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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

There Is One Lord, One Faith, And One Spirit (Ephesians 4:2-7 & 4:17-19) Good News Translation

Ephesians 4:2-7
2   Be always humble, gentle, and patient. Show your loveby being
tolerant with one another.
3   Do your best to preserve the unity which the Spirit gives by
means of the peace that bind you together.
4   There is one body and one Spirit, just as there is one hope to
which God has called you.
5   There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6   there is one God and Father of all mankind, who is Lord of
all, works through all, and is in all.
7   Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to
what Christ has given.

Ephesians 4:17-19
17 In the Lord's name, then, I warn you: do not continue to live
like the heathen, whose thoughts are worthless
18 and whose minds are in the dark. They have no part in the life
that God gives, for they are completely ignorant and stubborn.
19 They have lost all feeling of shame; they give themselves over
to vice and do all sorts of indecent things without restraint.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

Do Not Be Deceived, NO One Makes a Fool of God (Galatians 6:3-8) Good News Translation

3  If someone thinks he is something when he really is nothing,
he is only deceiving himself.
4  Each one should judge his own conduct. If it is good, then he
can be proud of what he himself has done without having to compare
it with what someone else has done.
5   For everyone has to carry his own load.
6   The man who is being taught the Christian message should share
all the good things he has with his teacher.
7   Do not decieve yourselves; no one make a fool of God. A person
will reap exactly what he plants.
8   If he plants in the field of his natural desires, from it he will gather
the harvest of death;  if he plants in the field of the Spirit, from the
Spirit he will gather the harvest of eternal life.

Friday, November 3, 2017

Don't Allow Anyone to Condemn You (Colossians 2:16-19) Good New Translation

16  So let no one make rules about what you eat or drink or about holy days
or the New Moon Festival or the Sabbath.
17  All such things are only a shadow of things in the future; the reality is
Christ.
18  Do not allow yourselves to be condemned by anyone who claims to be 
superior because of special visions and who insists on false humility and
the worship of angels. For no reason at all, such a person is all puffed up by
his human way of thinking
19  and has stopped holding on to Christ, who is the head of the body.  Under
Christ's control the whole body is nourished and held together by its joints
and ligaments, and it grows as God wants it to grow. 

Thursday, November 2, 2017

We Love because God Loves Us (I John 4:19-21) Good News Translation

19 We love because God first loved us.
20  If someone says he loves God, but hates
his brother, he is a liar. For he cannot love God,
who he has not seen, if he does not love his brother
whom he has seen.
21  The command that Christ has given us is this:
whoever loves God must Love his brother also.

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Your Thought Life (Proverbs 4:6-13 & 23-27) Good News Translation

6    Do not abandom wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and
she will keep you safe.
7    Getting wisdom is the most important thing you do. Whatever
else you get, get insight.
8    Love wisdom, and she will make you great. Embrace her, and
she will bring you honor.
9    She will be your crowning glory.
10  Listen to me, son. Take seriously what I am telling you, and you
will live a long life.
11   I have taught you wisdom and the right way to live.
12   Nothing will stand in your way if you walk wisely, and you will
not stumble when you run.
13   Always, remember what you have learned. Your education is your
life--guard it well.
23  Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.
24  Never say anything that isn't true.  Have nothing to do with lies
and misleading words.
25  Look straight ahead with honest confidence; don't hang our head
in shame.
26  Plan carefully what you do, and whatever you do will turn out
right.
27  Avoid evil and walk straight ahead.  Don't go one step off the
right way.