Topic:BELIEVERS RECEIVE January 08 Luke 1:45, “And blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.” LUKE 1:39-56 There are many reasons why God’s blessings don’t always come to pass in a person’s life, but the most frequent cause is simply unbelief on our part. There are no …
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Topic:KNOWING GOD’S WILL IS NOT ENOUGH january 05 Luke 1:34, “Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?” LUKE 1:26-38 Contrast Mary’s question and Gabriel’s response with the question that Zacharias asked Gabriel and the response that he received (Luke 1:18-20). You will find the questions are similar but the responses are …
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Topic:LET GOD’S PEACE LEAD YOU December 17 Luke 24:36 “And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.” LUKE 24:36 Just as every sport has disputes that must be settled by the officials, the peace of God is the umpire that settles all disputes as to what the …
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Topic:THE TRUE MEANING OF THE SABBATH December 13 John 19:31 “The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.” JOHN 19:31 The Sabbath was first …
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Topic:JESUS FREED US FROM SIN December 05 Luke 23:18 “And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:” LUKE 23:18 What happened to Barabbas is a picture of what happens when a person is born again. Barabbas was guilty; Jesus was innocent. Yet Jesus suffered the death that Barabbas should have experienced, …
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Topic:ONE IN SPIRIT December 03 Matthew 27:18 “For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.” MATTHEW 27:18 Many problems arise from envy. James said, “For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work” (Jas. 3:16). Envy and strife go hand in hand and open the door to the devil to do anything he desires, …
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Topic:WHAT IS A MIRACLE? November 28 Luke 23:8 “And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.” LUKE 23:8 Herod desired to see Jesus perform some kind of miracle, and …
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Topic:LEARN THE WORD BY DOING IT November 16 Matthew 26:55 “In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.” MATTHEW 26:55 The four gospels refer to Jesus teaching …
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Topic:THE “OLD MAN” IS DEAD November 13 Mark 14:41 “And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.” MARK 14:41 It is not our individual acts of sin that make us a sinner. …
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Topic:EXERCISE YOUR SOUL November 11 Matthew 26:41 “Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.” MATTHEW 26:41 Our spirit is not our problem. The born-again Christian receives a new spirit at conversion, that is just like Jesus’ (1 Jn. 4:17) because it is the Spirit of Jesus. Our born-again …
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