Tag: christianity
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Our Family Table: The Litmus Test
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God 25 November 2024 Reading From Acts 17-18:18 “10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,for they received the message with great eagerness…
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Our Family Table: Spiritual Fusion
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 24 November 2024 Reading From Galatians 4-6 “Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is the new creation.” –Galatians 6:15 There is no religious ritual of any kind that can take the place of the new birth experience. By faith and trust in Jesus…
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Our Family Table: Genuine Faith Produces Good Fruit
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek Reading From James 1-5 “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them?…faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith; I…
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Our Family Table: One With Christ
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 19 November 2024 Reading From Acts 11-12 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on them as he had come on us at the beginning. Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ So if God…
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Our Family Table: The Enemy’s Plans Will Backfire
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God 17 November 2024 Reading From Acts 7-8 “And Saul approved of their killing him. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the…
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Our Family Table: We Have Been With Jesus
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 16 November 2024 Reading From Acts 4-6 “Jesus is “‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’[a] 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” 13 When they saw…
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Our Family Table: Sharing the Love and Message of Jesus
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God Reading From Acts 1-3 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” —Acts 1:8 The Great Commandment and Commission to share the love and message of…
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Our Family Table: Power and Passion for the Work
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 14 November 2024 Reading From Luke 24, John 20-21 “On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews,[c] Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When he had…
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Our Family Table: Using Our Resources for His Glory
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 13 November 2024 Reading From Luke 23 John 18-19 “Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave permission, Joseph came and took the body…
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Our Family Table: The Veil Has Been Torn
Daily Encouragement for the Family of God by Kenton Cheek 11 November 2024 Reading From Matthew 27, Mark 15 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he released his spirit. 51 At that moment the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, 52 and tombs opened.…