Matthew Weaver
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How Do We Love Others?
Though it is fulfilling, satisfying, and eternally secures us, there is much more to being a Christian than just going to heaven. We have a responsibility, privilege, and task to accomplish here on earth. If we are truly in Christ, then our relationship to Jesus Christ himself, the world around us, the sin that we…
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Serving As Worship
John 13:1–17 “Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him. . . . ‘For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you.’” Christians often become so consumed…
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The Joy of Giving Back
Acts 4:32–37 “Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. . . . There was not a needy person among them.” The launch of the early church…
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New Life in Jesus
2 Corinthians 5:17–21 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. . . . For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” The implications of knowing Christ are extremely significant! The Apostle Paul writes this letter…
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Jesus Can Relate
Hebrews 4:14–16 “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help…
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Resting in God’s Security
Psalm 121 “I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121 is entitled, “My Help Comes from the Lord,” which is very significant. Many believe that David wrote this Psalm as he was in the midst…
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The Preparation of Fasting
Jonah 3 “And the people of Nineveh believed God. They called for a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them.” In the beginning of the book of Jonah, God calls Jonah to go to Nineveh, and to call the people to repent from their evil ways. Because of…
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But God
Ephesians 2:4–10 “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.” The love of God is something that is absolutely impossible to wrap our minds around. Yesterday, we reflected on the reality of sin that…
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What To Do With Your Sin
Psalm 51 “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. . . . Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalm 51 is a response of David, after he committed adultery with Bathsheba in 2…
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The Position of Prayer
Matthew 6:5–15 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. . . . But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.” These passages of Scripture take place during Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount. He stands on a mountain, and…
Matthew Weaver 