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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.” Acts 11:26 The lives of the converts were so different from their unbelieving neighbors, that they were called Christians. It is supposed that...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Marcus Rainsford (1820-1897) is one of the many faithful believers who are now a part of the Great Cloud of Witnesses in Heaven (Heb 12:1). Their words “live” on to testify of Jesus and to equip...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Charles Thomas Studd, better known as C. T. Studd, was a British missionary. He was born on December 2, 1860, in Spratton, United Kingdom, into a family of wealth and privilege. In 1883 he graduated from Trinity...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Auld Lang Syne” is a song of Scottish origin. “Syne” is pronounced with a “z” (zyne) and the word “auld” means “old.” The song’s lyrics come from...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth! Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The godly life is not one of ease, pleasure, and self-indulgence. We are taught to present our bodies, as a living sacrifice unto God. “I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy to offer your bodies...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Jesus looked at him and said: You are Simon, son of John. You will be called Cephas (which means ‘Rock’).” John 1:42 Then and Someday “You are Simon.” That was his name then....
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Having nothing–and yet possessing all things.” 2 Corinthians 6:10 This is a riddle the world cannot understand. A holy man cannot be a poor man. A holy man is always the richest man. The riches...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Overheard in an Orchard, by Elizabeth Cheney (1859) Said the Robin to the Sparrow,“I should really like to knowWhy these anxious human beingsRush about and worry so!” Said the Sparrow to the Robin,“Friend, I think...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. And Jacob was left alone, and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day (Genesis 32:24). In this passage, God is wrestling with Jacob more than Jacob is wrestling with God. The “man” referred to...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. The good that was done by the Bible will probably never be known until the last day. But I shall never hesitate to assert that if there is any fact more incontrovertibly proved than another, it is this: that the...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Enter Text Words of Wisdom from the Cloud of Witnesses: "Cloud of Witnesses" refers to those in Heaven who have run their races and are now with the Lord. Their words of wisdom are filled with faith, hope, love,...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Who Am I? by Deitrich Bonhoeffer “Who am I? They often tell meI stepped from my cell’s confinementCalmly, cheerfully, firmly,Like a Squire from his country house. Who am I? They often tell meI used to...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Whoever is faithful in very little–is also faithful in much; and whoever is unrighteous in very little–is also unrighteous in much.” Luke 16:10 We are apt to under-estimate little failures...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “Your Word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105 God’s Word is represented as a lamp for the feet. It is a “lamp”–not a blazing sun, nor even a lighthouse....
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.” 2 Corinthians 4:4 Though not omniscient,...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “This is the resting place, let the weary rest; and this is the place of repose” Isaiah 28:12 “You are my portion, O Lord.” Psalms 119:57 God is the only true and satisfying...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Count the battle as God’s. “The battle is not yours, but God’s (2 Chr 20:15).” Ye shall not need to fight in this battle. As long as we count the dangers and responsibilities ours, we shall...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. “The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms!” Deuteronomy 33:27 The picture suggested is that of a little child lying in the strong arms of a father who is able to withstand...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Sin is the seed, source, and essence of unhappiness. “There is no peace to the wicked,” nor is there any happiness for the sinner in his sins. The carnal mind may find something like pleasure in carnal...