Don’t Bury Your Talents

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them.  And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.  Then he who had received the five talents went …

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Wisdom for Wednesday

Therefore, putting away lying, “Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another.  “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,  nor give place to the devil.  Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give …

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God’s Response When We Trust Him

“Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble;I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him,And show him My salvation” (Psalm 91:14, 15, …

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Wisdom for Wednesday

Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever - Psalm 107:1, NJKV In Psalm 107:1-9, the psalmist explains why God deserves our thanksgiving. He redeemed His people from the hand of their enemy When, after wandering in the wilderness and finding no city to dwell in, hungry and thirsty, the people cried out to the …

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Spiritual Blessings

All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ.  Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.  God decided in advance to …

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Wisdom for Wednesday

Let him who is taught the word share in all good things with him who teaches. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.  For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the …

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Using Your Spiritual Gifts

As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.  If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion …

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A Wedding Gown for Gina’s Second Wedding

"So, do you think it's okay for me to wear white?" Gina asked Kira. "You mean because this is your second wedding?" "My second wedding to the same man." "You're not the only woman who has remarried her husband. I know a couple of women who have and they're very happy. They realized that they …

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Wisdom for Wednesday

We ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who labor among you, and are appointed over you in the Lord, and instruct you.  Esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.  Now we exhort you, brothers, warn those who are unruly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, and be patient …

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Divisions Among Believers

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.  For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among …

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