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Riches vs. Righteousness: "

Riches do not profit in the day of wrath,

but righteousness delivers from death.

- Proverbs 11:4

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I was made to... [make something day]: "

Posted via web from Eliacín Rosario-Cruz

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Scripture Wallpapers: "

Help yourself to these new Scripture wallpapers, designed by Joshua Blankenship.

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Joshua Blankenship serves as the Design Director of NewSpring Church in South Carolina. He likes to draw scripture.

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DWYL Wallpapers: "

(Author: Andrew Laparra)

Check out the new Don't Waste Your Life wallpapers, created to help you spread the message of the Gospel.

Download and share them freely.

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Reformation Day Meditation: "

Hymn: “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”

Words & Music: Martin Luther

Year: 1529 (translated from the German to English in 1853)

Note: This hymn is also known as “The Battle Hymn of the Reformation.”

Recommended Rendition: Chris Rice, Peace Like a River: The Hymns Project (2007)

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A mighty fortress is our God, a bulwark never failing;

Our helper He, amid the flood of mortal ills prevailing:

For still our ancient foe doth seek to work us woe;

His craft and power are great, and, armed with cruel hate,

On earth is not his equal.

Did we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing;

Were not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing:

Dost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He;

Lord Sabaoth, His Name, from age to age the same,

And He must win the battle.

And though this world, with devils filled, should threaten to undo us,

We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us:

The Prince of Darkness grim, we tremble not for him;

His rage we can endure, for lo, his doom is sure,

One little word shall fell him.

That word above all earthly powers, no thanks to them, abideth;

The Spirit and the gifts are ours through Him who with us sideth:

Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;

The body they may kill: God’s truth abideth still,

His kingdom is forever.

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The Necessity & Reality of Christ: ""

How Jesus Made Disciples: Discomfort: "

Jesus brought the disciples out of their comfort zone

When Jesus walks on water his disciples are horrified. They've seen Jesus break the laws of nature several times over, but this miracle pushes them outside of their level of comfort. Jesus reassures them, and they take comfort in God's sovereignty by seeing that his power has no bounds—he can do literally anything, even walk on water.

Jesus also puts the disciples in situations where danger is imminent. The Jews wanted to stone Jesus because he kept saying that he was God, and the disciples thought it prudent to hunker down and let the mob's anger pass. When Jesus hears of Lazarus' death, the disciples protest going back to Judea in hopes to save their own tails. Jesus responds by telling them that if they are doing good before God, why hide before men? They are putting their safety before the saving of Lazarus' life, and Jesus pushes them through their fear gently—not in a rebuking manner, but in a clear, focused, and resolved manner.

This is a series of reflections on how Jesus made disciples, based on the book of John.

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