Tag: Heather Yu
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Gospel of Luke: To See or Not to See, That is the Question
Gospel of Luke: To See or Not to See, That is the Question. Written by Heather Yu.
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Repentance: More Than A Religious Term.
By Heather Mattingly Repentance & Baptism What is the first picture that comes to your mind when you hear the word repentance? And what is the first picture that comes to your mind when you hear the word baptism? Our Every Nation Purple Book explains that the connotation of these words is generally negative –…
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Devotional for October 31st, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Jeremiah 29:13 “you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.” This past week, City Life Church heard from an incredible panel about science and God.…
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Devotional for October 24th, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Genesis 1:1-2 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.” Hebrews 11:1-3 “Now faith is the substance of things…
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Devotional for October 10th, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Romans 13:1-4 “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgement. For rulers are not a…
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Devotional for October 3rd, 2018
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Joshua 15: 15-19 “Then [Caleb] went up from there to the inhabitants of Debir (formerly the name of Debir was Kirjath Sepher). And Caleb said, ‘He who attacks Kirjath Sepher and takes it, to him I will give Achsah my daughter as wife.’ So Othniel the son of Kenaz, the…
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TGA: Gender
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: Genesis 2:7, 15 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being……Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.” Genesis…
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Devotional for September 19th, 2018
The WORD: Acts 17:26 “And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth….” Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” Revelation 7:9 “After this I looked,…
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TGA: Race
By Heather Mattingly “By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35) “By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.” (1 John 3:16) Webster’s definition of racism is…
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Reflection
By Heather Mattingly The WORD: 1 Corinthians 4:20 (NKJV) “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” Questions: What are your thoughts on this verse? What are your thoughts about your own story? And the person you used to be before you met Jesus and who you are today? Do you see…
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Devotional for August 15th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NKJV) “Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. Let all that you do be done with love.” By Heather Mattingly These two verses begin the concluding sentences of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians, and Paul is direct with his words. Your concluding remarks are like a Farewell…
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Devotional for August 8th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 (NIV) 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But…
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Devotional for August 1st, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 14:13-19 (NASB) “Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with my mind also; I will sing…
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Devotional for July 25th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 13:8-10 (NIV) “Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part. But when that which is [d]perfect has come, then that which is in part…
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Devotional for July 18th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 12:12-19 (NLT) “The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit,…
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Devotional for July 11th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 (PHILLIPS) “Of course, in the sight of God neither ‘man’ nor ‘woman’ has any separate existence. For if woman was made originally for man, no man is now born except by a woman, and both man and woman, like everything else, owe their existence to God. But use your own judgment,…
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Devotional for July 4th, 2018
I. The Word: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 “I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; and all ate the same spiritual food; and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a…
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Devotional for June 27th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 7:17-24 (ESV) “Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches. Was anyone at the time of his call already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the marks of circumcision.…
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No Perfect People Allowed: 1 Corinthians 6:12-14
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not…
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Devotional for June 13th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 5:9-11a “I wrote to you in my epistle not to keep company with sexually immoral people. Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now…
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Devotional for June 6th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23 “Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of…
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Devotional for May 30th, 2018
The WORD: 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (NKJV) For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to…
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Special Edition: What is Truth and Does it Matter?
By Heather Mattingly This past Sunday, we got to hear Pastor Ken Dew deliver a powerful message on Absolute Truth. This piece today is to address how do we, as disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ, advance God’s Kingdom in a culture that says God’s truth is merely one of many truths, and that truth…
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Devotional for May 2nd, 2018
The Word: Matt 5:17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill.” Deut 20:16-18 “But of the cities of these peoples which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, you shall let nothing that breathes remain alive, 17 but you shall utterly destroy them:…
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Devotional for April 25th, 2018
The Word: 2 Samuel 12:15-22 (NIRV) 15 After Nathan returned to his home, the Lord sent a deadly illness to the child of David and Uriah’s wife. 16 David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground. 17 The elders of his household pleaded with him to get up and eat with them,…
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Devotional for April 18th, 2018
The Word: Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NLT) “…He has planted eternity in the human heart, but even so, people cannot see the whole scope of God’s work from beginning to end.” Romans 8:28-29 (NKJV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to…
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Devotional for April 11th, 2018
The Word: 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish but all to come to repentance. Revelation 20:13-14 “The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in…
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Devotional for April 4th, 2018
The Word: Numbers 23:19 “God is not man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” Reflection Questions: How much scientific evidence do you think it would it take for you…
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Devotional for March 28th, 2018
The Word: Revelation 19:10 “…….For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” 1 Timothy 1:18 “This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may fight the good fight,” 1 Timothy 4:14-16 “Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which…
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Devotional for March 21st, 2018
The Word: John 18:37-38 “Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are you a king then?” Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears…
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Devotional for March 14th, 2018
I. The WORD Proverbs 18:1-8 “A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgement. A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart. When the wicked comes, contempt comes also; And with dishonor comes reproach. The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; The…
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Devotional for March 7th, 2018
I. The Word: James 3:12 “Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Thus no spring yields both salt water and fresh.” Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.” Rev. 19:11,15 “Now I saw heaven opened,…
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Devotional for February 28th, 2018
The Word: Psalm 32:5 “I acknowledged my sin to You. And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,’ And You forgave the iniquity of my sin.” Luke 15: 11-24 “Then He said, ‘A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father,…
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Devotional for February 21st, 2018
The Word: Psalm 143:3-4 “For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me dwell in darkness, like those who have long been dead. Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is distressed.” Mark 15:34 “And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out…
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Devotional for February 14th, 2018
I. The WORD Psalm 23:1-2 “The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters.” Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to Me, all you who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from…
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Devotional for February 7th, 2018
I. The Word Psalm 73:1-5, 23-24 “Truly God is good to Israel, To such as are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled; My steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the boastful, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 23 Nevertheless I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand.…
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Devotional for January 31st, 2018
I. THE WORD: John 11:1-44 11 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus…
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