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GNB 2.22
January 25, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This then is how you ought to pray, [begin by saying] ‘Father, our Father, hallowed is Your name.” (Matthew 6.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I have heard coaches encourage their teams saying “How you start will determine how you finish.” It is popular in education to promote a “backward design” when…
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GNB 2.21
January 24, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This then is how you ought to pray, [begin by saying] ‘Father, our Father, hallowed is Your name.” (Matthew 6.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Who is at the gate of your house? In the story of Lazarus and the Rich Man, Lazarus sat at the gate of the Rich Man’s house.…
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GNB 2.20
January 23, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “This then is how you ought to pray, [begin by saying] ‘Father, our Father, hallowed is Your name.” (Matthew 6.9) TODAY’S REFLECTION: We will often hear in the “evangelical” mindset the thrust of “relationship over religion.” While it makes me shudder because I believe there is a major lack…
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GNB 2.19
January 22, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Or do you not know that your body is the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who resides within you. You have received it from God. You are, therefore, not your own.” (1 Corinthians 6.19) TODAY’S REFLECTION: How many times have we found that the hardest person to see is…
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GNB 2.18
January 20, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Or do you not know that your body is the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who resides within you. You have received it from God. You are, therefore, not your own.” (1 Corinthians 6.19) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Can’t we just allow this truth to be a benchmark for measuring how…
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GNB 2.17
January 19, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Or do you not know that your body is the sanctuary of the Holy Spirit who resides within you. You have received it from God. You are, therefore, not your own.” (1 Corinthians 6.19) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I suppose we might be able to say that the practices of blasphemy…
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GNB 2.16
January 18, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: I have been reflecting on the scripture…
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GNB 2.15
January 17, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: Yesterday, I reflected upon the “blasphemy of…
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GNB 2.14
January 16, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: What is blasphemy? As I began yesterday’s…
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GNB 2.13
January 15, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Whoever is not with Me is against Me. Whoever does not gather with Me scatters. So, I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven. However, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.” (Matthew 12.30-31) TODAY’S REFLECTION: What is blasphemy? To define it as…