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Our scripture this morning is Jeremiah 17:7-8. But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their hope and confidence. They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water. Such trees are not bothered by the heat or worried by long months of …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Corinthians 9:24-27. Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will …
Our scripture this morning is Ephesians 3:19-21. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully. Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God. Now all glory to God, who is able, through his mighty power at work within …
Our scripture this morning is Joshua 1:7-8. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the instructions Moses gave you. Do not deviate from them, turning either to the right or to the left. Then you will be successful in everything you do. Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day …
Our scripture this morning is Hebrews 12:1-2. Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before …
Our scripture this morning is Acts of the Apostles 20:24. But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God. In Acts 20:16-38 Paul says goodbye to the leaders of …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Timothy 6:12-14. Fight the good fight for the true faith. Hold tightly to the eternal life to which God has called you, which you have declared so well before many witnesses. And I charge you before God, who gives life to all, and before Christ Jesus, who gave a …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Corinthians 16:13-14. Be on guard. Stand firm in the faith. Be courageous. Be strong. And do everything with love. Paul, who usually had more than enough words for every situation, is uncharacteristically brief in this passage, but completely to the point. The Corinthian church has suffered disagreement and division …
Our scripture this morning is Matthew 5:14-16. You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same …
Our scripture this morning is Psalms 42:1-2. As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him? This psalm compares the deer searching for a stream to our need to be with God. Our lives …