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“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 49
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” –Philippians 4:8 niv The devil works hard to get our mind into the wrong places. The Enemy aggressively wants and waits for us to give in to his attacks because he wants our feelings to force us into wrong actions when the truth is that God wants our right actions to change our minds into new feelings. All of us know that our mind...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 48
“Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.” Hebrews 10:24 nlt For the third week in a row our verse of scripture has at it’s heart the word love. Not only are we to love God and others, but now we discover the admonition to encourage others. In a challenge-filled world it is easy for us to lose sight of doing the basics. Each person, of course, defines and determines these basics. Often it is in the midst of seemingly good times that we become slack and complacent in doing the things...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 47
“Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God." --1 John 4:7 nasb Last week we read about the great love with which God has loved us (John 3:16) and this week the same writer pens these words about love. As Paul wrote his great love poem in 1 Corinthians 13, this seems to be John’s hymn of love. This single verse he tells us who we should love. One of the most misunderstood words in the English language is Love. By definition love is: • an intense feeling of...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 46
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 nkjv The entirety of the Gospel is encapsulated in John 3:16 which is the most quoted and memorized verse in all the Bible. No other statement from the Bible so perfectly summarizes God’s redemptive plan and purpose in Christ for humanity. So many books have been written on this verse and yet there is more to say about this statement than there are words available. The context of the verse comes on the...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 45
“Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” --John 16:24b nkjv The telephone rang and the voice on the other end was in an obvious place of turmoil. Nothing was going as planned and she was desperate for some reassurance and help. Oswald Chambers wrote, There is nothing more difficult than asking. We will have yearnings and desires for certain things, and even suffer as a result of their going unfulfilled, but not until we are at the limit of desperation will we ask …Yet we will never receive if we ask with a certain result in...
“One-A-Week Challenge” – Week 44
“Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.” --Psalm 37:4 nkjv Do you remember the first job you ever wanted? I’m not talking about your carefully thought out career path, I mean the first job you thought would be cool, fun, exciting, and adventurous. Perhaps you wanted to be a cowboy, an Army man, or an explorer. I can remember, like it was yesterday, the day I thought I had found the most perfect job in the world. I wanted to be a “garbage picker upper!” As I watched these men come...