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Looking at the group the coach had chosen they could not work out why they had been set apart as such a good team. Reference: v.8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (NIV Bible)
I have put myself out there over and over again never really knowing where the conversation will lead. Reference: v.4 "As he (the farmer) was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up." (NIV Bible)
Often when you come to a familiar passage like this you often think, what more can I gain from these words? Haven't I heard them all before? 1 Thessalonians 4.1-12 Reference: v.1 Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. (NIV Bible)
Whenever my daughter and I actually get the chance to watch a TV show at the same time we often argue over who gets to use the remote (I believe we are not alone in this predicament). Matthew 27.57-66 Reference: v.66 So they went and made the tomb secure by putting a seal on the stone and posting the guard. (NIV Bible)
We will often come to difficult situations in our life where we feel that we must face them on our own. Matthew 26.14-30 Reference: v.22 They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, "Surely not I, Lord?" (NIV Bible)
God is not a fast-food drive-thru god who will give us everything we ask in the quickest time possible. Matthew 15.21-28 Reference: v.27 “Yes, Lord,” she said, “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” (NIV Bible)
We must not forget the process we need to endure and learn from to get to our envisioned destination. Acts 20.7-16 Reference: v.15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Kios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus. (NIV Bible)
Fortunately for the early Christian church Paul did not give up on his missionary adventures as quickly as I gave up ice skating.
Acts 17.1-15 Reference: v.2 As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures (NIV Bible)
A flock turn on their shepherd even after he has saved them from death Zechariah 11.4-17 Reference: v.8b The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them (NIV Bible)
Even during trials we can make gains with God James 1.1-18 Reference: v.2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds. |
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