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Our scripture this morning is Romans 12:2 (NIV). Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. God’s perfect creation was marred by our choice to go our …
Our scripture this morning is Psalm 27:4 (NLT). The one thing I ask of the Lord— the thing I seek most— is to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, delighting in the Lord’s perfections and meditating in his Temple. This Psalm speaks of our longing to be with …
Our scripture this morning is Mark 2:27-28 (ESV). And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” I was reminiscing over the holidays about how most businesses used to be closed on Sundays. Part of me was …
Our scripture this morning is 2 Corinthians 4:16 (ESV). So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. Paul reminds us that while our physical bodies will decline during our earthly existence, our spirits are eternal and God will add to our …
Our scripture this morning is Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV). Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah has spent most of his life …
Our scripture this morning is John 1:4-5 (ESV). In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. You won’t find any example of opposites more stark than light and darkness. When God began to create, He said “Let there …
Our scripture this morning is 2 Corinthians 5:17 (ESV). Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Paul writes often of the new life we are offered through Christ’s sacrifice for us. In Romans 8:10 he says “But if Christ is in …
Our scripture this morning is 1 Kings 8:61 (ESV). Let your heart therefore be wholly true to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day. King Solomon closes his dedication of the temple with these words. He prays that Israel would be faithful “walking in his statutes …
Our scripture this morning is 2 Corinthians 9:6 (ESV). The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. In this passage Paul thanks the Corinthians for their gift. He says that those who “sow bountifully will also reap bountifully” but he isn’t talking about being …
Our scripture this morning is Romans 10:9 (ESV). because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. Paul gives us an easy answer to the question “how can I be saved?” Jesus tells us in John 14:6 …