Confess. Receive. Receive forgiveness. Receive cleansing.
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Monday, 30 November 2009
1 John 1
Sunday, 29 November 2009
2 Peter 3
Opportunity to repent is the reason the earth still exists.
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Saturday, 28 November 2009
2 Peter 2
Beware prophesy that excites the flesh. What reaction does it produce in you? Joy? Freedom? Conviction of sin? Love for God? Or just greed, ambition and pride?
"3 By covetousness they will exploit you with deceptive words"
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Friday, 27 November 2009
2 Peter 1
Grace and peace come from the knowledge of God, we access the promises and the power of God through the knowledge of God.
"5 But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, 6 to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness,"
But, faith and righteousness preceed knowledge.
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
1 Peter 5
Settlement follows conquest.
1 Peter 4
1 Therefore, since Christ suffered for
1-2 Since Jesus went through everything you're going through and more, learn to think like him. Think of your sufferings as a weaning from that old sinful habit of always expecting to get your own way. Then you'll be able to live out your days free to pursue what God wants instead of being tyrannized by what you want. The Message
I think the message version explains that verse so clearly. Suffering weans us from having to get our own way.
Tuesday, 24 November 2009
1 Peter 3
Sow blessing.
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1 Peter 2
18 Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. 19 For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
There is no honour in only honouring the honourable.
Monday, 23 November 2009
Sunday, 22 November 2009
James 5
Go after the wanderer!
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Friday, 20 November 2009
James 5
Patience possesses the future.
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Thursday, 19 November 2009
James 4
Resistance to the Devil without submission to God is doomed to failure.
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009
James 2-3
Demon literally means dominion or power. Demonic wisdom is all about power struggles and status. The wisdom of God is "willing to yield" like Jesus, who only did what he saw the Father doing.
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009
James 1
As a summary of the Christian life, I find this pretty challenging.
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