards, and condemns them to the eternal punishment of divine justice; thus it reveals their need for the grace of forgiveness.
Jesus Christ, however, brought the full realization of grace and truth. In Him, the truth of God’s salvation was fully revealed and accomplished.
God also was made visible with a clarity never before seen or known. “No one has seen God at any time,” Jesus declared of the years before His appearing (John 6:46), not merely because He is a spirit who is invisible, but more important because to do so would bring instant death. It is through Jesus Christ, the “image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15), that God is revealed.
God, who cannot be known unless He reveals Himself, became most fully known because Jesus “explained Him.” Jesus is the explanation of God. He is the answer to the question, “What is God like?”
Jesus is the only one qualified to interpret God to man, since “no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him” (Matt. 11:27).
Ask Yourself
What is something of God that He has “explained” to you recently, some facet of His nature and character that has been “revealed” to you through your interaction with Him? Aren’t you glad He has chosen to make Himself known?
#LifeOfChrist
“For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him” (John 1:17–18).
God’s Law was permeated with His glory and reflected His holiness and righteousness. Though God was gracious in the Old Testament, the Law was not an instrument of grace because the Law saved no one (Rom. 3:20–22; Gal. 2:16; 3:10–12). It merely convicts sinners of their inability to keep perfectly God’s righteous standards, and condemns them to the eternal punishment of divine justice; thus it reveals their need for the grace of forgiveness.
Jesus Christ, however, brought the full realization of grace and truth. In Him, the truth of God’s salvation was fully revealed and accomplished.
God also was made visible with a clarity never before seen or known. “No one has seen God at any time,” Jesus declared of the years before His appearing (John 6:46), not merely because He is a spirit who is invisible, but more important because to do so would bring instant death. It is through Jesus Christ, the “image of the invisible God” (Col. 1:15), that God is revealed.
God, who cannot be known unless He reveals Himself, became most fully known because Jesus “explained Him.” Jesus is the explanation of God. He is the answer to the question, “What is God like?”
Jesus is the only one qualified to interpret God to man, since “no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him” (Matt. 11:27).
Ask Yourself
What is something of God that He has “explained” to you recently, some facet of His nature and character that has been “revealed” to you through your interaction with Him? Aren’t you glad He has chosen to make Himself known?
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September 10 (Thursday)
Dear Daughter,
The axe was laid at the root, not the branches — because shallow fixes never solved a fruitless tree.
If a pattern keeps repeating in your marriage, stop trimming the symptom. Go to the root — usually fear, pride, or unhealed pain.
Root-work is slower, but it's the only work that lasts.
'The axe is laid to the root of the trees' (Matt 3:10).
What root, not branch, needs your attention this week?
#DearDaughter #RootWork #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
The axe was laid at the root, not the branches — because shallow fixes never solved a fruitless tree.
If a pattern keeps repeating in your marriage, stop trimming the symptom. Go to the root — usually fear, pride, or unhealed pain.
Root-work is slower, but it's the only work that lasts.
'The axe is laid to the root of the trees' (Matt 3:10).
What root, not branch, needs your attention this week?
#DearDaughter #RootWork #StrongMarriage
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If you notice sarcasm, impatience, an opinion that you are the sharpest person in the room, or a spirit that cannot be corrected, do not excuse it as merely your "personality"; name it as sin. Take it to the cross where Christ died for the proud, and learn again that no one stands tall at Calvary.
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Sep 10 (Thu)
Faithfulness in the unseen builds a legacy! 🌱💪
Nobody's watching — but God is, and so is your future! Gal 6:9 ❤️
What quiet faithfulness will you practice today? #StrongMarriage #September
Faithfulness in the unseen builds a legacy! 🌱💪
Nobody's watching — but God is, and so is your future! Gal 6:9 ❤️
What quiet faithfulness will you practice today? #StrongMarriage #September
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Stop measuring God's goodness by how comfortable your life is. The cross already settled the question of whether God is good.
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Christians, do not be afraid of the growing darkness in our modern culture. Light always shines brightest in the deepest dark.
Stand firm on the truth of the gospel and shine like stars in the world.
Stand firm on the truth of the gospel and shine like stars in the world.
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Jesus Christ and Kingdom is my niche, and will always be.
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