by leaps and bounds
An Arise Ministries Network
Category: Devotional
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Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me (Hebrews 13:5-6). When it comes to…
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The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him (Psalm 28:7). Do you ever wake up in the morning with a song running through your mind? Often, I wake up with the following chorus…
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But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare. Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to…
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Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). In the natural course of things, one thing is sure- change. Things in nature change. People change. Look at nature. Fall changes to winter; winter changes to spring. Spring gives way to summer. Due to erosion, the course of rivers and outlines of ocean…
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Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? Jesus answered and said unto him, Go and show John again these things which ye do hear and see: The blind…
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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (John 3:16). As I was driving to work- a couple of days ago- I was listening to a Christian music radio station. It was brought to my attention that the…
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Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people; O visit me with thy salvation (Psalm 106:4). Favor is a word that is often mentioned in Christian ranks. Surely, Christians have God’s favor, but we should look at this word more closely than we sometimes do. First of all, we should…
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The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. When the angel of the Lord appeared to Gideon, he said, “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.” “Pardon…
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But when the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons (Galatians 4:4-5). Have you ever been at the right place at the right time? Have you ever been…
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Hear, Lord, and be merciful to me, be my help (Psalm 30:10). For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy (Romans 9:15-16) The standard definition…