Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters, and like loud peals of thunder, shouting: Hallelujah, for our Lord God Almighty reigns!
Revelation 19:6
Revelation 19:6
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WEEK 2 — Identity & Calling
Dear Daughter,
The potter does not consult the clay about the shape — but the clay must stop demanding to be someone else's vessel.
Stop comparing your marriage's shape to another couple's mold.
God is forming something specific in your union — not generic, not borrowed.
'We are the clay, and you are our potter' (Isa 64:8).
Where have you been shaping your marriage after someone else's pattern?
#DearDaughter #YourOwnVessel #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
The potter does not consult the clay about the shape — but the clay must stop demanding to be someone else's vessel.
Stop comparing your marriage's shape to another couple's mold.
God is forming something specific in your union — not generic, not borrowed.
'We are the clay, and you are our potter' (Isa 64:8).
Where have you been shaping your marriage after someone else's pattern?
#DearDaughter #YourOwnVessel #StrongMarriage
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On just a seemingly normal day, the rapture will strike like lightning and everything will change, literally, in the twinkling of an eye.
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Serve one another in love! 🧺❤️ Greatness in marriage looks like a towel, not a throne! Gal 5:13 💪
How will you serve your spouse today? #StrongMarriage #August
How will you serve your spouse today? #StrongMarriage #August
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (End-Times Prophecy)
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“When you praise God, you do more than simply fulfill your own purpose. When you praise, you awaken the muted glory of creation and put that praise into words. We are the mouth through which the whole created order was meant to speak.” —Tony Reinke
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Be still, my soul, the Lord is on thy side, bear patiently the cross of grief or pain, leave to thy God to order and provide, in every change, He faithful will remain.
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Christian marriage advice for women choosing a husband:
Don't trust a knight in shining armor. He's never known war. Look for the one in the bloody, dented armor kneeling down in the mud exhausted from sacrificing himself, ready to ensure the Enemy only reaches you over his dead body, and daily purifies himself through Scripture and prayer.
Don't trust a knight in shining armor. He's never known war. Look for the one in the bloody, dented armor kneeling down in the mud exhausted from sacrificing himself, ready to ensure the Enemy only reaches you over his dead body, and daily purifies himself through Scripture and prayer.
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“He who commits adultery lacks sense; he who does it destroys himself.” Proverbs 6:32
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A church that entertains goats will rarely produce sheep.
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The question as to whether or not people’s sins are forgiven should haunt us. It should plague us when we see our neighbors, when we pass strangers in the supermarket, or when we walk by them at a sporting event.”
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Questions every Christian should ask before going to bed:
Did I love Christ today?
Did I love my neighbor today?
Did I repent quickly?
Did I honor God with my words?
Did I love Christ today?
Did I love my neighbor today?
Did I repent quickly?
Did I honor God with my words?
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August 13: Haunted by Leviathan
#Devotional
Isaiah 27:1–28:29; Luke 9:28–62; Job 6:14–30
Indiana Jones isn’t afraid of anything—until a snake shows up on the scene. Then we hear him mutter, “I hate snakes” and “Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?” Everyone is afraid of something. Even now your greatest fear is probably creeping through your mind—something completely irrational, like heights, spiders or dolls.
Like Indy and like us, the ancients had fears as well: They hated snakes. In ancient literature the serpent Leviathan was a symbol of chaos—a great monster to be subdued. When a god subdued Leviathan in the ancient stories, it showed his supremacy.
Isaiah uses the same metaphor to proclaim that Yahweh can destroy all fears: “On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea” (Isa 27:1). Yahweh Himself mentions Leviathan when He responds to Job, who had suffered the loss of all he had: “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or can you tie down its mouth with a cord?” (Job 41:1).
When we struggle, it’s easy to focus on the Leviathans in our life, but God wants us to focus on His majesty. God can provide what we need. He can bring goodness in the midst of heartbreak (Isa 27:6). Perhaps this is why Jesus allowed Peter, James and John to see Him in His glory (Luke 9:28–35). He knew that they needed to understand that His glory was more powerful than anything they feared. Perhaps this is also why Jesus repeatedly pushed back the powers of darkness in front of His followers (e.g., Luke 9:37–43); He showed them that He could subdue anything He encountered.
When the Lord of the universe, who crushes the head of the great Leviathan, is in our corner, we have nothing to fear. All powers of darkness should tremble, for He is creating a great vineyard for us out of the chaos (Isa 27:2). If only Indy had known.
What goodness is God making out of the fear in your life?
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Isaiah 27:1–28:29; Luke 9:28–62; Job 6:14–30
Indiana Jones isn’t afraid of anything—until a snake shows up on the scene. Then we hear him mutter, “I hate snakes” and “Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?” Everyone is afraid of something. Even now your greatest fear is probably creeping through your mind—something completely irrational, like heights, spiders or dolls.
Like Indy and like us, the ancients had fears as well: They hated snakes. In ancient literature the serpent Leviathan was a symbol of chaos—a great monster to be subdued. When a god subdued Leviathan in the ancient stories, it showed his supremacy.
Isaiah uses the same metaphor to proclaim that Yahweh can destroy all fears: “On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea” (Isa 27:1). Yahweh Himself mentions Leviathan when He responds to Job, who had suffered the loss of all he had: “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or can you tie down its mouth with a cord?” (Job 41:1).
When we struggle, it’s easy to focus on the Leviathans in our life, but God wants us to focus on His majesty. God can provide what we need. He can bring goodness in the midst of heartbreak (Isa 27:6). Perhaps this is why Jesus allowed Peter, James and John to see Him in His glory (Luke 9:28–35). He knew that they needed to understand that His glory was more powerful than anything they feared. Perhaps this is also why Jesus repeatedly pushed back the powers of darkness in front of His followers (e.g., Luke 9:37–43); He showed them that He could subdue anything He encountered.
When the Lord of the universe, who crushes the head of the great Leviathan, is in our corner, we have nothing to fear. All powers of darkness should tremble, for He is creating a great vineyard for us out of the chaos (Isa 27:2). If only Indy had known.
What goodness is God making out of the fear in your life?
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August 13 - The Sick Need a Physician
#LifeOfChrist
“When Jesus heard this, He said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick’” (Matthew 9:12).
Basic human logic and common sense tells us that physically sick people need treatment from a doctor. Here Jesus simply answers the Pharisees’ cynical question with the plain statement that the spiritually sick also need treatment. It’s as if He said to the Jews, “If you’re really so spiritually healthy, you don’t need a spiritual physician. But if by their own confession, the sinners I’m eating with are the spiritually needy who must have the gospel presented, then that’s why I’m ministering to them. I’m the Great Physician who can bring spiritual healing—salvation—to those who recognize their desperate need.”
By analogy, no credible physician would spend all his or her time among healthy people and refuse to be with the sick. By implication, Jesus was asking the Pharisees if they—the self-proclaimed theological and religious “experts” who had all the answers for the unenlightened—were refusing to give them that medicine. This was an incredible indictment of the self-righteous, hard-hearted religionists.
The Pharisees were hypocrites who carefully fussed about the most minute matters of the law but neglected the bigger issues such as “justice and mercy and faithfulness” (Matt. 23:23). They loved themselves but hated others and revealed themselves to be without the compassion and mercy God’s law requires.
We have to ask, How could the Pharisees resent the healing of those sinners God Himself desired to heal? With such an attitude they proved themselves to be sickest of all—actually dead spiritually.
Ask Yourself
How are we guilty of spending an undue percentage of our time providing care and attention for the spiritually sound? What is this an indicator of? What can you do to avoid this imbalance in your church and personal ministry?
#LifeOfChrist
“When Jesus heard this, He said, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick’” (Matthew 9:12).
Basic human logic and common sense tells us that physically sick people need treatment from a doctor. Here Jesus simply answers the Pharisees’ cynical question with the plain statement that the spiritually sick also need treatment. It’s as if He said to the Jews, “If you’re really so spiritually healthy, you don’t need a spiritual physician. But if by their own confession, the sinners I’m eating with are the spiritually needy who must have the gospel presented, then that’s why I’m ministering to them. I’m the Great Physician who can bring spiritual healing—salvation—to those who recognize their desperate need.”
By analogy, no credible physician would spend all his or her time among healthy people and refuse to be with the sick. By implication, Jesus was asking the Pharisees if they—the self-proclaimed theological and religious “experts” who had all the answers for the unenlightened—were refusing to give them that medicine. This was an incredible indictment of the self-righteous, hard-hearted religionists.
The Pharisees were hypocrites who carefully fussed about the most minute matters of the law but neglected the bigger issues such as “justice and mercy and faithfulness” (Matt. 23:23). They loved themselves but hated others and revealed themselves to be without the compassion and mercy God’s law requires.
We have to ask, How could the Pharisees resent the healing of those sinners God Himself desired to heal? With such an attitude they proved themselves to be sickest of all—actually dead spiritually.
Ask Yourself
How are we guilty of spending an undue percentage of our time providing care and attention for the spiritually sound? What is this an indicator of? What can you do to avoid this imbalance in your church and personal ministry?
The narrow road has never been crowded. Don't measure truth by popularity.
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Husbands, does your wife experience your leadership as protection, pressure, care, or control?
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We are not waiting for the end times, we are living in the end times.
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It is better to trust in the Lord, than to put confidence in man.
Psalm 118:8
In a world that makes idols out its favourite politicians, the truth remains the same, only God alone is to be fully trusted.
Psalm 118:8
In a world that makes idols out its favourite politicians, the truth remains the same, only God alone is to be fully trusted.
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