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GOD’S HANDIWORK, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUSEphesians 2 “Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone.” At the top of the chapter, we were “dead in your …
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FIT FOR SERVICELuke 9 and 10 “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.” When we understand the nature of our role, representatives of our Lord and King to reach out to those who are outside his Kingdom, then we must surely …
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(I was to preach on Galatians 2 last week and thought it would be a good idea to spend my quiet time on the text and that was why the devotion for Week 43 was on Galatians 1 and 2. Here is the text of my sermon. It is about 6 pages long, so be …
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SHEEP OR GOAT?Matthew 25 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and …
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THE GOSPEL TRUTHGalatians 1 and 2 “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you …
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ENEMIES WITHIN AND WITHOUTNehemiah 5 and 6 “When I heard their outcry and these charges, I was very angry.” Sometimes the most discouraging truth is when you discover that it is your own people that are causing the problems. “As far as possible, we have bought back our fellow Jews who were sold to the …
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OBSTACLESNehemiah 3 and 4 “So we rebuilt the wall till all of it reached half its height, for the people worked with all their heart.” Chapter 3 is a heartening passage. Everybody contributed what they could to the work, from priests to goldsmiths, perfume makers, people in authority; even daughters got involved. It wasn’t a …
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THE SUFFERING KINGPsalm 22 “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” It is interesting that we come to this Psalm immediately after the two Psalms we had considered about how God blesses and grants victory to the king and how those Psalms anticipate the greater King who was to come in the person …
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THE KING AND IPsalm 20, 21 “You have granted him his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. You came to greet him with rich blessings and placed a crown of pure gold on his head. He asked you for life, and you gave it to him— length of days, for …
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INTO THE LIGHTJohn 3:16-21 “Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.” Light has come into the world, but for people to be …
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