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WHEN

Joseph November 20, 2010 Called To, creation 2.0, New Birth, New Creation, praise, Spirit led, Spirituality Comments Off on WHEN

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For we were once thoughtless and senseless, obstinate

and disobedient, deluded and misled; (we too were once)

slaves to all sorts of cravings and pleasures, wasting our

days in malice and jealousy and envy, hateful and hating

one another.

But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our

Savior to man appeared,

He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness

that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy,

by the cleansing of the new birth and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Whom he bestowed so richly upon us through Jesus Christ our

Savior.

That we might be justified by His grace, (that we might be

acknowledged as conformed … Continue Reading

THE SEED

Joseph September 19, 2010 Called To, creation 2.0, New Birth, New Creation, praise, Spirit led, Spirituality Comments Off on THE SEED

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Now the parable is this; the seed is the word of God.

Those beside the road are those who have heard; then

the devil comes and takes away the word from their

heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. Those

on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive

the word with joy, but have no firm root; they believe for

a while, and in time of temptation fall away. The seed which

fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and

as they go their way they are choked with worries and riches

and pleasures of this life, and bring … Continue Reading