RIGHTEOUSNESS
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Daily Readings: 2 Peter 3 and Psalm 47 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief … 11 … (so) what kind of
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Daily Readings: Colossians 1-2 and Psalm 146 The apostle Paul wrote a letter to Christians living in the small city of Colossae while he was in prison in Rome. His point in writing it was to encourage them with the wonderful truth about their Lord Jesus Christ. Chapters 1-2 are filled with revelation about the
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Daily Readings: Ephesians 6 and Psalm 143 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Ephesians 6:10-20 portrays the Christian life as a spiritual battle in which our spiritual enemy, the ‘Adversary’, ‘Satan’, comes against the Kingdom Family of God on multiple fronts. He attacked the Ephesians through false teaching, temptation to
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Today we shift to the apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians, written to the fledgling Church in Ephesus while he was a prisoner in Rome around AD 60-62. It is a glorious presentation of God’s beautiful plan for His people. Daily Readings: Ephesians 1 and Psalm 138 Starting at the very beginning, Ephesians 1 reminds
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Daily Readings: Galatians 3 and Psalm 134 26 So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptised into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. It’s wonderful to realise that God has freely adopted us into his Family as beloved children, not on the basis of our level
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Daily Readings: 1 Corinthians 6 and Psalm 118 1 Corinthians 6 is filled with Holy Spirit-inspired instruction and correction from Paul. Although he addressed a range of areas where the Corinthian Christians were falling into sinful tendencies, the heart of his instruction was to remind them that their salvation had begun with repentance from sin.
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Daily Readings: Romans 8 and Psalm 104 What astounding news! Romans 7 painted the bleak picture of us trying desperately to please God and to be right with Him by obeying His law, but being so caught up in sin’s power that we simply could not. Our situation was absolutely desperate and our only hope
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Daily Readings: Romans 6 and Psalm 102 In Romans 6 Paul addresses questions that might be raised about the place of sin in a believer’s life. Using two main images, Paul makes his point: Sin should never be willingly entertained or warmly welcomed in the life of a believer; it should be strongly rejected and
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