Author: WhitneyD

Living to Please God

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God…”  1 Thessalonians 4:3-5 They were an audience held captive in

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We Endure, Because We Are People of Hope

“Up from the grave He arose!” I closed my eyes as I sung the words from the depths of my soul, and I could hear my momma’s off-key voice so clearly that she might as well have been sitting right next to me. All of those Easter Sundays growing up, she’d belt

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Living Out Authentic Faith

The world will tell you that you can ride the fence – one foot in the world and one foot in Kingdom living. But James points us to the Way, the Truth, and the only path to real living. It’s an all-in relationship with Jesus that transforms us from the

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The Sin of Partiality

My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. – James 2:1 We stand tall and are quick to deny it. It could never be us. Favoritism.  Prejudice.  Discrimination. “Surely not me,” we whisper under our breaths as we nervously shift, fidget,

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A Security that Never Fades Away

“Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst

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His Wounds, Our Peace

But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. – Isaiah 53:5 Christ took the thrashings and held still for His nailing, even though He did not deserve them. Christ wore a crown of

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Peace that Overcomes

I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 Jesus lived among us and knows our human perspective. He knew His disciples suffered from human forgetfulness and would

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Let Peace Rule

And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. – Colossians 3:15 As followers of Christ, we must be imitators of Him, not amplifiers of ourselves. We cannot ride the unpredictable waves of our emotions for days, months,

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Peace Not of This World

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. – John 14:27 The disciples had only recently learned to live life with Jesus, and now He was preparing

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Prince of Peace

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. – Isaiah 9:6 Here God declares a message of hope by announcing the upcoming birth of Jesus. He would come

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