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Poetry Saturday—Jesus, Saviour, Grow In Me

A prayer to be more like Jesus. #Poetry Saturday—Jesus, Saviour, Grow In Me

O Jesus, Saviour, grow in me, and all things else recede: to You my heart would nearer be, from sin be daily freed.

Each day embrace my weakness, Lord, with Your supporting might; and let my death be lost in life, my darkness in Your light.

Let faith in You and in Your strength my every motive move; may You alone be my delight, my passion and my love.

Fill me with gladness from above, hold me…

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Don’t __________ One Another

Don’t __________ One Another

Check out James 4:11, “Brethren…

…do not speak evil of one another” (NKJV) 

…do not accuse or malign one another” (AMP)

…do not bad-mouth one another” (MSG)

…do not slander one another” (GW)

…do not criticize one another” (NLT)

…do not defame one another” (Greek definition for katalaleo) 

Why not? James gives us three good reasons:

All humans are made in God’s image.So to defame another person is…

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Truth Is The Source Of Freedom

Truth Is The Source Of Freedom

“The university has traditionally been a unified place (Latin unum) where faculty and students gather in order to discover truth (Latin veritas). A generation ago, college was expected to be a place of freedom, particularly for expression of and engagement with different—even disagreeable—ideas. Sadly, recent events and numerous statistical surveys reveal that such days may be over. Today, many…

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What Do The Good Works Of Jesus Mean?

What Do The Good Works Of Jesus Mean?

“Jesus was well-known for His many good works, which were primarily works of restoration. The good works of Jesus restored a measure of the good order God intended when He created the world and all things, and point forward to a day of complete renewal, of heaven and earth and all things. People, who are the image-bearers of God, were not meant to be deaf or blind, bent or beset by demons, riven…

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“The reason God made man in His image was that he might appreciate God and admire and adore and worship; so that God might not be a picture, so to speak, hanging in a gallery with nobody looking at Him. He might not be a flower that no one could smell; He might not be a star that no one could see. God made somebody to smell that flower, the lily of the valley. He wanted someone to see that glorious image. He wanted someone to see the star, so He made us and in making us He made us to worship Him.

A.W. Tozer 

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Thursdays With Oswald—The Holy Spirit In Me

Thursdays With Oswald—The Holy Spirit In Me

This is a weekly series with things I’m reading and pondering from Oswald Chambers. You can read the original seed thought here, or type “Thursdays With Oswald” in the search box to read more entries.

The Holy Spirit In Me

     When I receive the Holy Spirit He lifts my personality back into its primal relationship with God. Holy Spirit coming into my spirit never becomes my spirit; He energizes…

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