The Word For You Today
Born To Believe (2)
Today’s Scriptures
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4
Born To Believe (1)
Today’s Scriptures
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
Proverbs 22:6
How God Sees You
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
Romans 8:1
Consult God on Your Daily To-Do List
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The Lord makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him;
Psalm 37:23
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
Use Your Imagination
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For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21
Connect. Commit. Communicate.
Today’s Scriptures
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
Romans 16:1-2
Put Away The Measuring Stick!
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When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?”
“Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.”
Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.”
John 21:15
Know When To Let Go
Today’s Scriptures
There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:
Ecclesiastes 3:1
Don't Break, Bounce Back (2)
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for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
Proverbs 24:16
How Long Will You Live?
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Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures;
yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.Psalm 90:10
Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
James 4:14
They are like a breath; their days are like a fleeting shadow.
Psalm 144:4
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16
Righteousness Is A Gift, Not A Reward
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For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God’s abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
Romans 5:17
Shake It Off And Move Forward
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And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”
Mark 6:11
Refuse To Wear The Label
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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
1 Chronicles 4:9-10
Growth Is About Enlargement
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You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.
Psalm 18:36
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
John 8:31-32
Today, Expect God's Favor
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Surely, Lord, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.Psalm 5:12
Governed By Christ's Love For Us
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For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.
2 Corinthians 5:14
Understanding The Word Imputed
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This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.” The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone, but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Romans 4:22-24
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8-9
God Uses Damaged People
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“Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”
Luke 22:31-32
Don't Look At Christians, Look At Christ
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When Peter saw him, he asked, “Lord, what about him?”
John 21:21
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18
You Are Not Beyond God's Reach
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Now he had to go through Samaria.
John 4:4