Tag: Community
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GNB 3.286
December 17, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: JOY “The Lord will surely comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her deserts like Eden, her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of singing.” (Isaiah 51.3) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD during the Third Week…
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GNB 3.123
May 28, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Find out what pleases the Lord. Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.” (Ephesians 5.10; Ephesians 6.23-24) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Some might see Paul’s benediction…
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GNB 3.084
April 11, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Find out what pleases the Lord. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. ” (Ephesians 5.10; 21) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Why would “submitting ourselves to one another out of reverence for Christ” please God? To help wrap my mind around this, apart from the answer “Because God said…
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GNB 3.083
April 10, 2024 GOD’S WORD FOR TODAY: “Find out what pleases the Lord. Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. ” (Ephesians 5.10; 21) REFLECTION ON GOD’S WORD: Probably the most dangerous and feared word in the human vocabulary regardless of which language you may speak: submit/submission. Consider some possible synonyms: capitulate, surrender, cow tow, obey,…
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GNB 3.048
February 29, 2024 “You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Therefore each of you must put…
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GNB 2.88
April 16, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING: “Therefore, put on the full armor of God. In so doing you will be able to stand your ground when the day of evil comes. After you have done everything you are able to in that day, you will be able to stand [before the throne of God with…
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GNB 2.11
January 12, 2023 TODAY’S SCRIPTURE REFERENCE: “Now go and learn what this means: I desire compassion rather than sacrifice. I came to call the sinners [into God’s presence] and not the righteous.” (Matthew 9.13) TODAY’S REFLECTION: So, if we are to “learn by doing” and thus “practice what we preach,” what is it that we…