Tag: redeemed woman
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What It Takes to Have Great Faith – Meditations on the Canaanite Woman
By God’s providence, the Canaanite woman’s encounter with Jesus gives us profound understanding about faith that is great according to Jesus. We must give careful attention and ponder deeply on those words of Jesus, “O woman, great is your faith!” In this blog post, we will be meditating on her story as written in Matthew…
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Welcomed at the Well: Reflection on the Samaritan Woman
Nameless, the Samaritan woman was married five times. She was now living with a man who had no obligations to her (John 4:18). The details about her five husbands are not given to us, and we don’t know the circumstances behind her current situation. Nevertheless, we find her in John chapter four at Jacob’s well…
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Helping your husband hold fast to you…
The “leaving” found in Genesis 2:24 is a verb that carries profound implications beyond just physical separation. Likewise, the “holding” implies more than just physical intimacy. In reality, there are three internal changes that must happen within your husband resulting in him leaving his father and his mother. I believe that by understanding these changes,…
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Lessons from Eve
Most of the world know her story. Jesus confirms her existence (Matthew 19:4). She was created in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:22). She was the only woman who had ever physically walked in God’s paradise on Earth (Genesis 1:28-31; Genesis 2:8-15; Genesis 3:8). She no doubt experienced perfect peace with God until she ate…
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How are you using your Bible? Can it become an idol?
Before I say more, I confess that the Bible is indeed the written, infallible, all-sufficient words of the living God, Yahweh, creator of heaven and earth (Psalms 19:7-11; Psalms 119; 2 Timothy 3:16). I confess my belief that “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1)” You can no…
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God’s Mercy: Meditations on Hagar (Genesis 16 and 21)
Little is known about Hagar’s back story. Many Bible commentaries conclude that this Egyptian woman found herself gifted as a maidservant by Pharoah to a beautiful woman named Sarai, later renamed as Sarah (Genesis 12:15-16; Genesis 17:15). Regardless of how Hagar ended up with Sarah and Abraham, according to Genesis 16:3, she was forced into…
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When is it okay to follow your heart?
The Bible clearly teaches that our fleshly desires are at war against God’s desires (Mark 4:19; Romans 7:14-25; Romans 13:14; Galatians 5:16-1). I am certain that we all can testify from life experiences that this struggle within us is real. God Himself testified that “every intention of the thoughts of [man’s] heart was only evil continually” (Genesis…
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A Sinful Woman Forgiven, Jesus’ Greatest Miracle: Meditations on Luke 7:36-50
The Bible never named her. The Bible doesn’t give her life story. The Bible doesn’t record any words spoken from her lips. But, this woman found in Luke 7:36-50 experienced the greatest miracle that could ever be experienced by any human being. In this blog post, I want to share with you why this miracle…
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Delight in the LORD and I will get what my heart desires? Meditations on Psalm 37:4
In my youth as a young believer, Psalm 37:4 was a life verse of mine. At the time, the application of this verse seemed pretty simple. “All the desires of my heart were promised to me if I would just delight in the LORD.” I mean, who wouldn’t love this verse? My prayer is that…
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