God Disciplines His Children
Hebrews 12:4 - 13Highlighting – “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastens everyone He accepts as His Son.” (v.5b - 6)I love this passage.We are often...
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1 John 2:3 – 6 Highlighting – “the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.” (v.6) This chapter of 1 John is jam-packed with teachings from John that we can apply to our lives today and use to evaluate / check ourselves...
read moreWe Must Bear Fruit
Luke 13:1 – 9 Highlighting – “And he answered and said to him, ‘Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.’” (v.8 – 9) Jesus tells a parable of a farmer who...
read moreSweet Are Your Words, Oh Lord
Psalm 119:103 – 106 Highlighting – “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” (v.105) I absolutely love these verses because David describes his admiration for the Word of God and how he will not delight in falsity because he is enlightened...
read moreJesus Christ, The Good Shepherd
John 10:27-30 Highlighting - “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;” (.v 27) Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins and calls on us to draw near to Him. When we look over our lives, can we say we are truly a disciple of Christ? A disciple...
read moreLove Not the World
1 John 2:15, “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” (KJV) We can easily become attached to the things in this world if we aren’t careful. If you continue to read into verse 16,...
read moreWhat We Deserve vs. God’s Grace
2 Timothy 1:9, “For God saved us and called us to live a holy life. He did this, not because we deserved it, but because that was His plan from before the beginning of time – to show us His grace through Christ Jesus.” (NLT) Often, we’ll say God I deserve this and...
read moreThe Company You Keep
Proverbs 13:20, “Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.” (NLT) We are influenced daily by our interactions with other people. It isn’t without reason that Solomon writes in Proverbs (not verbatim) that you are who you associate...
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Genesis 22:1-19 Highlighting – “Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” (v. 2) God takes joy in knowing that...
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James 4:13-17 Highlighting – “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. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.’” (v.14-15)...
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