S101P8 – The children of God: a desire for intimacy

Mt. 6:5-8 Also, when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the street so that they may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they have their reward in full. But when you pray,…

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God country

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-2nwk4-106c27a A recent trip out west and my subsequent return trip home have raised a common question.  How can someone see so much of God’s creation and know so much of his handiwork, yet not see him in any of it?  Let us pray for those who view the world this way, that they would…

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S101P7 – The children of God: receptive to correction

Heb. 12:7-11 You must submit to correction for the purpose of discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? Now if you are exempt from correction and without discipline, in which all share, then you are illegitimate children and not sons at all.…

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S101P6 – The children of God: believe his word

Jn. 8:43-45 Why do you misunderstand what I am saying? It is because your spiritual ears are deaf and you are unable to hear the truth of my word. You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning,…

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S101P5 – The children of God: a different breed

2 Cor. 6:14-18 Do not be unequally bound together with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? What agreement is there between the temple of…

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S101P4 – The children of God: a different hunger

1 Pet. 2:1-3 So put aside every trace of malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander and hateful speech; like newborn babies long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation, if in fact you have tasted the…

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S101P3 – The children of God: as men and women, yet as babes

Mt. 18:2-5 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.…

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S101P2 – The children of God: a right conferred

Jn. 1:9-13 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive…

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S101P1 – The children of God: his own testimony

Rom. 8:14-16 For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “ Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself…

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Castles made of sand

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vjjrb-105d943 We serve a God who is a creator, a builder.  It is no surprise that He calls us to build as well.  If we are wise, we will follow the Lord’s counsel to build on the solid rock.  Not only that, but we will build with good spiritual stones and not with grains of…

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