Tag: #christmas
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (15)
Jesus, a Most Unexpected Gift Hi Friend, This will be my last planned, daily post for 2023, and I just couldn’t help but come back to God’s amazing grace one more time as we close out the year together looking at Jesus, a most unexpected gift. This week we’ve discussed how Jesus did not come…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (14)
Jesus, a Most Unexpected Gift See, the virgin will become pregnantand give birth to a son,and they will name him Immanuel,which is translated “God is with us.” Matthew 1:23 CSB Immanuel. God is with us. In yesterday’s post, I referenced Philippians 2:7-11, verses that explain how Jesus is God and yet condescended to be born…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (13)
Jesus, a Most Unexpected Gift While my office is filled with the sound of Christmas songs, there is another song on my heart today: “Would you be free from the burden of sin?There’s pow’r in the blood, pow’r in the blood;Would you o’er evil a victory win?There’s wonderful pow’r in the blood.Refrain:There is pow’r, pow’r,…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (12)
Jesus, a Most Unexpected Gift (2) 6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves his own love for us in that while…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (11)
Hi, Friend! Thank you for joining me for our third week of exploring God’s good and perfect gifts! If you’ve been following this series since the beginning, you’ll be relieved to know that when this post comes out, if all goes to plan, I’ll be out Christmas shopping for my sons because they have finally…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (10)
For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of that body, though many, are one body—so also is Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all given one Spirit to drink. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 CSB Welcome back,…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (9)
For all those led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons. For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear. Instead, you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father!” The Spirit himself testifies together with our spirit that we are God’s children, and if children, also…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (8)
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Galatians 5:22-23a CSB I hope I’m not dating myself too much here in this age of streaming apps and the ability to “skip” content we don’t want to see, but do you remember those infomercials for kitchen gadgets and stain lifters and hair styling tools…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (7)
In the same way the Spirit also helps us in our weakness, because we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Romans…
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God’s Good and Perfect Gifts (6)
“When the Counselor comes, the one I will send to you from the Father —the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.” John 15:26 CSB On Friday, I left us meditating on the gift of Holy Spirit. A gift made possible by the selfless love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ who…
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