Topic:Tune In to the Spirit of Grace Gloria Copeland For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. Titus 2:11-12 Grace teaches us! The “Spirit of grace” …
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Topic:Loving the Stranger Bible in a Year: Isaiah 39–40 Colossians 4 Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. Leviticus 19:33–37 When I moved to a new country, one of my first experiences left me feeling unwelcome. After finding a seat in the little church where my husband …
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Topic:JOINT HEIRS WITH CHRIST JESUS Romans 8:16–17 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ… As long as you are born again, you are no longer a “slave,” but a son of …
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Topics: Christianity Christianity Is Serious By Billy Graham October 12 Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . . —James 1:22 Jesus indicated that there will be a permissive society just before He comes back. “As in the days of Noah, so shall it be also …
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Topic:Scandal in the Church I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people — not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. But now …
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Topic:Prepare for Persecution Gloria Copeland Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. 2 Timothy 3:12 Did you catch that? He said all who live godly lives are going to suffer persecution. Not just the super-saints, not just the missionaries in hostile lands—but all. If …
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Topic:Missing: Wisdom Bible in a Year: Isaiah 37–38 Colossians 3 Give your servant a discerning heart . . . to distinguish between right and wrong. 1 Kings 3:5–12 Two-year-old Kenneth went missing. Yet within three minutes of his mom’s 9-1-1 call, an emergency worker found him just two blocks from …
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Topic:JESUS IS YOUR QUALIFICATION FOR GOD’S BLESSINGS Deuteronomy 28:2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you… God loves to bless you. He has even declared that “blessings shall come upon you and overtake you.” This means that you can’t run fast enough to escape them! When …
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Topic:Complacency Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign — and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! 1 Corinthians 4:8 The seat of the problem at Corinth …
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Topics: Youth Issues The Problem of Boredom By Billy Graham October 11 . . . knowing what lies ahead for you, you won’t become bored with being a Christian . . . —Hebrews 6:12 (TLB) Do you know what nearly all the sociologists say today in their study of young …
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