Tag: transformation
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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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Leaning Forward While Limping – Genesis 33:1-2
Genesis 33:1-2And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. Jacob…
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The Limp in the Sunrise – Genesis 32:30-31
Genesis 32:30–31And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. What a scene this is. Jacob names the place Peniel because he knows something happened…
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From Bethel to Peniel – Genesis 32:21-23
Genesis 32:21–23So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that…
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Trying to Clear the Field – Genesis 29:5-7
Genesis 29:5-7 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it…
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Like Him When He Appears – 1 John 3:2
1 John 3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. John says something here that is both comforting and honest at the same…
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Profitable at Last — Philemon 1:11–14
Philemon 1:11–14 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me.Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel.But without thy…
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Grace That Teaches — Titus 2:11–12
Titus 2:11–12 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world. Paul now comes to the heart of the whole chapter. Grace. Everything he has said about older men, older women, younger women,…
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A Pattern of Patience — 1 Timothy 1:16
1 Timothy 1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. Paul says something here that almost feels surprising. He does not say he was saved only for his own sake.…
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Sincerely Wrong, Wonderfully Saved — 1 Timothy 1:12–14
1 Timothy 1:12–14 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith…
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Glorified In – 2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
2 Thessalonians 1:10 to 12 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe because our testimony among you was believed in that day.Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good…
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The Resume That Could Not Save – Philippians 3:4–6
Philippians 3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more. Paul does something brilliant here. Before dismantling confidence in the flesh, he builds it to its highest possible level. “If anyone thinks he has reason to boast,”…