Tag: pleasing
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Take out the trash
Colossians 3:2-3, “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” The stench of a decaying animal or a garbage can in summer heat is something that gets your attention. Romans 6:23 says, “For the wages Read more
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Hope and Conviction
Hebrews 11:6, “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because everyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.” Everyone needs oxygen to breath. Water and nourishment are needed for the body to survive. It is said that the brain and heart are organs Read more
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Eye Service
Ephesians 6:6-7, “not by way of eyeservice, as man-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. With goodwill, render service, as to the Lord and not to men.” I’m sure you have heard the Southerner saying, “Bless his heart”. Often times this is said when someone tries to do Read more
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A sweet aroma of life
2 Corinthians 2:14-17, “But thanks be to God who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; to the Read more