Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Romans 5:2 And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Normally we would say that boasting, i.e. bragging, isn’t a Christian virtue. Usually it turns into a very self-centered affair. However, you’ll notice in Romans 5:2, Paul says Christians boast. What? How? Isn’t that anti-Christian? Aren’t Christians supposed to be others-centered, God-centered, and humble? Here’s the neat...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. There was a cute commercial on TV several years ago advertising Travelers Insurance. The commercial consisted of a dog who walked around his yard and sat in his dog house while...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Romans 5:1-2 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. Over the next several weeks before and after Easter, we are going to walk through Romans 5 and see what Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection means for us now and into...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Isaiah 55:8-9 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." It’s hard not to know what’s coming next. It’s hard to grapple and make sense when a well-executed plan doesn’t work out the way you wanted. I remember a young...
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STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE REMINDER: On Saturday night, spring your clocks forward one hour.Set your clocks forward you must, or late to church you will be. 🤭🕰️ Lent at Living Stone: Characters of Jesus' Passion There are many people who interact with and are involved with the suffering and death of Jesus. Each one of them plays a part, whether they realize it or not. Throughout the weeks of Lent, we will see the providence and grace of God to test and build up his people....
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Mark 6:31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.” Are you experiencing burnout? Are your job or family obligations pulling you in a thousand different directions? Are you traveling to countless doctor and clinic appointments and there doesn’t...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. We have been watching the Winter Olympics over the last two weeks. During that time, there have been a lot of champions crowned. The looks of excitement and ecstasy on people’s faces after they win are just amazing. The best looks come from those who didn’t...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Philippians 1:21 For me to live is Christ, to die is gain. How is your joy lately? Is your life bringing you up or down? Are relationships filling you up or leaving lacking? Is your job providing a paycheck or proving a nuisance? What is happening in your life right now and how is it affecting you emotionally? External circumstances often will impact your daily happiness. One...
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Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Mark 9:23-24 “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Immediately the boy’s father exclaimed, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Sometimes I struggle to believe in Jesus completely. Ever felt that way? It’s not that I don’t love him. I do! And it’s not that I don’t believe in him. I do! But there are some times, situations, and areas...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Monday Minute Weekly email devotion from Living Stone | 2 minute read STEP ONE ABOUT US BUILT FOR YOU CONNECT GIVE Psalm 130:3-4 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. People keep score. Some keep track of all the things they do for their family and others and then get resentful when they aren’t thanked. Others keep track of the way they are wronged and look for retribution and repayment on...
2 months ago • 2 min read