I’ve been thinking a lot about suffering lately; not so much that I’m personally in a place of extreme suffering, but I have a lot of people in my life who are experiencing some very challenging circumstances. It seems like every other day I hear that someone I know and love has been diagnosed with …
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Grace Beats Regret
I am struck by a phrase in this verse: that we would be holy and blameless before Him. It doesn’t say “might be” or “hopefully will be.” It says that God chose us, before we were ever born, so that we would be holy and blameless before Him. And why we were chosen to be …
Perspective, Perseverance, and Praising the Lord
How important is it to praise the Lord? Did you realize that praising God is a command? In all honesty, I have to admit I have not previously thought about praising God as something that is required of me as a Christ-follower. In my mind, I probably filed it under “optional!” I knew that to …
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God’s Word Gives Good Counsel and Brings Us Joy
We are on a journey to expand on some of the practical applications of God’s word to our life. In a previous post (read it here), I listed eight: · The word keeps us from sin. · The word keeps us from reproach and contempt. · The word gives us good counsel, and brings us …
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Feeling Contemptible? What Does God’s Word Say?
In my blog post on the Treasure Trove of Psalm 119, the second practical application of the Word of God I mentioned was that it keeps us from reproach and contempt. The source of this claim is verse 22: Take away reproach and contempt from me, for I observe your testimonies. Reproach and contempt are …
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The Way Of The Word 