Category: Putting Scripture Into Practice
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What Does Love Have to Do With It?
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” — John 15:13 In context, this speaks to doing what Jesus commanded. But it also helps us understand what love looks like in everyday life. “As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” — John 13:34 Love,…
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Know Others: God Didn’t Make Us All The Same
“Your hands have made me and formed me…” Psalm 119:73 “No one understands me… it’s frustrating.” “How much easier would life be if people would just listen to me?” Most of us have thought this—some of us have said it out loud. So why don’t other people see what seems so obvious to me? Why…
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Know Thyself: A Better Way To Practice Scripture
You formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mothers womb. I praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalm 139:13-14 Who are you?” Most people go through life—including many Christians—reacting to situations without ever understanding the personality that is doing the reacting, the personality God gave them. Understanding yourself is…