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OUR GLORY AND JOY1 Thessalonians 2:1-20 “For the appeal we make does not spring from error or impure motives, nor are we trying to trick you. On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.” …
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THE TRANSFORMING GOSPEL1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 “For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction.” A gospel that only makes a difference after death will have little impact in today’s …
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For me, there is something mysterious about the love between a man and a woman married to each other and I have learned not to judge their interactions because I don’t know or understand the bonds that are created over the time spent together. After all the physical, emotional, sexual elements that may have played …
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THIS MEDITATION OF MY HEARTPsalm 19 “They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.” It is tempting to look at this psalm and consider how David is able to capture the “general revelation of God” and the “special revelation of God”, as theologians …
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I have always looked at Luke 7:36-50, the story of the prostitute who gate-crashed a dinner party, from the angle of how sensitive Jesus was towards the woman, giving her the space and privacy to deal with her emotions. This time I saw that the rest at the dinner party were also major characters in …
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PRAISE THE LORD, O MY SOULPsalm 103 “Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” This psalm is a wonderful example of the mind educating the soul about God. When we are not “mindful” in worship, the tendency is …
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