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Month: July 2025

Grown Through Trials

Count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. — James 1:2-4 (NKJV) — In his letter to a suffering saint, John Newton conveyed a precious truth of Scripture that few of us come to fully appreciate in this lifetime....

Joints and Bones

“From whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.” — Ephesians 4:16 — I know some brothers who would make splendid people if everyone else were dead, for they are very loving and friendly toward themselves. They...

Cultivating Unity

Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. — Ephesians 4:3 (NKJV) — Let us cultivate everything that would tend toward unity. Are any sick? Let us care for them. Are any suffering? Let us weep with them. Do we know people who are less loved than others? Then let us have more love for them in order to make up...

The Priority of Reconciliation

Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. — Matthew 5:23–24 — Religious people tend to believe that religious rituals are what God desires. Jesus disagrees. Going through the motions of devotion is...