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I got up for a few minutes last night, as old men are prone to do, not fully awake, but no longer asleep. Somewhere in my soul a verse was floating around. I don’t know how else to describe it, but you have probably experienced it too. In this case it was Romans...
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According to the ancient Chinese proverb, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” The idea is that whether simple or difficult, every venture must have a starting point. If we never start, there is no hope for success. The journey of the great...
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“Now, therefore,” says the Lord, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He...
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“… contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” Jude 1:3b As we prepare our hearts for the great Lenten fast, in which, for forty days, we will search our hearts in repentance and surrender, anticipating, again, the passion of...
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Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God, but he who does evil has not seen God. 3 John 1:11 The short letter of 3 John to his beloved friend Gaius, in part, describes the different behavior of two leaders, Diotrephes, and...
