I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect […]
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Behold, a woman of Canaan came from that region and cried out to Him, saying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is severely demon–possessed.” Matthew 15:22 My dad’s sermon startled me. I have been scanning files into the computer over the last years and so there are about 30 files
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Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Isaiah 55:1 Virginia Burke, a chaplain at the Good Samaritan Society assisted living facilities, once wrote in a devotion on this passage: One Sunday morning, Karl
For you are a Holy People to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a People for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth. The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number
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Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. Matthew 10:34 The pronouncement made by Jesus is dramatic. It really catches us off guard. The angels sang at the first Christmas, “Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to
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Jesus said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” John 14:6 In a world where there are so many ideas competing to reveal the way to humanity’s eternal bliss, how dare Jesus arrogantly declare that He not only has the way, but is
I am the Door; if any one enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:9-10 Most of us are familiar with the six-panel wooden
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But we were hoping that it was He Who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, today is the third day since these things happened. Yes, and certain women of our company, who arrived at the tomb early, astonished us. When they did not find His body, they came saying that they had
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The angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus Who was crucified. He is not here; for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:5-6 In a small town in medieval Germany, Franz was rounding a corner
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When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!” Matthew 27:54 On one occasion Michelangelo turned to his fellow artists and said with frustration in his voice, “Why do
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