June 22 (Monday)
New week, new opportunity to love better! 💪🌅 Choose patience, choose kindness, choose Christ-centered love today! 1 Cor 13:4 ❤️
What will guide your love this week? #StrongMarriage #June
New week, new opportunity to love better! 💪🌅 Choose patience, choose kindness, choose Christ-centered love today! 1 Cor 13:4 ❤️
What will guide your love this week? #StrongMarriage #June
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“Good news refreshes the bones.” Proverbs 15:30
And, Christian, you have the best news in the world.
Ask the Lord to make you refreshing today.
And, Christian, you have the best news in the world.
Ask the Lord to make you refreshing today.
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Salvation’s substance is not based on intuition, emotion, or experience, it’s based on the revealed truth. We know God through knowing Jesus, right? It is knowledge. We know the truth & we know the person who revealed the truth.
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“Just anger is a holy and reasonable desire for revenge against sin. … Anger is just and righteous when it:
[a] is occasioned by a just cause,
[b] is expressed in a godly manner,
[c] is fixed on the proper object,
[d] endures for the appropriate time, and
[e] is directed toward holy ends.”
— John Downame
[a] is occasioned by a just cause,
[b] is expressed in a godly manner,
[c] is fixed on the proper object,
[d] endures for the appropriate time, and
[e] is directed toward holy ends.”
— John Downame
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God's love is holy love. Strip away holiness and you have invented a different god.
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He is far more willing to forgive than men are to be forgiven.
There is in his Almighty heart an infinite willingness to put away man’s transgressions.
—JC Ryle, Expository Thoughts on Luke, 2:379
There is in his Almighty heart an infinite willingness to put away man’s transgressions.
—JC Ryle, Expository Thoughts on Luke, 2:379
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“On the other hand, some people with the pretense of mildness and patience are content to hear God dishonored, His servants scorned, and religion disgraced.
“But cursed be the mildness that causes us to betray God’s glory and truth by holding our peace and winking at those who offend. …
“This mildness is the bastard child of pride, the mother of evil. It causes them to seek courtesy and the praise of men by betraying the glory of God.”
— John Downame
“But cursed be the mildness that causes us to betray God’s glory and truth by holding our peace and winking at those who offend. …
“This mildness is the bastard child of pride, the mother of evil. It causes them to seek courtesy and the praise of men by betraying the glory of God.”
— John Downame
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Faith makes men glad and bold and happy in dealing with God and all His creatures.
Luther
Luther
“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” —Ephesians 4:26
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely. — Proverbs 28:5
June 23: Discernment and Prayer
#Devotional
Nehemiah 6:1–7:65; 1 John 5:1–5; Psalm 109:16–31
“For all of them sought to frighten us.… And now, God, strengthen my hands” (Neh 6:9).
While God calls us to “love [our] enemies and pray for those who persecute [us]” (Matt 5:44), he also calls us to act with discernment and prayer. Loving others doesn’t mean we should be weak or passive. Part of loving others means discerning their hearts and motives.
“Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth” (Matt 5:5). When Jesus spoke about being meek, He wasn’t referring to weakness. Instead, He was teaching us to focus on others rather than ourselves. That doesn’t mean we should be passive toward those who wish to harm us. Part of practicing meekness is being aware of our enemies and dealing with them cautiously. Doing so successfully takes strength and discernment—necessary components of any godly work.
Nehemiah demonstrates these traits in his interactions with his enemies. When his opponents ask him to meet with them, Nehemiah discovers that they actually wish to hurt him. He resists their attack—even calling them on their deceit (Neh 6:8).
Too often we allow ourselves to live passively. We enter into situations without thinking things through or recognizing that we’re about to be hurt by others. Yet we as Christians are at war against the evil in the world—not just against people, but also the unseen forces of evil (Eph 6:12). When we feel oppression, we must resist the urge to be reactive. Instead, we must appeal to Christ, who can overcome it all. We must refuse to engage unless it’s on our terms, by the power of the Spirit and completely in His will.
What battles are you engaging with that you should disengage from? Which situations in your life need discernment?
#Devotional
Nehemiah 6:1–7:65; 1 John 5:1–5; Psalm 109:16–31
“For all of them sought to frighten us.… And now, God, strengthen my hands” (Neh 6:9).
While God calls us to “love [our] enemies and pray for those who persecute [us]” (Matt 5:44), he also calls us to act with discernment and prayer. Loving others doesn’t mean we should be weak or passive. Part of loving others means discerning their hearts and motives.
“Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth” (Matt 5:5). When Jesus spoke about being meek, He wasn’t referring to weakness. Instead, He was teaching us to focus on others rather than ourselves. That doesn’t mean we should be passive toward those who wish to harm us. Part of practicing meekness is being aware of our enemies and dealing with them cautiously. Doing so successfully takes strength and discernment—necessary components of any godly work.
Nehemiah demonstrates these traits in his interactions with his enemies. When his opponents ask him to meet with them, Nehemiah discovers that they actually wish to hurt him. He resists their attack—even calling them on their deceit (Neh 6:8).
Too often we allow ourselves to live passively. We enter into situations without thinking things through or recognizing that we’re about to be hurt by others. Yet we as Christians are at war against the evil in the world—not just against people, but also the unseen forces of evil (Eph 6:12). When we feel oppression, we must resist the urge to be reactive. Instead, we must appeal to Christ, who can overcome it all. We must refuse to engage unless it’s on our terms, by the power of the Spirit and completely in His will.
What battles are you engaging with that you should disengage from? Which situations in your life need discernment?
June 23 - God’s Love Illustrated
#LifeOfChrist
“‘What man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!’” (Matthew 7:9–11).
If we claim to be God’s children, we should be reflecting God’s character in our lives. Jesus here shows us something of what our heavenly Father’s love is like.
Jesus asks two rhetorical questions. The first asks what loving father would ever give his son a stone if he asked for a piece of bread. Leading up to the second question, Jesus gives an example of a son asking his father for a fish. The father wouldn’t give his son a snake, would he? The obvious answer to both is that no father would do that because it isn’t natural to ignore the physical or spiritual needs of his son.
In contrast to sinful, human fathers, our divine, loving, merciful, gracious Father has no limit on His treasure and no bounds to His goodness. Yet even the greatest human parental love cannot compare with God’s.
The truth Jesus proclaims here is that, if imperfect and sinful human fathers so willingly and freely give their children the basics of life, God will infinitely outdo them in measure and benefit. If we want God to treat us with loving generosity as His children, we should so treat others, because we are those who bear His likeness.
Ask Yourself
As always, our dealings with God are based on relationship—a relationship He has graciously established and continues to maintain. What threatens your own ability to view Him in this light, rather than primarily relating to Him only in religious terms—distant and detached?
#LifeOfChrist
“‘What man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him!’” (Matthew 7:9–11).
If we claim to be God’s children, we should be reflecting God’s character in our lives. Jesus here shows us something of what our heavenly Father’s love is like.
Jesus asks two rhetorical questions. The first asks what loving father would ever give his son a stone if he asked for a piece of bread. Leading up to the second question, Jesus gives an example of a son asking his father for a fish. The father wouldn’t give his son a snake, would he? The obvious answer to both is that no father would do that because it isn’t natural to ignore the physical or spiritual needs of his son.
In contrast to sinful, human fathers, our divine, loving, merciful, gracious Father has no limit on His treasure and no bounds to His goodness. Yet even the greatest human parental love cannot compare with God’s.
The truth Jesus proclaims here is that, if imperfect and sinful human fathers so willingly and freely give their children the basics of life, God will infinitely outdo them in measure and benefit. If we want God to treat us with loving generosity as His children, we should so treat others, because we are those who bear His likeness.
Ask Yourself
As always, our dealings with God are based on relationship—a relationship He has graciously established and continues to maintain. What threatens your own ability to view Him in this light, rather than primarily relating to Him only in religious terms—distant and detached?
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DAY 23: How did the apostles deal with the first major problem within the church?
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Reading for Today: 1 Chronicles 9:1–10:14 Psalm 77:10-15 Proverbs 19:15-16 Acts 6:1-15 Notes: Psalm 77:10 This psalm illustrates one cure for depression. The psalmist does not explain the cause of his despair, but he was definitely locked into gloom. When…
If you want stronger faith, you must stop:
- Feeding doubt all week and giving Scripture five rushed minutes on Sunday.
- Skipping church and expecting to grow.
- Consuming endless content while neglecting prayer.
- Loving comfort more than obedience.
- Looking to culture for answers before looking to God's Word.
Faith grows where Christ is pursued, not where He is neglected.
- Feeding doubt all week and giving Scripture five rushed minutes on Sunday.
- Skipping church and expecting to grow.
- Consuming endless content while neglecting prayer.
- Loving comfort more than obedience.
- Looking to culture for answers before looking to God's Word.
Faith grows where Christ is pursued, not where He is neglected.
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Dear Daughter,
Forgive quickly and often in marriage 🙏
Don’t let offenses build up in the summer heat.
Release as Christ released you.
'Forgive as the Lord forgave you' (Col 3:13).
What do you need to forgive today?
#DearDaughter #QuickForgiveness #StrongMarriage
Forgive quickly and often in marriage 🙏
Don’t let offenses build up in the summer heat.
Release as Christ released you.
'Forgive as the Lord forgave you' (Col 3:13).
What do you need to forgive today?
#DearDaughter #QuickForgiveness #StrongMarriage
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“The Lord is bringing up against them the king of Assyria and all his glory.” Isaiah 8:7
So it is today.
The Lord moves the glory of nations as he wills.
So it is today.
The Lord moves the glory of nations as he wills.
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June 23 (Tuesday)
A STRONG marriage grows when both partners pursue holiness together! 🔥🙏
Run after Jesus hand in hand! Phil 3:14 💞 How are you pursuing holiness as a couple? #StrongMarriage #June
A STRONG marriage grows when both partners pursue holiness together! 🔥🙏
Run after Jesus hand in hand! Phil 3:14 💞 How are you pursuing holiness as a couple? #StrongMarriage #June
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“The man who does not know the nature of the Law cannot know the nature of sin.” —John Bunyan
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