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PLANS FOR THE SELF-MADE MAN

“Wonderful, indeed, is the mystery of our faith.” –1 Timothy 3:16 God has plans for us – plans for our welfare, not for woe, plans to give us “a future full of hope” (Jer 29:11). The Lord plans to lead us “to springs of life-giving water” (Rv 7:17), that is, to heaven. There He “will wipe every tear” from our eyes (Rv 7:17). However, we can ruin God’s plans for us by refusing to repent (Lk 7:30) and by being selfish (Lk 7:32ff). Therefore, let us die to self before we die from self. We all are born “self-aholic.” Only...

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Father’s family model…

1 Thessalonians 2:7-8 7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children. 8 Even so, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you, not the Good News of God only, but also our own souls, because you had become very dear to us. (WEB) This is the first of a two part blog where I will be talking about the model of family that our God and Father has intended for His kids. I find it interesting how descriptive the Apostle Paul is in today’s passage of Scripture using the...

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MOTHER OF SORROWS

“Near the cross of Jesus there stood His mother.” –John 19:25 Yesterday we celebrated the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; today we celebrate the sorrows of the cross for Mary and for all those who have chosen to take up their daily crosses (Lk 9:23). We received the triumphs of the cross when we were baptized into the new life in Jesus. We experience the sorrows of the cross in addition to its triumphs when we faithfully and daily live our Baptism. Finally, we receive the ultimate triumph of the cross when Jesus returns or our spirits are raised from...

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Give thanks and pray…

1 Timothy 2:1-4 1 I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men: 2 for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; 4 who desires all people to be saved and come to full knowledge of the truth. (WEB) Sometimes it is not easy to give thanks to God for all men, especially those political leaders who are in charge of...

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NO LOSS AT THIS CROSS

“He humbled Himself, obediently accepting even death, death on a cross! Because of this, God highly exalted Him.” –Philippians 2:8-9 John’s Gospel particularly highlights the exaltation of the cross of Jesus. John proclaims that the cross is: the throne from which King Jesus inaugurates His victorious Kingdom. On the cross, Jesus is publicly, officially, and universally proclaimed as King, in no less than three languages (Jn 19:19-22), a place of healing (Jn 3:14), the catalyst for faith leading to eternal life (Jn 3:15), where we finally recognize that Jesus is God (Jn 8:28), the place where Jesus draws all to...