You were not created to "believe in yourself", you were created to believe in Someone bigger than yourself.
His name is Jesus.
His name is Jesus.
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You can read the Bible, quote the Bible, or even memorize the Bible.
But, unless the Author of the Bible lives inside of you, you'll never truly understand the Bible or live the Bible.
But, unless the Author of the Bible lives inside of you, you'll never truly understand the Bible or live the Bible.
September 19 (Saturday)
Dear Daughter,
A vineyard shared by two households doubles the harvest and halves the labor.
Celebrate the fruit your marriage produces for others — hospitality, mentorship, generosity. Fruit was never meant to stay on the vine.
Give some of your harvest away today.
'Give, and it will be given to you' (Luke 6:38).
Who could receive fruit from your marriage's harvest this week?
#DearDaughter #ShareTheHarvest #StrongMarriage
Dear Daughter,
A vineyard shared by two households doubles the harvest and halves the labor.
Celebrate the fruit your marriage produces for others — hospitality, mentorship, generosity. Fruit was never meant to stay on the vine.
Give some of your harvest away today.
'Give, and it will be given to you' (Luke 6:38).
Who could receive fruit from your marriage's harvest this week?
#DearDaughter #ShareTheHarvest #StrongMarriage
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“When the words of Jesus fail to delight us, it’s time to plead with God to take us back to our first love.” —Ray Comfort
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Sep 19 (Sat) — RIDDLE-ORACLE
"The Refiner's Fire and the Face in the Silver"
A silversmith does not leave the furnace unwatched. He sits before it, eyes fixed on the molten metal, because there is only one sign that tells him the work is finished: the moment he can see his own FACE reflected clearly in the surface (Mal 3:3). The fire is not punishment — it is patient, watchful purification, and it ends the instant the reflection appears. This is the hidden shape of every hard season your marriage has walked through. 🔥🪞
Consider the riddle folded into the metal: silver does not become pure by escaping the fire, but by staying in it long enough for the dross to rise and be skimmed away. Every conflict you've survived, every long night of hard conversation, every season where love felt more like labor than delight — this was never proof that your marriage was failing. It may have been proof that the Refiner was still seated at the furnace, still watching, still patient enough to wait for the reflection. ⚱️
And here is the second riddle, quieter than the first: the silversmith never leaves. Isa 43:2 promises when you pass through the fire you will not be burned — not because the fire is gentle, but because Someone remains seated beside it the entire time, regulating the heat by His own wisdom, not removing it a moment too soon or leaving it a moment too long. Your marriage's hardest fire was never unsupervised. 🕯️
❓ What dross is rising in your marriage right now that the Refiner is patiently skimming away?
❓ Can you see His face reflected yet in the surface of your covenant — or is He still, mercifully, not finished?
Let us search the Word together and sit a while longer before the fire.
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#StrongMarriage #StudyBibleFam
"The Refiner's Fire and the Face in the Silver"
A silversmith does not leave the furnace unwatched. He sits before it, eyes fixed on the molten metal, because there is only one sign that tells him the work is finished: the moment he can see his own FACE reflected clearly in the surface (Mal 3:3). The fire is not punishment — it is patient, watchful purification, and it ends the instant the reflection appears. This is the hidden shape of every hard season your marriage has walked through. 🔥🪞
Consider the riddle folded into the metal: silver does not become pure by escaping the fire, but by staying in it long enough for the dross to rise and be skimmed away. Every conflict you've survived, every long night of hard conversation, every season where love felt more like labor than delight — this was never proof that your marriage was failing. It may have been proof that the Refiner was still seated at the furnace, still watching, still patient enough to wait for the reflection. ⚱️
And here is the second riddle, quieter than the first: the silversmith never leaves. Isa 43:2 promises when you pass through the fire you will not be burned — not because the fire is gentle, but because Someone remains seated beside it the entire time, regulating the heat by His own wisdom, not removing it a moment too soon or leaving it a moment too long. Your marriage's hardest fire was never unsupervised. 🕯️
❓ What dross is rising in your marriage right now that the Refiner is patiently skimming away?
❓ Can you see His face reflected yet in the surface of your covenant — or is He still, mercifully, not finished?
Let us search the Word together and sit a while longer before the fire.
👉 t.me/StudyBibleFam
#StrongMarriage #StudyBibleFam
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GOD WILL RENEW YOUR STRENGTH 🦅
There will be days when you feel tired and have nothing left to give. Don’t lose hope. God can restore the strength you thought you had lost.
📖 Isaiah 40:31 — Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
You may be tired, but God is not finished with you. 🙏🏽❤️
There will be days when you feel tired and have nothing left to give. Don’t lose hope. God can restore the strength you thought you had lost.
📖 Isaiah 40:31 — Those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
You may be tired, but God is not finished with you. 🙏🏽❤️
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Christ is urging us to fix our hearts on heaven. Heaven is His realm. He has gone there to prepare a place for us. That truth is what makes heaven so precious for the Christian.
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For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
—Ephesians 6:12
—Ephesians 6:12
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10 Actions of a Godly Man:
1. Follow Jesus.
2. Lead his family.
3. Love & serve his wife.
4. Shepherd his kids.
5. Take care of himself.
6. Work hard.
7. Provide and protect.
8. Serve the church.
9. Share the gospel.
10. Make disciples.
1. Follow Jesus.
2. Lead his family.
3. Love & serve his wife.
4. Shepherd his kids.
5. Take care of himself.
6. Work hard.
7. Provide and protect.
8. Serve the church.
9. Share the gospel.
10. Make disciples.
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You can't be "mean-spirited", and "Spirit-led" at the same time.
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (For the Gospel)
7. Luke chapter 10: The lawyer asked who his neighbor was — a limiting question. Jesus reframed it entirely with His counter-question. What does His closing question actually measure? (Luke 10)
Anonymous Quiz
33%
A) whether love of neighbor can be legally separated from love of God
10%
B) whether religious proximity to God produces genuine mercy toward men
43%
C) which of the three proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among robbers
14%
D) whether a Samaritan can satisfy the law better than one born under it
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (For the Gospel)
1 John chapter 3: John uses Cain as the negative archetype and applies his spirit to the present community. What does John name as the present-day equivalent of Cain's act toward his brother? (1 John 3)
Anonymous Quiz
10%
A) hating a brother in the heart as one who lies in secret wait
67%
B) everyone who hates his brother is a murderer
19%
C) whoever nurses envy toward the righteous has already violated love
5%
D) whoever sees a brother sin and withholds prayer has judged him
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“Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.” Proverbs 13:11
Not just wealth.
Most of life’s durable achievements come through unremitting repetition of a thousand ordinary acts.
Not just wealth.
Most of life’s durable achievements come through unremitting repetition of a thousand ordinary acts.
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I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.
— John 12:46
— John 12:46
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September 20: Measuring Out God’s Goodness
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Habakkuk 2:6–3:19; Acts 18:1–28; Job 26:1–14
Although we don’t usually question God’s goodness, we do make assumptions about how He should act in the world. We expect God to use us in His work and to intercede on our behalf—and rightfully so, since those promises come from Him. But when we find ourselves in messy or uncertain situations, we sometimes run ahead of God. Frustrated with the waiting and the unknown, we risk making judgments about how well He is running the world.
As Habakkuk watches the destruction, violence, contention, and strife in Israel, he turns to Yahweh and makes bold demands: “Why do you cause me to see evil while you look at trouble?” (Hab 1:3). But by the end of the dialogue, he has changed his mind. He will rejoice in Yahweh “though the fig tree does not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of the olive fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food, the flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls” (Hab 3:17–18).
Did Habakkuk merely give in to a hopeless situation? He didn’t gain any more information about God’s motives. But after his dialogue with God, his entire posture changed. The confidence in Habakkuk’s final prayer hinges on his acknowledgment of Yahweh’s power and His anger at the evil of those who disregard His ways. God has the situation under control; Habakkuk must simply wait.
We often associate waiting with inaction, but waiting is faith in action. Habakkuk chooses to rejoice and trust God in spite of his circumstances, and that decision shapes his new perspective: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places” (Hab 3:18–19). Like Habakkuk, we are called to come before God in humility, waiting in faith on His timing and trusting in His goodness.
How are faith and trust in God motivating all your thoughts and actions?
#Devotional
Habakkuk 2:6–3:19; Acts 18:1–28; Job 26:1–14
Although we don’t usually question God’s goodness, we do make assumptions about how He should act in the world. We expect God to use us in His work and to intercede on our behalf—and rightfully so, since those promises come from Him. But when we find ourselves in messy or uncertain situations, we sometimes run ahead of God. Frustrated with the waiting and the unknown, we risk making judgments about how well He is running the world.
As Habakkuk watches the destruction, violence, contention, and strife in Israel, he turns to Yahweh and makes bold demands: “Why do you cause me to see evil while you look at trouble?” (Hab 1:3). But by the end of the dialogue, he has changed his mind. He will rejoice in Yahweh “though the fig tree does not blossom, nor there be fruit on the vines; the yield of the olive fails, and the cultivated fields do not yield food, the flock is cut off from the animal pen, and there is no cattle in the stalls” (Hab 3:17–18).
Did Habakkuk merely give in to a hopeless situation? He didn’t gain any more information about God’s motives. But after his dialogue with God, his entire posture changed. The confidence in Habakkuk’s final prayer hinges on his acknowledgment of Yahweh’s power and His anger at the evil of those who disregard His ways. God has the situation under control; Habakkuk must simply wait.
We often associate waiting with inaction, but waiting is faith in action. Habakkuk chooses to rejoice and trust God in spite of his circumstances, and that decision shapes his new perspective: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation. God, the Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places” (Hab 3:18–19). Like Habakkuk, we are called to come before God in humility, waiting in faith on His timing and trusting in His goodness.
How are faith and trust in God motivating all your thoughts and actions?
September 20 - Sign of the Resurrection
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“The Jews then said to Him, ‘What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?’ But He was speaking of the temple of His body. So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken” (John 2:18–22).
The Jewish authorities completely missed the point of Jesus’ statement, incorrectly applying it to the Herodian temple. But as John points out, Jesus “was speaking of the temple of His body.”
The sign He would give was His own resurrection, which even His disciples did not immediately understand (cf. 12:16). It was not until “He was raised from the dead [that] His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.” His death as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb would render the Jerusalem temple obsolete (cf. 4:21); and His resurrection as the triumphant Lord would lay the foundation for a new, spiritual temple in its place—namely the church (1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:19–22).
It was not until after the resurrection that everything came into focus for the disciples. Only then did they recognize Jesus’ power of resurrection as convincing proof of His deity.
Ask Yourself
Have you been confused recently by a section of Scripture that puzzles you with its mystery, or seems to scrape against other things you’ve been taught in the past? If your heart is set on learning and obeying, rather than arguing or resisting, be sure that the Holy Spirit will reveal truth as you seek Him for it.
#LifeOfChrist
“The Jews then said to Him, ‘What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?’ But He was speaking of the temple of His body. So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken” (John 2:18–22).
The Jewish authorities completely missed the point of Jesus’ statement, incorrectly applying it to the Herodian temple. But as John points out, Jesus “was speaking of the temple of His body.”
The sign He would give was His own resurrection, which even His disciples did not immediately understand (cf. 12:16). It was not until “He was raised from the dead [that] His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.” His death as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb would render the Jerusalem temple obsolete (cf. 4:21); and His resurrection as the triumphant Lord would lay the foundation for a new, spiritual temple in its place—namely the church (1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:19–22).
It was not until after the resurrection that everything came into focus for the disciples. Only then did they recognize Jesus’ power of resurrection as convincing proof of His deity.
Ask Yourself
Have you been confused recently by a section of Scripture that puzzles you with its mystery, or seems to scrape against other things you’ve been taught in the past? If your heart is set on learning and obeying, rather than arguing or resisting, be sure that the Holy Spirit will reveal truth as you seek Him for it.
DAY 20: What had being a minister of Christ cost the apostle Paul?
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Reading for Today: Isaiah 30:1–32:20 Psalm 108:7-13 Proverbs 25:23-24 2 Corinthians 11:16-33 Notes: Isaiah 30:1 not of Me…not of My Spirit. Hezekiah’s advisers urged him to turn to the Egyptians, not to God, for help against the invading Assyrians. Isaiah…
“No man will say, ‘There is no God’ till he is so hardened in sin that it has become his interest that there should be none to call him to account.”—Matthew Henry
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God's goodness exceeds what we'll ever be able to comprehend.
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