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“When we have pity on the poor, we are lending to God at interest; and when we give to the lowly, we are giving to God: in a spiritual sense, we are sacrificing a sweet fragrance to Him.”- St. Cyprian of Carthage This week, many people will spend...
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He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:15-16 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat...
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…who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he who does not eat, to the Lord he does not eat, and gives God thanks. Romans 14:6 The issue the writer is discussing here is eating meat previously sacrificed in the name of some idol. Not really a pressing...
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When it was clear that we couldn’t persuade him, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.” Acts 21:14 NLT When circumstances are set against you and the most obvious problems seem to be ignored or insignificant to those who could fix them, we tend to pray for...
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“…we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God,...
