Tag: Mark 12:30

A Holy Passion

May your supreme passion be to know Jesus intimately  “That I may know Jesus in the power of His resurrection.” Philippians 3:10 NKJV My thoughts and comments today are about, “a holy passion.” Life is meant to be passionate. Life is less when passion is lacking or absent. As passion […]

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Live Passionately

Spiritual life weakens when passion lessens.   “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.” Mark 12:30 NKJV. My thoughts and comments today urge you, “live passionately.” Life is best lived passionately. A marriage fails when priority is misdirected. Friendship suffers as time and activity together grows […]

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Being Authentic

“God blesses those whose hearts are pure.” Matthew 5:8 NLT. Purity of heart is the greatest deterrent to the presence and progress of impurity. My thoughts and comments today are about “being authentic.” Purity does not come easily in a culture that too often denigrates what is pure and celebrates […]

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The Periphery

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart.” Mark 12:30 NKJV. God values the priority of righteous lives above religious practices. My thoughts and comments today are about “the periphery.” Mrs. Cook, my fourth grade teacher at Blair Elementary in North Venice, Illinois, encouraged my love for […]

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Feelings

“Above all else, guard your heart, for it affects everything you do.” Proverbs 4:23 NLT. Feelings are real but seldom reliable, neither to be ignored nor fully trusted. Do you ever consider how much everyday life is governed by emotions? There is a close link between what you think and […]

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