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Daily Devotions
Romans 12:17-21 … “If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” vs. 18 Paul is enough of a realist to advise the Romans that it might not be possible to live peaceably with all. His words are not a surprise to most of us. We’ve been around long enough to know that some folks aren’t interested in reciprocal acts of kindness. For one reason or another they rebuff our attempts at making peace…
Daily Devotions: April 17, 2019
April 17, 2019 For full passage click: Hebrews 12:1-3 …“Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you may not grow weary or lose heart.” vs. 3 Most of us will, at one time or another in the course of our lifetimes, discover that there are people who have it in for us. Sometimes we’ll know the reason. We’ve done or said something that has caused offense and the victims are simply getting even as best…
Daily Devotions: July 19 , 2018
July 19, 2018 Ephesians 2:11-14…“For he is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.” vs. 14 The earliest division in the Body of Christ was between the circumcised and the uncircumcised, and it took years of debate and argument before the issue could reach even an initial stage of reconciliation. The circumcised were so proud of their identity as the children of…