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Tremble… But Don’t Sin
Scripture Focus“Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent.” — Psalm 4:4 (ESV)“Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger.” — Ephesians 4:26 (ESV) Devotional ThoughtAnger itself is not the transgression — disobedience…
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Why Do the Nations Rage?
Scripture Focus “I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill… You are my Son… Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.” — Psalm 2:6–7, 12 (ESV) Devotional Thought Why does rebellion feel so natural to the human heart? Psalm 2 opens with a shocking scene: nations rage,…
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Counsel Shapes the Course
Scripture Focus“Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” – Psalm…
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The Gift We Struggle to Receive
Scripture Focus “But the righteousness based on faith says, ‘Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?”’ (that is, to bring Christ down) or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? ‘The word is…
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Why Grace Never Gives Permission to Sin
Scripture Focus “But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could God judge the world? But if through my lie God’s truth…
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Bewitched by Works
Scripture Focus “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified. Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?” — Galatians 3:1–2 (ESV) Devotional Thought Paul’s…
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Alive by Faith, Proven by Fruit
Scripture Focus “For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.’ Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift…
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Restoring with Grace
Scripture Focus “Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when…
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Herod’s Rage & The Return to Nazareth
Scripture Focus “When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became furious… But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt… And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, so that what was spoken…
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The Flight to Egypt
Scripture Focus “And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt… This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’”— Matthew 2:14–15 (ESV) Devotional Thought No sooner had the Magi left in worship…
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