Tag: salvation
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Jesus Lives! Sin and Death Conquered!
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 Jesus is victorious! Sin, the sting of death, was paid for.…
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What Love Looks Like – Washing Feet
After supper, Jesus poured water into a basin, laid aside His garments and began to wash the feet of His disciples, John 13:5. Jewish teachers would never ask their disciples to wash feet. Love turned these traditions upside down and dropped to His knees to wash the disciples’ feet.
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5 Reasons to Rejoice This Palm Sunday
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” Zechariah 9:9 This pandemic has brought sickness, death, isolation, fear, and anxiety. Jesus came to a…
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A Time for Hope
Unfortunately, some people have taken the focus off of Christmas and God’s great gift to the world. Instead of pointing people to the amazing love of God, our eyes and ears are fixed upon the sins of the world. Instead of focusing on hope, the articles direct readers and the media towards what is wrong…
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Take the Challenge … Let God Change You
“Surely God didn’t design the gospel of Jesus to be confined to our minds and mouths in the church, yet disconnected from our emotions and actions in the world. Surely something needs to change“ (p. 3).
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Jesus is Risen! Hope for Today
This Easter, may you marvel at the amazing love that God has for you. He sent Jesus into the world to pay the price for your sins, so that you could live with Him forever. Jesus died on the cross, taking your sins upon Himself. He was buried. After three days, Jesus rose from the…
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What’s Good About This Friday?
Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my…
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Jesus, the Perfect Sacrifice, Loves You
Frustrated because you can’t seem to be the kind of person that you want to be? Although you get up in the morning and you tell yourself that you will be kind, not offend, and have a great outlook, you slip up before you get out the door. You think no one cares. There is…
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Brooding Over the Past?
4 reasons for hope. Jesus is the reason for our passion, our possession, our perception, and our pardon! No time for brooding over the past! Press on!