S If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
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S He cuts off every branch that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.
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S though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
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Why, O Lord, do you make us wander from your ways and harden our hearts so we do not revere you?
Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes that are your inheritance.
S For the law was given through Moses; God’s unfailing love and faithfulness came through Jesus Christ.
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But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name! For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin with God’s household. And if judgment begins with us, what terrible fate awaits those who have never obeyed God’s Good News? And also,
S Like newborn babies crave pure spiritual milk so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.
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S Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
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S “Make sure that you do not take my son back there,” Abraham said. “The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father’s household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this land’
Read the rest of this entry »S “Do not take your maidservant for a worthless woman; all this time I have been speaking from the depth of my grief and my resentment.” Then Eli answered her: ‘Go in peace,” he said ‘ and may the God of Israel Grant what you have asked of him.’
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