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What Is the State of Our Hearts?
Is our concern more about going to heaven than loving the King? (Chan and Yankoski 86) “Jesus said, ‘If you love me, you will obey what I command’ (John 14:15).” (qtd. in Chan and Yankoski 86) “James 2:19 says, ‘You believe there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.’” (qtd. in Chan…
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He Cares for Us
1 Peter 5:7 (NKJV) 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (NIV) 7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 (AMP) 7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all]…
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Nor for the Manure Pile
Luke 14:34-35 34 “Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? 35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.
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Becoming like Him
Philippians 3:10 10 I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
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The Parable of the Four Soils
Luke 8:4-15 4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6 Some…
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The Kingdom of Heaven
Matthew 13:44 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
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It Is I
Matthew 14:15-27 15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” 16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”…
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The Great Commission
Matthew 28:16-20 16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. 17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted. 18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and…
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Jesus Appears to Thomas
John 20:24-29 24 Now Thomas (also known as Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were,…
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On the Road to Emmaus
Luke 24:13-35 13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. 14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. 15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 16…
