2 Corinthians 5
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natalie wrote a new blog post: in need of God’s rich, true grace 6 months, 3 weeks ago · View
I was just thinking about sin the other day while reading Isaiah. I started to think… we take sin way too lightly! We take advantage of God’s grace perhaps without even recognizing it! I was reading Isaiah 65:2-5 and noticed how deliberately God’s chosen people sinned against Him. Go read it. And read the whole book [...]
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Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Quantum Jumping? 9 months, 4 weeks ago · View
Have you seen the ads for “Quantum Jumping” that constantly come up on internet ads? When I was young and naive, it was bunk like this that got me into a quasi-New Age cult. (Read my testimony page.) Here’s the Real Quantum Leap: John 11:25-26 “Jesus said to her, ‘I AM the resurrection and the life. He who [...] -
Carolyn Anne Venable wrote a new blog post: Prayer for the Nations 1 year, 5 months ago · View
Psalm 24:1 “The earth is Yahweh’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.” The Word of the Lord is Truth. If you are part of His Army (Psalm 24:10) , your sword is His Word. (Ephesians 6:17) Wield it! Speak it! Proclaim it! Declare it! We walk by faith and not by sight (2 Cor [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: What Starts Here Changes the World 2 years, 5 months ago · View
Oh, I hope that is true. What starts here: My relationship with Christ did not start at UT, but I have grown so much there. It’s incredible, but yes, my relationship with God grew at the University of Texas. The school which my freshman year boasted the titles of the #1 football team and also the [...]
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natalie wrote a new blog post: Living for God 2 years, 5 months ago · View
For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. –2 Corinthians 5:14-15
Control may not seem like a good word. Afterall, [...]
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I think my favorite beatitude is “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they willl be filled” (Matthew 5:6). 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” So, our righteousness comes from Christ. [...]