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1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong! (WEB) I love the rapid fire encouragement that we receive in this very short but powerful verse…. Watch! … May we all be fully awake spiritually and aware of our spiritual surroundings. In Romans 13:11, the Apostle Paul encourages us to wake up from our slumber because our salvation is nearer now than we first believed. May the Holy Spirit help us not to be ignorant of the devices of the enemy, but alert and watching. Stand firm in the faith! …I love how Paul tells us...
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“The Israelites had marched on dry land through the midst of the sea, with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. Thus the Lord saved Israel on that day.” –Exodus 14:29-30 The Church requires that today’s first reading be read at Easter Vigil, the most important liturgical service of the year. The Church emphasizes this reading from Exodus because in an exceptional way it prefigures Baptism, and Baptism is the greatest event in our lives. Only at Baptism do we receive a new nature and become adopted sons and daughters of God. At Baptism, we...
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2 Corinthians 10:3-5 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh; for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; (WEB) Do you know that God has equipped you with mighty weapons of warfare? Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 6:7 that God has given us weapons of righteousness in our right hand and in...
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“We want to see You work some signs.” –Matthew 12:38 To those who wanted to see Him work a magic trick, Jesus replied: “An evil and unfaithful age is eager for a sign! No sign will be given it but that of the prophet Jonah. Just as Jonah spent three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man spend three days and three nights in the bowels of the earth” (Mt 12:39-40). In other words, in answer to their request for a sign, Jesus gave them the sign of the cross. The...
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Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I am again in travail until Christ is formed in you— (WEB) I love the tenderness in which the Apostle shares today’s Bible reading with the Galatians church… With a mother’s heart toward them, he speaks of his travail in child birth on their behalf until Christ is formed in them. I appreciate how the Amplified Bible translates Galatians 4:19… My little children, for whom I am again suffering birth pangs until Christ is completely and permanently formed (molded) within you, (AMP) We are all in the process of having Christ completely and...
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