Tag: relationship
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From Earning to Overflow – Genesis 33:10-12
Genesis 33:10-12And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to…
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Knowing the Lord — Hebrews 8:11
Hebrews 8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. This is one of the most tender marks of the New Covenant. God is not merely gathering people around information about Him. He is…
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Knowing Who — 2 Timothy 1:12
2 Timothy 1:12 …nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. Paul writes this while sitting in a Roman dungeon. It is dark down there. Cold. The kind of place where the…
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Sanctified at the Table — 1 Timothy 4:4–5
1 Timothy 4:4–5 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. There is something beautifully ordinary about this. Paul is talking about food again. Not visions. Not mysteries. Not hidden codes. Food. The kind that…
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Gifts Meant to Be Received — 1 Timothy 4:3
1 Timothy 4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. There is a kind of spirituality that feels tight in the chest. It is careful. Controlled. Serious about everything. It talks a lot about sacrifice. It…
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Lifted Hands — 1 Timothy 2:8
1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. Paul gives us a picture here. Not clenched fists. Not raised voices in argument. Lifted hands. Open hands do not fight. They do not grasp. They receive. They surrender. And Paul says this is to happen…