Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:44 AM
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October 31
Therefore, if you are offering...
October 31
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember
that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front
of the altar. First go and be...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:43 AM
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October 30
In your anger, do not sin. ...
October 30
In your anger, do not sin.
Ephesians 4:26
Living in relationship with other people means that we will experience seasons of anger. Anger is a normal human emotion. It is an...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:42 AM
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October 29
Listen carefully to my words, ...
October 29
Listen carefully to my words,
let this be the consolation you give me.
Job 21:1
Listening should be easy. But it is not. At a minimum, listening means that we have to be quiet. We...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:42 AM
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October 28
If any one of you is without sin,...
October 28
If any one of you is without sin,
let him be the first to throw a stone at her.
John 8:7
It is easy to judge other people. Judgmentalism and blame come naturally to us. Other...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:41 AM
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October 27
See, I am doing a new thing! Now...
October 27
See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.
Isaiah 43:19
Recovery involves a lot of hard...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:40 AM
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October 26
But hope that is seen is no hope...
October 26
But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already
has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
Romans 8:24-25
Sometimes it feels...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:40 AM
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October 25
We ought always to thank God for...
October 25
We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because
your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for
each other is increasing. Therefore,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-24-2014, 09:39 AM
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October 24
For you know that it was not with...
October 24
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or
gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handled down to you
from your forefathers, but with the...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 12:04 PM
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October 23
He who ignores discipline...
October 23
He who ignores discipline despises himself,
but whoever heeds correction gains understanding.
Proverbs 15:32
None of us enjoy it when people point out that we need to change. We...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 12:03 PM
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October 22
He called a little child and had...
October 22
He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I
tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you
will never enter the kingdom of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 12:02 PM
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October 21
Even to your old age and gray...
October 21
Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am he, I am he who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Isaiah 46:4
There are...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 12:02 PM
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October 20
I will not leave you as orphans;...
October 20
I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:18
There are many ways to become an orphan. Some children become orphans when their parents die. Others become...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 12:02 PM
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October 19
Do not be afraid; you will not...
October 19
Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
Isaiah 54:4
Experiences of shame lead to fear. When shame causes us to be afraid we...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 11:59 AM
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October 18
Though the mountains be shaken ...
October 18
Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will
not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed
says the Lord, who has compassion on...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 11:58 AM
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October 17
The Lord replied, 'My presence...
October 17
The Lord replied, 'My presence will go with you and I will give you rest.'
Then Moses said to him, 'If your presence does not go with us, do not send
us up from here.'
Exodus...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-11-2014, 11:58 AM
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October 16
I will remove from them their...
October 16
I will remove from them their heart of stone
and give them a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 11:19
God promises us a heart transplant. God promises to change us. Our stone hearts will be...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:16 AM
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October 15
Dear friends, now we are children...
October 15
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet
been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him,
for we shall see him as he is....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:15 AM
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October 14
Now we see but a poor reflection...
October 14
Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror;
then we shall see face to face.
Now I know in part;
then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
1 Corinthians 13:12
As we...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:15 AM
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October 13
This will be a sign to you: You...
October 13
This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying
in a manger. . .and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said
to them.
Luke 2:12, 18
...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:14 AM
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October 12
I keep asking that the God of our...
October 12
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation,
so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17
Paul...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:14 AM
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October 11
They tell how you turned to God...
October 11
They tell how you turned to God from idols
to serve the living and true God
1 Thessalonians 1:9
It is remarkably easy for us to grow accustomed to false gods. We can develop a...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:13 AM
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October 10
I am the Lord, who exercises...
October 10
I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice
and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight.
Jeremiah 9:24
God delights in kindness, justice and righteousness. None of this...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:13 AM
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October 9
Although they claimed to be wise,...
October 9
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory
of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and
animals and reptiles.
Romans 1:23...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-07-2014, 09:13 AM
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October 8
I led them with cords of human...
October 8
I led them with cords of human kindness, with ties of love;
I lifted the yoke from their neck and bent down to feed them.
Hosea 11:4
We have all experienced a variety of...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:23 PM
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October 7
Which of you, if his son asks for...
October 7
Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he
asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then though you are evil,
know how to give good gifts to your...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:22 PM
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October 6
I pray that out of his glorious...
October 6
I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power
through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your
hearts through faith.
Ephesians 3:16
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:22 PM
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October 5
He tends his flock like a...
October 5
He tends his flock like a shepherd:
He gathers the lambs in his arms and
carries them close to his heart;
he gently leads those that have young.
Isaiah 40:11
The Almighty God,...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:21 PM
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October 4
The Lord is the everlasting God, ...
October 4
The Lord is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He will not grow tired or weary,
and his understanding no one can fathom.
Isaiah 40:28
There are times...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:21 PM
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October 3
The Lord your God is with you he...
October 3
The Lord your God is with you he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight
in you, he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing.
Zephaniah 3:17
God...
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:20 PM
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October 2
I will heal their waywardness ...
October 2
I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely.
Hosea 14:4
Waywardness is a turning away from what is in our best interest and following depraved, capricious inclinations....
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Forum: Daily Spiritual Meditations
10-02-2014, 01:19 PM
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NACR Daily Meditation - October
October 1
He will not shout or cry out,
or raise his voice in the streets.
A bruised reed he will not break,
and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out.
Isaiah 42:2-3
Cheer up! Snap out...
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