Tag: sacrifice
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Sacrificing to God
Worship. Sacrifice. As Christians we think of those two words as separate things. However, those two words are deeply connected in both Scripture and life. When we worship we want to declare that God has supreme value to us. We are declaring that He is worth our praise, our attention, and even our lives. When…
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Return to Simply Adoring God
When we talk about why we are on the earth, the answers are usually us centered. We speak of finding fulfillment and purpose. We speak of God having a wonderful plan for our lives. Can you imagine doing that with another friend (and keeping them)? I can just imagine…Josh asks Kevin why he is friends…
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Living His Worth
You know the old saying, “You get what you pay for.” We know that there is value in something we have to pay for. How do show something is valuable when you got it for free? Philippians 3:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of…
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Sacrifice and Love
“The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’” (Matthew 25:40) Do you ever have a passage or scripture that just grabs you? Verses like this just…
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Obey God rather than Men
The title of this post comes from the Apostle Peter. When he was commanded to stop preaching in the name of Jesus he declared to the Pharisees he said, “We must obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29) The question I ask myself is – do I have this same commitment? When it comes to…
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The Mysterious Love of God
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 – For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. It is one thing to talk about…
Pastor John D Jakes 