Gal 5:6-7 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
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There are times when one seems to hit a roadblock in the Christian life, times when we know we need draw closer to the Lord but just seem to fall short of that closeness and communion with Christ that we find promised in the Bible. […]
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Daily Devotions
Luke 6:12-13 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
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How important is prayer, what place does prayer have in your life? We see in our reading this morning that before Jesus chose those He would call apostles that […] -
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Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Isa 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
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Another way to combat weariness is to wait upon the Lord as we see above. But at times we do not “Wait […] -
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Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
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We see clearly the command to “Not be weary in well doing”. What then is the way to obey the command? One way is to continually look at our Savior. (Heb 4:15-16 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like […] -
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Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
2 Thess 3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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This word, weary, appears only three times in the New Testament and these last two in a command for the born again believer to not be weary in well doing. We can at times become weary in this world. I was speaking with […] -
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Heb 4:9-11 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
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Have you found that rest in the Lord today? We find many passages in the Bible that seem to present a contrast like that above. […] -
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Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
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Today we celebrate the American worker as Labor Day symbolically ends the summer season and serves as a reward for hard work. The American dream was built on hard work as everyday people worked to get ahead, worked to get what they needed and thought they […] -
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Mark 5:1-2 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Mark 5:7-8 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
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Mark 5:7-9 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see […] -
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Mark 5:5-9 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the […]