Tag: Matthew

Devotion 2 Peter 1:12-15 Remember and Refresh What Is Most Important

2 Peter 1:12-15 – 12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of this body,14 because I know that I will soon put it aside, as our Lord Jesus Christ…

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Devotion   1 Peter 5:12-14  Continual Expression Of Love

1 Peter 5:12-14 – 12 With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.  13 She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark. 14 Greet…

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Devotion John 14:15 Love Is Shown By What We Do

John 14:15 – “If you love me, keep my commands.” “If.”  A definition from Thayer’s Greek Lexicon and quoted by Strong’s Concordance is “A conditional particle which makes reference to time and to experience, introducing something future, but not determining, before the event, whether it is certainly to take place.” If means something that is…

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Devotion Psalm 73:28 Home Is Where The Heart Is

Psalm 73:28 – But as for me, it is good to be near God.  I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. Where I belong, where home is, it is being near to God. I remember as a boy, when my Dad came home from work, he would go straight…

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Devotion 1 Peter 1:3-9 Where Joy And Hope Are Strengthened Part 3

  1 Peter 1:3-9 – 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are…

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Devotions   1 Peter 1:3-9   Come In And Rest, All Is Ready  Part 1

1 Peter 1:3-9 – 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded…

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Devotions   Matthew 25:31-46  No Limits To True Love

Matthew 25:31-46 (34-45) – 34 “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,…

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Devotion Proverbs 3:27 Not Doing Good Can Be Bad

Proverbs 3:27 – Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act. Matthew 7:12 – So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. Give from the blessings God has given.…

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Devotion John 3:16 God’s Abiding Love For Us

John 3:16 – For God so loved the world that He gave His One and Only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Hebrews 1:1-3 – In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days He has spoken to…

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