31"Simon, Simon, Satan has askedto sift all of you as wheat.32But I have prayed for you,Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." 33But he replied, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death." 34Jesus answered,"I tell you, Peter, before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times that you know me." ...
Keep ReadingPilippians 4:6-7 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ. Do not be anxious about anything! Easier said than done lately. It seems like that is all we have been doing ...
Keep ReadingToday I told Satan, "You're gonna lose. In the end, you're going to LOSE." I thought that puny little devil might need reminding of that. Here is our scripture for today. It's a great one. John 16:32-33 "A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each of you to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me....
Keep Reading"For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:14 While above is just a small portion of the reading plan passage for today, it struck me the most. In the last two weeks, more than ever before in my lifetime (and arguably yours too, no matter your age), these verses carry weight. We are all feeling the tangible eff...
Keep Reading1Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.3For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, Goddid:sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh andas an offeringfor sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,4so that the requir...
Keep ReadingLuke 14:25-35 Jesus talks in this passage about discipleship. Churches today have a tendency to make salvation and God's grace easy: "Come to Jesus and everything will be OK." Jesus was the complete opposite - telling the crowds of the cost of discipleship. God needs to be first in our relationships and in whatever we think of as important. We need to be willing to give...
Keep Reading"What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin;how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the de...
Keep ReadingMatthew 18:21-35 What has God forgiven us for through his precious son, Jesus? There is no amount of words that could possibly encompass the magnitude of our forgiven sins. Jesus's parable about the unmerciful servant is a humbling example of the quickness of our hearts to hold onto offenses committed against us when we in fact shouldbe held accountable for our countless...
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