humility
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His Heart is Not with You
“When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food.” “Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; For as he thinks within...- Sue J Love
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Persevering Under Trial
“Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” “Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has...- Sue J Love
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- giving up humility perseverance spiritual growth trials & tribulations
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Foot Washing
By Sue Love Saturday, October 13, 2007 I spent the day today in VA/WV. My husband Rick’s employer, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, sponsors regular mission trips to Bradshaw, WV. This was their big annual mission trip and it was my first mission trip ever, I think. So, I had no...- Sue J Love
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- foot washing humility love for others servanthood sharing the gospel
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It's Not a Competition
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- competition glory to god humility self-sacrifice serving christ
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What is Appointed for Us
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- appointed for us humility injustice sovereignty of god suffering
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Having the Mind of Christ
“Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled...- Sue J Love
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Called of God to Be His Servants
If we pay close attention to all the wording of Jesus in this dialogue we will soon realize that what Jesus did with his disciples here was like a parable being acted out before them which had a much deeper meaning than just the physical washing of feet. And notice how this particular section of...- Sue J Love
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- clean & unclean humility jesus' disciples spiritual lesson washing feet
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Walking in Love
When we imitate God with our lives, we are not mimicking nor are we impersonating him like some actors and comedians imitate other well-known people for the purpose of entertaining them. For us to imitate God is to emulate him, to copy and to reproduce him in thinking, speaking, attitude...- Sue J Love
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- christ loved humility imitators of god sacrificial walk in love
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When Others Speak Well Of You
"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart [is] lifted up, And you say, 'I [am] a god, I sit [in] the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you [are] a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god (Behold, you [are] wiser...- Christ4Ever
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Who Am I?
So David said to Saul, "Who [am] I, and what [is] my life [or] my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?" 1 Samuel 18:18 NKJV King Saul, Israel’s first monarch, feared that his days as king were numbered. As a result, he deviously offered the man God had chosen as...- Christ4Ever
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Humility and Unity
Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] For brethren to dwell together in unity! Psalm 133:1 In the middle of his letter to the Ephesians church, Paul told them to be humble and diligent to preserve their unity (Ephesians 4:2-3). Unity among Christians is based on Christ like humility...- Christ4Ever
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Humbling Yourselves and A Litany of Humility by Greg Gordon
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up. - James 4:10 Humility is the way to heaven. Christ was humble, the prophets of God were men of humility. The Apostles Jesus choose ended up being men of great humility. Saints in church history are considered those who reached a place...- Greg Gordon
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Do We?
An Original Work / March 20, 2018 Based off Job 38-42 When the things of this life Do not go as planned, Do we trust in our Lord? Or trust then in man? Are we tempted to fear How things now will go? Do we question our God On things we should know? Do we think that we know Now better than...- Sue J Love
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Jekyll and Hyde
Are you consistent in character? Are you the same, no matter who you are with? Or, where you are at the moment? Or, whether people are watching you or they aren’t? Or, without regard to your circumstances? Or, are you one person out in public and another in private, or when at home? One person...- Sue J Love
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- chameleon humility hypocritical servant single-minded
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Battle for the Mind
We are in a battle, and the battle is for our minds and our hearts. Satan is our foe, and he is out to destroy us. So, he will come at us from all different angles to try to break us down, to try to discourage us, to try to get us to give in to our emotions and/or to give up hope. But, we can’t...- Sue J Love
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- armor of god battle plan faith humility spiritual warfare
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Do You Agree?
As brothers and sisters in Christ, how should we be treating one another? Does it matter what we say, or how we say it? Should we think before we speak? Should we speak in anger? Or, out of bitterness? Should we judge one another by ourselves, and by our own motives? Or by the standards of this...- Sue J Love
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- humility kindness love sacrifice unity
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Outside the Box
Has God ever called you to do something, or to a ministry, which was “outside the box”? To something unconventional by human standards? To something that didn’t fit in with the norms of institutional religion? And, you knew, that by accepting this call on your life, that you were going to face...- Sue J Love
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By Example
Tuesday, October 31, 2017, 3:30 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Muted Trumpet.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 1 Peter 5 (Quoting select vv. ESV). Being Examples (vv. 1-5) So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as...- Sue J Love
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- elder example humility lead steadfastness
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We Sow, We Reap
Monday, October 23, 2017, 1:22 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Broken and Contrite.” Speak, Lord, Your words to my heart. I read Galatians 6 (quoting select vv. NIV). Caught in a Sin (vv. 1-2) Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should...- Sue J Love
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- defeat humility restore sin sow & reap
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It Should Show
Friday, September 1, 2017, 5:49 p.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “What Blessed Communion.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read Philippians 2 (Select vv. NASB). Fellowship of the Spirit (vv. 1-4) Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation...- Sue J Love
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- attitude crucified life fellowship humility spiritual walk
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