God's Provsion

Deuteronomy 29:5 NIV

5 Yet the Lord says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.

19 “Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take. 20 You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from the

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Watch Out for Greed

Luke 12:15 NIV  Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”

Luke 12:13-21 NIV 

13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possession

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We Are All One in Christ Jesus

Galatians 3:28 NIV There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Children of God  Galatians 3:23-29 NIV

23 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. 24 So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. 25 Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. 26 

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God's Help & Encouragement

Joshua 8:1, 18-19, 24-27

8 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. For I have delivered into your hands the king of Ai, his people, his city and his land. 

18 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Hold out toward Ai the javelin that is in your hand, for into your hand I will deliver the city.” So Joshua held out toward the city the javelin that was in his hand. 19 As soon as he did this, the men

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Faithful Stewardship

1 Corinthians 4:2 NIV Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2, 8-13 NIV

The Nature of True Apostleship

4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.

8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign—and that without us! Ho

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Placing Our Trust in God

Genesis 24:42 NIV “When I came to the spring today, I said, ‘Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

Genesis 24: 1-12 NIV Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the senior servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife

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Our lives for Jesus

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body. 2 Corinthians 4:11 NIV

 2 Corinthians 4:5-11 NIV 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ. 7 But

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God's Love

 In the morning I will sing of your love. Psalm 59:16 NIV 

9 You are my strength, I watch for you;    you, God, are my fortress,10     my God on whom I can rely.

God will go before me and will let me gloat over those who slander me.11 But do not kill them, Lord our shield, or my people will forget.In your might uproot them and bring them down.12 For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride.For the curses and lies

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Perseverance---Waiting for God

James 1:4 NIV,Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete.

James 1:2-8 NIV, 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be

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Community--Two Are Better Than One

Ecclesiastes 4:8-12 NIV

8 There was a man all alone;    he had neither son nor brother.There was no end to his toil,    yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.“For whom am I toiling,” he asked,    “and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?”This too is meaningless—    a miserable business!

9 Two are better than one,    because they have a good return for their labor:10 If either of them falls down,    one can help the other up.But pity anyone who falls    and has no

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Jesus--The Bread of Life

John 6:35 NIV, Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

John 6:41-51 NIV,

41 At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. 44 “N

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A Willing Offering

All the Israelite men and women who were willing brought to the Lord freewill offerings. Exodus 35:29 NIV. Read Exodus 35:20-29

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Being A Light For Christ

You are the light of the world. Matthew 5:14 NIV

Read Matthew 5:13-16

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God's Timing

With the Lord, a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 2 Peter 3:8 NIV

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Suffering

No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was. Job 2:13 NIV

Read Job 2:7-13

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