Living Room Study

3 John
“Dear friend, I pray that you may prosper in every way and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.”  3 John v.2
It’s a natural inclination to value our physical needs above spiritual ones.  Most often, we have a higher opinion of God when we’re successful.  We generally say, “God is good, because [...]

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2 John
“And this is love: that we walk according to His commands.  This is the command as you have heard it from the beginning: you must walk in love.”  2 John v.6
Funny, my devotional will be longer than the whole book of 2nd John!
As a young believer, I really wanted to honor the Lord in [...]

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1 John 5
“We know that everyone who has been born of God does not sin, but the One who is born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.  We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.  And we know [...]

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1 John 4
“Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.  This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit who confesses that Messiah Jesus has come in the flesh is from God.”  1 [...]

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1 John 3
“Look at how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called God’s Children.  And we are!  The reason the world does not know us is that it didn’t know Him.”  1 John 3:1
I recently saw a documentary on “children of the rich & famous”.  To me, the kid [...]

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1 John 1
“If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say, “We have not sinned,” we make Him a liar, and [...]

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2 Peter 3
“The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but wanting all to come unto repentance.  But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, on that day the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, the elements [...]

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2 Peter 2
“But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.  They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, and will bring swift destruction on themselves.  Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and because of them the way of truth [...]

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2 Peter 1
“Therefore I will always remind you about these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you have.  I consider it right, as long as I am in this tent, to wake you up with a reminder, knowing that I will soon lay aside my tent, as our Lord, [...]

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1 Peter 4
“Therefore, since Messiah suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same resolve – because the One who suffered in the flesh has finished with sin – in order to live the remaining time in the flesh, no longer for human desires, but for God’s will.  For there has already been enough [...]

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