Category: sin
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Let Me Not
Do not let my heart incline to any evil, to busy myself with wicked deeds in company with men who work iniquity, and let me not eat of their delicacies! Psalm 141:4 quickpage: Mother’s Love by Songbird Scraps
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No Excuse
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. John 15:22 stacked paper and cluster: Wind Called Mariah by ADB Designs; additional right side cluster by Palvinka Please see yesterday’s post about making sure your bookmark points to…
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Dominion Over Me
Keep steady my steps according to Your promise, and let no iniquity get dominion over me. Psalm 119:133 kits: Gold Fever, Fragments of Memory by ADB Designs; baby’s breath: Alexis Design Studio related: We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing,…
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Devise Wickedness and Work Evil
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand. Micah 2:1 kit: Cabinet of Curiosity; overlays – all by Marta van Eck This post is not political, but anyone who participates in/supports violence should read…
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A Slanderer Among Your People
You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:16 kit: In My Garden by Armina Designs
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At a Time You May Be Found
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon…
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Were Once
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. Titus 3:3 kit: Simply You by Armina; cluster by DitaB
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To Deliver Us
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Galatians 1:3-5 quickpage, cardstock: Lavender Fields by Ilonka Designs
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Walk in the Light
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 kit: The Skies I’m Under by Ann Morton context: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to…
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Comes to the Light
“For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” John 3:20-21 photo mask by Papier Studio,…
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Die to Sin and Live to Righteousness
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter 2:24-25 quickpage: Lavender Breeze by SS, miscellaneous…
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Stumbling Block
“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!” Matthew 18:7 (NASB) kit: Birthday Peach by KimB Designs Note: The Hebrew word translated as “stumbling block” can also be translated “snare.” In our context, it’s a…
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Conspicuous or Hidden
The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden. 1 Timothy 5:24-25 kit, stacked frames: Recycled by Kristmess Designs Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord…
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The Witnesses (Part Two)
But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells. Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother…
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Cut Down
Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Matthew 3:10 The above statement was made by John the Baptist to the Pharisees who came to be baptized thinking it was yet another “work” by…
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Brother or Sister
But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people. 1 Corinthians 5:11 kit: Love & Light by Createwings Designs (retired) full…
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Vine of Sodom
For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison, their clusters, bitter. Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the deadly poison of cobras. Deuteronomy 32:32-33 Earlier in the same passage, more information is given about the enemy in the verse above.…
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If We Confess
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 Quickpage: Just Breathe by Raspberry Road Please note that there is no requirement in the Bible to confess our sins to a priest. (Actually, all TRUE believers are part of…
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Oppressors are Children
The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions. Woe to the…
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Once Enlightened
For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit, tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him…
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Practice Righteousness
Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as Jesus is righteous. Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:7-8 So if…
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Grace of God
See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled; that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal. Hebrews 12:15-16 As I studied this verse, something…
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Crouching at Your Door
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” Genesis 4:7 paper, page overlay by Marta van Eck I have written an article about this topic here.
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Once Slaves to Sin
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But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:17-18 Please read the entire chapter of Romans 6 so that you can…
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Rainbow
I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Genesis 9:13, 15b (NIV) They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and eagerly practice every kind of…