Tag: Grace
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Refresh 3: Healthier Habits (1 Timothy 4:6-16)
If salvation is by grace, why does Paul tell Timothy to train, toil, strive, practice, and persist? Because grace doesn’t eliminate effort—and the habits we practice are forming the people we become. In Healthier Habits, we’ll look at what it means to train for godliness, recognize real spiritual progress, and keep going when growth seems…
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Day 232: Can God Look on Evil? (Habakkuk 1:13)
Is God really “too holy to look on sin”? Habakkuk 1:13 is often used to make that claim—but read in context, the verse may be saying almost the opposite. God isn’t a pristine white couch we’re afraid to stain.
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Zephaniah: How God Really Feels About You
What kind of God judges sin—and then sings over His people? Zephaniah begins with some of the Bible’s strongest language about God’s wrath and ends with one of its most beautiful pictures of His love. God’s wrath reveals His holiness, but His delight reveals His heart.
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Refresh 2: A Clean Heart (Psalm 51)
We don’t need to rehabilitate a good heart. We need a new heart. That’s the gospel.
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Day 227: The Refreshing Oasis of Jeremiah 31
After thirty chapters of rebellion, judgment, heartbreak, and coming exile, Jeremiah 31 feels like a pitcher of ice water in the desert. Suddenly there is everlasting love, hope for the future, restoration, forgiveness, and the promise of a new covenant. The wilderness is real—but it doesn’t get the last word.
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Day 227: Grace in the Wilderness (Jeremiah 31:2)
Where do you find grace? Sometimes, right in the middle of the wilderness. From Noah and Moses to Israel’s exile—and ultimately to Christ—Scripture tells the story of undeserving people who found favor when they needed it most.