by Shari Abbott, Reasons for Hope* Jesus
If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We all have a Judas experience in which someone we care about, or deeply love, has betrayed us in some way. Perhaps it was a breach of confidence or trust or actions that caused harm. Maybe you were so...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Many people have experienced the emotional pain of betrayal and the consequences that follow. Broken relationships, or at least diminished fellowship, result when betrayed by someone we love — someone we...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. [Video Below] Everyone knows that Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, right? And throughout the centuries, we have always remembered His crucifixion on the Friday before Easter Sunday, right? But is Friday...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Click on image or download here: Easter Finger Puzzle with Instructions Downloadable PDF Print the puzzle and fold according to directions. Use it as a game to play with children and instruct them on some key...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. On Sunday before He was crucified, the crowds gathered and hailed Jesus as He entered Jerusalem: “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the LORD!’ Peace in heaven and glory in the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. ***Scroll down for a link to the full-size chart*** A simple, yet detailed timeline of Jesus’ last week of earthly ministry. From Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday, each day had significant events. Nisan 8 Six...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Psalm 22 is known as one of the three Shepherd Psalms (Read: Following the Good, Great, and Chief Shepherd, Psalms 22, 23, and 24). This psalm is also prophetic because it gives a “picture” of the cross from the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Click here to get equipped with encouraging and empowering Biblical truth and wisdom every week! Visit the Sanctuary's YouTube Page More Video Clips from Pastor Tullian Tchividjian Because It Is Finished…Psalm...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. An anonymous poem thought to date back to the days of Martin Luther is carved on the door of an ornate cathedral in a small town in Germany. Translated into modern English, the poem presents a very convicting...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. A chiasm is a literary device in which a sequence of ideas is presented, then repeated in reverse order. A “mirror” effect results as the ideas are “reflected” back. Each reflected idea is connected to the...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying: “Hitherto has the Lord helped us.” 1 Samuel 7:12 The word “hitherto” seems like a...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Let’s lay some groundwork for answering this question. In the Garden of Eden, Eve was first tempted by the devil when he said to her, “For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. We all want love and acceptance. It makes us feel secure and significant. Sadly, rejection can come from everywhere and everyone. It might just be from a stranger or an acquaintance. Still, rejection can also...
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Please help us share God's truths and hope in Christ. Please help us share God's truths and hope in...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. The answer to this question is really quite simple. The New Testament is true and accurate because it is God-breathed! That certainly is a simple answer, but what does it mean? “God-breathed” This term...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever! Psalm 52:8 Meditate a little on the mercy of God. It is tender mercy. With gentle, loving touch, He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds. He is as...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom 5:8)Watch the video clip or watch Tullian’s entire message here. Click here to get equipped with encouraging...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. I recently saw this posted on Facebook. It was posted as a suggestion for a fasting discipline for Lent, but sadly, it’s not biblical. The Bible clearly talks about fasting, which is a good discipline with...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. Watch the video clip or watch Tullian’s entire message here. Click here to get equipped with encouraging and empowering Biblical truth and wisdom every week! Visit the Sanctuary's YouTube Page More Video Clips from...
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If our resources have blessed you, please share them. (Watch Video Below) Do you give something up for Lent? If so, do you give up something that you really desire, and going without it is difficult? Or are you like many Christians who don’t observe Lent in...