Day 18 – What God’s Grace Really Means Good morning! We’re continuing WEEK 3 for the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) God’s mercy and grace have two separate distinctions. With God’s “grace” we receive favor that we don’t deserve and with God’s “mercy “we are spared consequences of punishment that we do deserve. We often refer to the simple definition of GRACE (N.T. Greek Word, charis) as “God’s unmerited favor”. In other words, we do not deserve it, nor can we earn it. There are indeed a lot of people these days, who are trying to earn grace…
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Day 17 – 5 Reasons to Practice Praise
Day 17 – 5 Reasons to Practice Praise Good morning! We’re continuing WEEK 3 for the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) Sometimes as Christian we mentally feel a little hesitant at the term “Praising God.” We may picture ourselves attempting a theatrical performance of babbling out a thousand names of praise to God. Praise is certainly biblical and should be done, but first we must understand it’s purpose to know how best it can be used in our life. Five important reasons to praise God… God is worthy of our praise. I will call upon the LORD, who…
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Day 16 – About the Ugly Monster of Pride
Day 16 – About the Ugly Monster of Pride Good morning! We’re continuing WEEK 3 for the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) Pride is like an ugly monster lurking inside that destroys our peace and JOY in life. If there were ever a worthy cause, oh let it be to cast out the pride that hides inside! Pride is at the root of most conflicts because the one bearing pride can never be wrong. Even if he / she may be right, pride will not allow an argument slide. When Jesus was betrayed by Judas, you do not…
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Day 15 – Becoming a Mature Christian Requires Patience
Day 15 – Becoming a Mature Christian Requires Patience Good morning! Today, you and I are officially starting WEEK 3 for the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) SIDE NOTE: If your goal is to increase your Bible reading time this year, then please add 5 more minutes to your reading time now. The impatient person does not know peace and JOY. Waiting on my grandparents to prepare for an outing was agony for me as a child because I lacked patience. I’ve grown in patience over the years, but I still hate waiting in lines and at…
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Day 14 – Make a Full-Fledged Commitment to Read God’s Word
Day 14 – Make a Full-Fledged Commitment to Read God’s Word Good morning! Yippee! Today, you’ve completed TWO full weeks of the 21 Day Bible Reading Challenge! (JUMP on board at ANY time, we’d love to you have JOIN in) We discussed earlier in this series how Satan sabotages our efforts. We know we’re in a real battle against our enemy. He will ALWAYS set out obstacles to get us to stumble off the right path. (Review Day 9 – How to Conquer Sabotage by Satan) But, there’s another underlying PROBLEM that may be lurking behind the scenes that causes us to FAIL in READING our Bible… Lack of “Commitment”…
