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New Testament

His Possession For His Purposes

ROMANS 14:7-9 – “For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord…

Royal Property, Handle With Care

1 PETER 2:9-10 – “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have…

Live Daily Ready

MARK 13:33-37 – “Be on guard, keep awake. For you do not know when the time will come. It is like a man going on a journey, when he leaves home and puts his servants in charge, each with his work, and commands the doorkeeper to stay awake. Therefore stay awake—for you do not know when the master of the house will…

He Wants All Of Us

MARK 10:17-22 – “And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery,…

The Impulse To Pray

PSALM 109:4 – “In return for my love they act as my accusers, but I give myself to prayer” THEME OF THE DAY: THE IMPULSE TO PRAY.  In today’s scripture, David feels pressure. A lot of it. His enemies abound with wounding words, lying lips, and fierce accusations.  Sounds like us on a daily basis. We may have physical accusers like David,…