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anakephalaiosasthai: September 2014
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Tuesday, September 09, 2014. Jehoshaphat's Leadership (2 Chronicles 20:5-12). Next Sunday we will begin a Fall series on leadership, and how God structures leadership for His people. In last Sunday’s meditation, we actually saw a great example of Biblical leadership, as King Jehoshaphat led his people (Judah) in prayer, by praying. In analyzing this prayer, we find that Jehoshaphat openly addresses three tensions. Jehoshaphat teaches us to tell the truth about God. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Picture Win...
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anakephalaiosasthai: The Son we don't Deserve (Isaiah 9:6)
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014. The Son we don't Deserve (Isaiah 9:6). Isaiah 9:6 tells us about Jesus: "a child will be born; a son will be given." But these phrases are not merely parallel. Yes, Jesus would be born as a child is born - one among a million. He shared in our flesh and blood. He walked in our shoes, so that he could die in our place. He fully identified with us so that he could bear our sins. Historically, this refers to David, the king. But theologically, it looks ahead to Jesus. The title o...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Double Commands
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Monday, February 16, 2015. The fledgling fellowship in Thessalonica was a community of people who had experienced a radical change in their lives. Paul and had come and proclaimed to them the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and their God-motivated response had resulted in a “turn(ing) to God from idols”, expressed in the dual activities of. 8220;serv(ing) the living and true God”. 8220;wait(ing) for His Son from heaven.”. 8220;serving and waiting”. That I am investigating. 8221; would be “ serve. To God’s ...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Do We Ever Stop Talking?
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Monday, December 30, 2013. Do We Ever Stop Talking? Let’s link three Bible passages that encourage shutting our mouths for a moment. Yes, it’s ironic, that here I am, talking, about being quiet. I’ve had to do some personal evaluation about whether I’m doing this to promote myself, or to share a helpful truth and I am willing to adopt myself. You will have to decide whether there is something of value here. 8220;so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God;”. I though...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 112)
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Tuesday, December 16, 2014. Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 112). I have included Psalm 112 among the 6 Blessed psalms. Or, collection of psalms that begin with “blessed.”. I am calling this series, “Songs (psalms) for a Good Life”. And I am attempting to distill a distinctive teaching from each of these songs. I find Psalm 112 to be a psalm that describes how the blessed person is stretched. 8220;at the same time just(ified) and a sinner.”. Notice with me some of these “stretches.”. Contrasts the ...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Following Jesus, and Jesus’ Fascination with the Kingdom
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Thursday, January 16, 2014. Following Jesus, and Jesus’ Fascination with the Kingdom. We aren’t really following Jesus if we don’t care about what Jesus cares about. And one cannot read the Gospels without concluding that Jesus really cares about God’s Kingdom. Do we? A Kingdom needs a King. Does this kind of submissive allegiance show up in your following of Jesus? A Kingdom needs subjects, or citizens. Does your communication with God make up an important part of your following of Jesus? 8220;Now after...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 119)
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 119). Is lived in attentiveness to God’s Word. In Psalm 119, every verse in this longest psalm. Has a reference to God’s Word, using a variety of vocabulary words. This study will only look at the first section of Psalm 119:1-8. The first half of the first section, verses 1-4, of Psalm 119, the aleph. The six psalms that begin with “blessed” are: Psalm 1, 32, 41, 112, 119, and 128. Articles analyzing each one begin. The title of this blo...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 41)
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014. Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 41). Is he who considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble.”. Certainly we are to help the helpless. We are to give to the poor. And here we are, in the month of December, and there is a lot of giving; a lot of gift-giving, and a lot of extra effort to give to the poor. And we realize the truth of the phrase, “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”. These are things that we do not normally expect, unless we ...
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anakephalaiosasthai: Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 32)
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Monday, December 01, 2014. Songs (psalms) for a Good Life (Psalm 32). This second psalm of blessing ( psalms that direct the godly person into a rich relationship with God; see article on Psalm 1 here. Speaks directly and honestly about the need for. A clear(ed) relationship with God. It speaks of the maintenance of the spiritual life that depends completely on the gracious forgiveness that only God can and will supply, and yet it calls for a thorough and honest participation on the part of the. A clear(...
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anakephalaiosasthai: January 2015
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015. Songs (psalms) for a Good Life: Psalm 128. How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD,. Who walks in His ways. When you shall eat of the fruit. You will be happy. And it will be well. Shall be like a fruitful vine. Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed. Who fears the LORD. And may you see the. All the days of your life. Indeed, may you see. Your children’s children. Earlier psalms, and posts, are available on Psalm 1. And this post on Psalm 128. This is a family. And until ...
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