Outside of Christ, God is a consuming fire, in Christ, God is a reconciled Father.
Matthew Henry
Matthew Henry
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Dear Daughter,
Keep romance alive in everyday moments 💕
Notes. Compliments. Gentle touch. Shared dreams.
Small things keep love strong in every season.
'Rejoice with the wife of your youth' (Prov 5:18) — and let him rejoice.
What small act of love can you do today?
#DearDaughter #EverydayRomance #StrongMarriage
@StudyBibleFam
Keep romance alive in everyday moments 💕
Notes. Compliments. Gentle touch. Shared dreams.
Small things keep love strong in every season.
'Rejoice with the wife of your youth' (Prov 5:18) — and let him rejoice.
What small act of love can you do today?
#DearDaughter #EverydayRomance #StrongMarriage
@StudyBibleFam
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When a man marries, his wife becomes his standard of beauty.
Not Instagram. Not p*rn. Not the world. Not his memories. Her.
Her smile. Her shape. Her laugh. God didn't call you to compare. He called you to cherish.
Be a husband who reflects Christ's love for His bride.
Not Instagram. Not p*rn. Not the world. Not his memories. Her.
Her smile. Her shape. Her laugh. God didn't call you to compare. He called you to cherish.
Be a husband who reflects Christ's love for His bride.
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STRONG marriages fight together, not against each other! ⚔️🕊️
Stand united against challenges and the enemy’s schemes! Eph 6:12 💪
What are you fighting for as a team? #StrongMarriage #June
Stand united against challenges and the enemy’s schemes! Eph 6:12 💪
What are you fighting for as a team? #StrongMarriage #June
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The only reason I'm not living in fear from what the media has to say, is because I've read what the Bible has to say....
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The sovereignty of God is the pillow upon which the child of God rests his head at night, giving perfect peace.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon
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It is better that you should love a hundred hypocrites than hate one Christian brother.
—John Cotton, Works 2:542
—John Cotton, Works 2:542
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“He who will not use the thoughts of other men’s brains, proves that he has no brains of his own.”
— Charles Spurgeon
— Charles Spurgeon
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (Dr. 🚀 T͜͡I͜͡M͜͡O͜͡T͜͡H͜͡Y͜͡ 📑)
📌3. Ephesians chapter 4, ESV: When Christ ascended, He gave gifts to men. Some as apostles, prophets, evangelists. For what purpose were these gift-people given to the church? (Ephesians 4, ESV)
Anonymous Quiz
11%
A) to perform signs and wonders
55%
B) to equip the saints for the work of ministry
4%
C) to build up the temple of God
30%
D) to preach the gospel to every creature
“The broken spirit and contrite heart are abiding marks of the believing soul.”
— John Murray
— John Murray
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Forwarded from CHRISTIAN STUDY BIBLE (Dr. 🚀 T͜͡I͜͡M͜͡O͜͡T͜͡H͜͡Y͜͡ 📑)
📌4. 1 Corinthians chapter 12, ESV: The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you.” The weakest member is indispensable. What painful truth does God design to prevent division in the body? (1 Corinthians 12, ESV)
Anonymous Quiz
51%
A) that the members may have the same care for one another
20%
B) that the strong should bear the weak
22%
C) that the greater gifts must serve the lesser
7%
D) that each one receives a different reward
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June 17: Learning from Enemies
#Devotional
Ezra 3:1–4:24; 1 John 3:11–18; Psalm 106:16–29
If a new venture is really worth pursuing, it will probably be opposed. Some people will refuse to get on board, and others will intentionally get in the way. While these people may be trying protect their own interests, it’s more likely that they don’t like change—even if it’s for the better.
God’s work among His people is not that different from innovation; after all, He is the Author of all good ideas since all ideas come from His creation. And just like new ventures, God’s work is often rejected. The difference between new ventures and God’s work, though, is that all people who oppose God’s work are opposing Him, their Creator; they’re choosing to put their own interests before His interests, which are only for good.
Jeshua and Zerubbabel faced this type of opposition in the book of Ezra. After they had restored worship in Jerusalem, they began to organize the effort to lay the foundation of the temple—the place where God’s people were meant to worship. Then, the unexpected happened: Enemies arrived and began to cause trouble (Ezra 3:1–4:5). We often view such people as hateful, but in reality they were acting in their own interests. These enemies likely didn’t realize the land they claimed as their own had been stolen from God’s people in the first place; they probably thought they were protecting what was rightfully theirs (compare Ezra 4:6–16; see 2 Kgs 24–25).
This is often the case in our lives as well: We think we’re doing what’s legally or morally right, but we may actually be opposing God’s work. Sometimes trying to act rightly can lead us to do the wrong thing. Rather than insisting on what seems or feels right, we must pause to pray about it. We must ask God what He is really doing. And if God is working through someone else, we need to step out of the way. He is innovating—are we willing to innovate with Him?
In what ways is God innovating around you? How does He want to use you in this process? In what areas should you step aside to let His work happen?
#Devotional
Ezra 3:1–4:24; 1 John 3:11–18; Psalm 106:16–29
If a new venture is really worth pursuing, it will probably be opposed. Some people will refuse to get on board, and others will intentionally get in the way. While these people may be trying protect their own interests, it’s more likely that they don’t like change—even if it’s for the better.
God’s work among His people is not that different from innovation; after all, He is the Author of all good ideas since all ideas come from His creation. And just like new ventures, God’s work is often rejected. The difference between new ventures and God’s work, though, is that all people who oppose God’s work are opposing Him, their Creator; they’re choosing to put their own interests before His interests, which are only for good.
Jeshua and Zerubbabel faced this type of opposition in the book of Ezra. After they had restored worship in Jerusalem, they began to organize the effort to lay the foundation of the temple—the place where God’s people were meant to worship. Then, the unexpected happened: Enemies arrived and began to cause trouble (Ezra 3:1–4:5). We often view such people as hateful, but in reality they were acting in their own interests. These enemies likely didn’t realize the land they claimed as their own had been stolen from God’s people in the first place; they probably thought they were protecting what was rightfully theirs (compare Ezra 4:6–16; see 2 Kgs 24–25).
This is often the case in our lives as well: We think we’re doing what’s legally or morally right, but we may actually be opposing God’s work. Sometimes trying to act rightly can lead us to do the wrong thing. Rather than insisting on what seems or feels right, we must pause to pray about it. We must ask God what He is really doing. And if God is working through someone else, we need to step out of the way. He is innovating—are we willing to innovate with Him?
In what ways is God innovating around you? How does He want to use you in this process? In what areas should you step aside to let His work happen?
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June truth: The best marriages are built on forgiveness and humility! 🕊️❤️
Choose to forgive quickly and often — just as Christ forgave you! Col 3:13 💞
Who do you need to forgive today? #StrongMarriage #June
Choose to forgive quickly and often — just as Christ forgave you! Col 3:13 💞
Who do you need to forgive today? #StrongMarriage #June
June 17 - Wrong Judgment: An Erroneous View of Others
#LifeOfChrist
“‘For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you’” (Matthew 7:2).
Most people feel free to judge other people harshly because they erroneously think they are somehow superior. The Pharisees considered themselves exempt from judgment because they believed they perfectly measured up to the divine standards. The problem was that these weren’t divine standards—they were mere human standards they had established far short of God’s holy and perfect law.
When we assume the role of final, omniscient judge, we imply that we are qualified to judge—that we know and understand all the facts, all the circumstances, and all the motives involved. Therefore, when we assert our right to judge, we will be judged by the same standard of knowledge and wisdom we claim is ours. If we set ourselves up as judge over others, we cannot plead ignorance of the law in reference to ourselves when God judges us. We are especially guilty if we do not practice what we ourselves teach and preach.
Other people are not under us, and to think so is to have the wrong view of them. To be gossipy, critical, and judgmental is to live under the false illusion that those whom we so judge are somehow inferior to us.
This kind of judgment is a boomerang that will come back on the one who judges. Self-righteous judgment becomes its own gallows, just as the gallows Haman erected to execute the innocent Mordecai was used instead to hang Haman (Esther 7:10).
Ask Yourself
One of the more notable qualities of our sinful human nature is that the sins we seem quickest to judge in others are the ones we struggle the hardest with ourselves. Why do you think this is the case? What brings about this touchy sensitivity and indignance?
#LifeOfChrist
“‘For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you’” (Matthew 7:2).
Most people feel free to judge other people harshly because they erroneously think they are somehow superior. The Pharisees considered themselves exempt from judgment because they believed they perfectly measured up to the divine standards. The problem was that these weren’t divine standards—they were mere human standards they had established far short of God’s holy and perfect law.
When we assume the role of final, omniscient judge, we imply that we are qualified to judge—that we know and understand all the facts, all the circumstances, and all the motives involved. Therefore, when we assert our right to judge, we will be judged by the same standard of knowledge and wisdom we claim is ours. If we set ourselves up as judge over others, we cannot plead ignorance of the law in reference to ourselves when God judges us. We are especially guilty if we do not practice what we ourselves teach and preach.
Other people are not under us, and to think so is to have the wrong view of them. To be gossipy, critical, and judgmental is to live under the false illusion that those whom we so judge are somehow inferior to us.
This kind of judgment is a boomerang that will come back on the one who judges. Self-righteous judgment becomes its own gallows, just as the gallows Haman erected to execute the innocent Mordecai was used instead to hang Haman (Esther 7:10).
Ask Yourself
One of the more notable qualities of our sinful human nature is that the sins we seem quickest to judge in others are the ones we struggle the hardest with ourselves. Why do you think this is the case? What brings about this touchy sensitivity and indignance?
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DAY 17: In response to Peter’s sermon, what instructions were given on how to become a Christian?
https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-06-17
https://telegra.ph/DAILY-BIBLE-06-17
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Reading for Today: 2 Kings 22:1–24:20 Psalm 74:18-23 Proverbs 19:3 Acts 2:22-47 Notes: 2 Kings 22:8 the Book of the Law. A scroll containing the Torah (the Pentateuch), the revelation of God through Moses to Israel (23:2; Deut. 28:61). Manasseh may have destroyed…
“According to Scripture, the godly walk through the valley of the shadow of death, while the sinner sits in it.” —Ray Comfort
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“God, who is the Father of Jesus Christ, is neither impersonal nor beyond good and evil. By the absolute immutability of His character, He is implacably opposed to evil and outraged by it.” —Os Guinness
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“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” —John 1:14
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