Christians have nothing to be afraid of.
If we live today, then we get to live for Jesus. If we die today, then we get to go home to be with Jesus.
WIN / WIN.
If we live today, then we get to live for Jesus. If we die today, then we get to go home to be with Jesus.
WIN / WIN.
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WEEK 4 — Gathering & Thanksgiving (Sep 21–27)
21. September 21 (Monday)
Dear Daughter,
Harvest is not a single day — it is a season of gathering what was scattered across months of labor.
This week, gather up the small graces of your marriage you've let slip by unnoticed. Name them. Count them.
Gratitude is a harvest of memory.
'Give thanks in all circumstances' (1 Thess 5:18).
What small grace in your marriage have you let go uncounted?
#DearDaughter #MondayReset #StrongMarriage
21. September 21 (Monday)
Dear Daughter,
Harvest is not a single day — it is a season of gathering what was scattered across months of labor.
This week, gather up the small graces of your marriage you've let slip by unnoticed. Name them. Count them.
Gratitude is a harvest of memory.
'Give thanks in all circumstances' (1 Thess 5:18).
What small grace in your marriage have you let go uncounted?
#DearDaughter #MondayReset #StrongMarriage
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You cannot follow Christ faithfully while desperately trying to be loved by the world.
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Sep 21 (Mon)
New week, new endurance! 💪🔥 Love keeps going even when tired — that's the proof it's real! 1 Cor 13:7 ❤️
What will you keep choosing this week? #StrongMarriage #September
New week, new endurance! 💪🔥 Love keeps going even when tired — that's the proof it's real! 1 Cor 13:7 ❤️
What will you keep choosing this week? #StrongMarriage #September
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5 ways believers can live in light of eternity:
1. Seek the kingdom first
(Mt. 6:33)
2. Set your mind on things above
(Col 3:2–3)
3. Live with watchfulness and hope
(Mt. 24:42
4. Hold worldly things loosely
(1 Cor 7:31)
5. Store up treasure in heaven
(Mt. 6:19–20)
1. Seek the kingdom first
(Mt. 6:33)
2. Set your mind on things above
(Col 3:2–3)
3. Live with watchfulness and hope
(Mt. 24:42
4. Hold worldly things loosely
(1 Cor 7:31)
5. Store up treasure in heaven
(Mt. 6:19–20)
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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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“There may be some sins of which a man cannot speak, but there is no sin which the blood of Christ cannot wash away.”—Charles Spurgeon
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Your struggle is not your identity.
Your trauma is not your identity.
Your past is not your identity.
Your occupation is not your identity.
Your hobby is not your identity.
Your politics is not your identity.
Don’t let the world label you.
Your identity is in Christ alone.
Your trauma is not your identity.
Your past is not your identity.
Your occupation is not your identity.
Your hobby is not your identity.
Your politics is not your identity.
Don’t let the world label you.
Your identity is in Christ alone.
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Best way to plant a church?
Reach lost people.
Best way to revitalize a church?
Reach lost people.
Best way to impact a community?
Reach lost people.
Best way to grow a church?
Reach lost people.
Best way to mature a church?
Equip people to reach lost people.
Go and tell.
Reach lost people.
Best way to revitalize a church?
Reach lost people.
Best way to impact a community?
Reach lost people.
Best way to grow a church?
Reach lost people.
Best way to mature a church?
Equip people to reach lost people.
Go and tell.
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“The sacred writings [that is, the Old Testament] are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.” 2 Timothy 3:15
The wisdom that comes from a right reading of the Old Testament creates a space in the heart perfectly suited for Jesus Christ.
The wisdom that comes from a right reading of the Old Testament creates a space in the heart perfectly suited for Jesus Christ.
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Bitter providence.
But not the pit. Only my welfare.
“Behold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but in love you have delivered my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.” Isaiah 38:17
But not the pit. Only my welfare.
“Behold, it was for my welfare
that I had great bitterness;
but in love you have delivered my life
from the pit of destruction,
for you have cast all my sins
behind your back.” Isaiah 38:17
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September 22: Keep Us from Distraction
#Devotional
Haggai 1:1–2:23; Acts 20:1–38; Job 28:1–11
It’s easy to get distracted from the good work God intends for us to do. Competing forces vie for our attention; we’re sidetracked by fear or selfishness. We start living our own stories and lose sight of the greater narrative, of which our lives are just one thread.
The Jewish exiles who returned to Jerusalem had begun the work of reconstructing the temple, a symbol of God’s presence among His people. In the rebuilding of the temple, they gathered up the remnants of their broken identities and together formed a collective identity as Yahweh’s people. They had their priorities in order.
Then they got distracted. When they started putting their own needs and security first, Yahweh sent the prophet Haggai to remind them of their true purpose: “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled while this house is desolate?… Consider your ways! You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without being satisfied; you have drunk without being satiated; you have worn clothes without being warm; the one who earns wages puts it in a pouch with holes” (Hag 1:6).
The work that the Jewish exiles did outside of God’s purpose for them had no lasting effect or real merit. Because they were neglecting their first calling, their frantic attempts to meet their own selfish needs were doomed to fail anyway. Outside of Yahweh, there could be no blessing. God used Haggai to speak this truth into the lives of the Jewish exiles, but He also encouraged them with His presence: “I am with you” (Hag 1:13).
Listen to the words of Haggai. Speak truth into fear and selfishness—either your own or others. Remember that you’re not meant to travel through life on your own, outside of this great narrative or apart from the presence of God.
What is the priority in your life right now? How can you shift away from priorities that aren’t part of God’s grand scheme for your life?
#Devotional
Haggai 1:1–2:23; Acts 20:1–38; Job 28:1–11
It’s easy to get distracted from the good work God intends for us to do. Competing forces vie for our attention; we’re sidetracked by fear or selfishness. We start living our own stories and lose sight of the greater narrative, of which our lives are just one thread.
The Jewish exiles who returned to Jerusalem had begun the work of reconstructing the temple, a symbol of God’s presence among His people. In the rebuilding of the temple, they gathered up the remnants of their broken identities and together formed a collective identity as Yahweh’s people. They had their priorities in order.
Then they got distracted. When they started putting their own needs and security first, Yahweh sent the prophet Haggai to remind them of their true purpose: “Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your houses that have been paneled while this house is desolate?… Consider your ways! You have sown much but have harvested little. You have eaten without being satisfied; you have drunk without being satiated; you have worn clothes without being warm; the one who earns wages puts it in a pouch with holes” (Hag 1:6).
The work that the Jewish exiles did outside of God’s purpose for them had no lasting effect or real merit. Because they were neglecting their first calling, their frantic attempts to meet their own selfish needs were doomed to fail anyway. Outside of Yahweh, there could be no blessing. God used Haggai to speak this truth into the lives of the Jewish exiles, but He also encouraged them with His presence: “I am with you” (Hag 1:13).
Listen to the words of Haggai. Speak truth into fear and selfishness—either your own or others. Remember that you’re not meant to travel through life on your own, outside of this great narrative or apart from the presence of God.
What is the priority in your life right now? How can you shift away from priorities that aren’t part of God’s grand scheme for your life?
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September 22 - Nicodemus’s Inquiry: What Is the Kingdom?
#LifeOfChrist
“Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God’” (John 3:1-3).
Nicodemus came to Jesus as one of those superficial believers mentioned in John 2:23–25. But the Lord refused to accept Nicodemus’s profession, which was based on the signs he had witnessed (v. 2).
Jesus went straight to the real issue—the transformation of Nicodemus’s heart by the new birth, which is the act of God by which He imparts eternal life to those who are “dead in . . . trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1). Jesus answered his unasked question, “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
By the “kingdom of God,” Jesus is speaking specifically of the kingdom of salvation, the spiritual realm where those who have been born again by divine power through faith now live under the rule of God mediated through His Son. Nicodemus, like his fellow Jews, eagerly anticipated that glorious realm. But they believed that being descendants of Abraham, observing the law, and performing external religious rituals would gain them entrance into that kingdom. As Jesus made clear, no matter how religiously active someone might be, no one can enter the kingdom without experiencing the personal regeneration of the new birth.
Ask Yourself
What are some questions you commonly hear that purport to be genuine interest toward Christian discipleship, but in reality are dodges and smokescreens that disguise a rebellious, disinterested heart? What’s the best way to respond to comments like these? What can you learn from Jesus’ dealings with Nicodemus?
#LifeOfChrist
“Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ‘Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.’ Jesus answered and said to him, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God’” (John 3:1-3).
Nicodemus came to Jesus as one of those superficial believers mentioned in John 2:23–25. But the Lord refused to accept Nicodemus’s profession, which was based on the signs he had witnessed (v. 2).
Jesus went straight to the real issue—the transformation of Nicodemus’s heart by the new birth, which is the act of God by which He imparts eternal life to those who are “dead in . . . trespasses and sins” (Eph. 2:1). Jesus answered his unasked question, “Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
By the “kingdom of God,” Jesus is speaking specifically of the kingdom of salvation, the spiritual realm where those who have been born again by divine power through faith now live under the rule of God mediated through His Son. Nicodemus, like his fellow Jews, eagerly anticipated that glorious realm. But they believed that being descendants of Abraham, observing the law, and performing external religious rituals would gain them entrance into that kingdom. As Jesus made clear, no matter how religiously active someone might be, no one can enter the kingdom without experiencing the personal regeneration of the new birth.
Ask Yourself
What are some questions you commonly hear that purport to be genuine interest toward Christian discipleship, but in reality are dodges and smokescreens that disguise a rebellious, disinterested heart? What’s the best way to respond to comments like these? What can you learn from Jesus’ dealings with Nicodemus?
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The only language for God’s excellencies is understatement.
“The Lord is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.” Isaiah 28:29
“The Lord is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.” Isaiah 28:29
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People work incredibly hard trying to disprove the very God they will one day stand before.
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“As a large fire begins with kindling of small twigs and branches, even so a large revival is preceded by the prayers of a few hidden seemingly insignificant souls.” —Gary Amirault
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10 Ways To Stay Sane In An Insane World:
1-Stay close to Jesus.
2-Stay grounded in Scripture:
3-Control what you can
4-Stop consuming so much outrage.
5-Pray before you panic.
6-Stay connected to the local church.
7-Remember that God is sovereign.
8-Live faithfully instead of fearfully.
9-Keep an eternal perspective.
10-Remember who wins in the end.
1-Stay close to Jesus.
2-Stay grounded in Scripture:
3-Control what you can
4-Stop consuming so much outrage.
5-Pray before you panic.
6-Stay connected to the local church.
7-Remember that God is sovereign.
8-Live faithfully instead of fearfully.
9-Keep an eternal perspective.
10-Remember who wins in the end.
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