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Read 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether go

Read Ezekiel 36:26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. Reflect · How does God enable my human spirit to do His will? · God has given me a new heart, but am I allowing my heart to follow His will, or am I resisting in some way? · Am I letting God mo

Read Luke 21:29-33 And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Reflect How can I overcome the anxieties of life?Do

Read Luke 21:29-33 And he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree, and all the trees. As soon as they come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and know that the summer is already near. So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that the kingdom of God is near. Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away. Reflect · How can I overcome the anxieties of life?

Read Jeremiah 15:15-18 O Lord, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach. Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. I did not sit in the company of revelers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with ind

Read Hebrews 4 Since the promise of entering [God's] rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. Hebrews 4:1 We must understand that there are spiritual lessons in the geography of Israel's experiences. The nation's bondage in Egypt is an illustration of sinners' bondage in this world. Much as Israel was delivered from Egypt by the blood of lambs and the power of God, so sinners who believe on Christ are delivered from the bonda

Read Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem. Ecclesiastes 1:1 Nowhere in this book did the author give his name, but the descriptions he gave of himself and his experiences would indicate that the writer was King Solomon. Solomon began his reign as a humble servant of the Lord, seeking God's wisdom and help ( 1 Kings 3:5-15 ). As he grew older, his heart turned away from Jehovah to the false gods of the many wives he had taken from foreign

Read Job 6-8 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: "How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind." Job 8:1-2 "Your words are a blustering wind." Can you imagine a counselor saying that to a suffering individual who wanted to die? Bildad did; in fact, he used the same approach in his next speech (18:2). Job had poured out his grief and was waiting to hear a sympathetic word, but his friend said that Job's speech was just so much hot air. There is a reason fo

Read Revelation 21 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no...

Read Galatians 5 Galatians 5:22 says, "But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,...

Read Galatians 2 Galatians Chapter two, verse 20. I don't know many verses that better describe what it means to be a Christian, what it...

Read Matthew 17 In Mathew chapter 17, Jesus' disciples are unable to cast a demon out of a boy. Jesus comes and He casts the demon out....

Read Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die....

Read Hebrews 2:10-18 For this reason [Jesus] had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and...

Read Matthew 24 Matthew 24:14 . "And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations and then the end will come." This verse is a promise. It's not even a command. So, we see the command later in Matthew. Go make disciples of all nations. That's not what this is. This is a promise that that is going to happen. That the gospel is going to go throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations and then the end will

Read Deuteronomy 4 To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. Out of heaven he let...

Read Matthew 18 Matthew 18:20 . "Jesus says, for where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them." All right, so I've...

Read Ephesians 4 Ephesians, chapter 4, verse 29 says, "Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for...

Read Romans 1 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking,...

Read Isaiah 43 But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you;...

Read Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure.... Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done ... everything was meaningless. Ecclesiastes 2:10-11 Today's world is pleasure mad. Millions of people will pay almost any amount of money to buy experiences and temporarily escape the burdens of life. While there is nothing wrong with innocent fun, those who build their lives only on seeking pleasure are bound to be disappointed

Read Ephesians 1 Ephesians chapter one verse three, let these words soak in. "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing the heavenly places. Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world that we should be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us for adoption to Himself as sons through Jesus Christ according to the purpose of His will to the praise of His glorious grace with

Read Ephesians 2 Ephesians chapter two verse eight. "For by grace, you have been saved through faith and this is not your own doing; it...

Read Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom, and also of madness and folly, but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind. For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes 1:17-18 When Adam and Eve sinned, they did get an experiential knowledge of good and evil, but since they were alienated from God, this knowledge only added to their sorrow. It has been that way with people ever since. Whethe