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Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing, it is a gift of God. It is true. If I depended on my own faith to carry me, I would have been lost years ago. The dark night of my soul might taste like salty, ruffled […]
Colossians 1:27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. In this letter to the Colossians the word the apostle Paul used for mystery is sometimes translated as secret in reference to the Good News of Jesus […]
2 Corinthians 4:6 For it is the God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness’, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. In today’s world, a flick of a switch moves us from darkness to light. In […]
I Corinthians 15:1 – 2 Now I should remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to […]
1 Corinthians 12:27 (RSV) Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it. The message of the Apostle Paul to the church in this passage is remarkable: the unity in diversity. As one body of Christ our purpose is to continually be active. All members have different gifts given by the Spirit. […]
Romans 8:11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you. We were having a dialogue in church during one of my sermons. We were discussing the idea […]
Acts 2:42-43 They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. In Acts 2, following the arrival of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost, the Apostle Peter preaches a sermon that resulted in […]
John 19:30 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in […]
John 15:9-11 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in […]
John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Until I was appointed to a church in wine country, I never really had a physical connection to this verse. Intellectually I understood it, but […]
