Category: sanctification
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The Light
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 Again Jesus spoke to…
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God’s Just Sentence
Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them. Romans 1:32 kit: Spring Woodlands by True Heart Digitals; template: August 2024 challenge freebie by CarolW Designs (extensively modified) NOTE: This does not call for violence. The…
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Bible Study on Homosexuality
I was asked to gather verses from the Bible that speak against homosexuality. While I was at it, I decided to make it into a short Bible study on the subject. We know that God absolutely forbade homosexuality in the Old Testament (Leviticus 18:22 and others), but many people try to say that “nothing was…
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Passing Away
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.…
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Sin is Lawlessness
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that Jesus appeared in order to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen Him or known Him. 1 John…
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Training Us
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us…
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Humble Yourselves
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing…
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Let Light Shine
Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if…
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Thy Mercy, My God
Thy Mercy My God by Christ Church Thy mercy my God is the theme of my songThe joy of my heart and the boast of my tongueThy free grace alone from the first to the lastHath won my affections and bound my soul fast Without thy sweet mercy, I could not live hereSin would reduce…
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God Be Merciful to Me
God Be Merciful to Me by Christ Church God, be merciful to me,on Thy grace I rest my plea;plenteous in Thy compassion Thou,blot out my transgressions now;wash me, make me pure within,cleanse, O cleanse me from my sin. God, be merciful to me,God, be merciful to me My transgression I confess,grief and guilt my soul…
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Blessed is the One
(“Behold, I am coming like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake, keeping his garments on, that he may not go about naked and be seen exposed!”) Revelation 16:15
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Debtors Not to the Flesh
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. Romans 8:12 template: Fiddlesticks No. 10 by Fiddle Dee Dee Designs: mini-kit: You Matter by Jumpstart Designs
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Who Will Deliver Me?
Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. Romans 7:24-25 mini-kit: The Little Swallow by Manu Scraps related:…
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Waging War
For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Romans 7:22-23 mini-kit: The Holly & The Ivy by Jen Maddocks, bird overlay:…
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Close at Hand
Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me. So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. Romans 7:20-21 mini-kit: White Christmas by Mixed Media by Erin related: But…
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In My Flesh
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Romans…
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End of Those Things
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of…
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By No Means!
What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Romans 6:15 template: Holiday Memories by Alexis Design Studio; kit: O Tannenbaum by Hidden Art Digital context: What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can…
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Present Yourselves
Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. Romans 6:13-14…
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Walk in Newness of Life
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him…
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Not All Things Build Up
Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He? “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 1 Corinthians 10:22-23 collection: Worship the King by A Giving Heart Studio
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For Our Instruction
Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. 1 Corinthians 10:11 collection: Lovely Winter Time by A Giving Heart Studio
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The Pure in Heart
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 kit: Abundant Blessings by A Giving Heart Studio context: Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in…
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Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
Seeing the crowds, He went up on the mountain, and when He sat down, His disciples came to him. And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:1-3 kit: Honor Your Mother by A Giving Heart Studio continuing: Blessed are…
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The Things You Shall Do
These are the things that you shall do: Speak the truth to one another; render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace; do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the LORD.” Zechariah 8:16-17 collection: No Greater…