Monthly Archives: September 2016

Photo of the Week: September 15, 2016

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Don Merritt
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Continue in Love

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Don Merritt

Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you … Continue reading →

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Warning and Encouragement

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Don Merritt

See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from … Continue reading →

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Two Mountaintops

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Don Merritt

You have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom and storm; to a trumpet blast or to such a voice speaking words that those who heard it begged that … Continue reading →

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Did You Hear That?

Posted on September 14, 2016 by Don Merritt

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God and that no bitter root grows … Continue reading →

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Discipline (everybody’s favorite thing)

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Don Merritt

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do … Continue reading →

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Running the Race

Posted on September 13, 2016 by Don Merritt

 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our … Continue reading →

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“By faith Moses…”

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Don Merritt

By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He regarded … Continue reading →

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Priority

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Don Merritt

By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your … Continue reading →

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For They Will Inherit the Earth

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Don Merritt

A person who is “meek” is often thought of as being resigned to their circumstances, even weak, but that really isn’t what is being described here. Those who are “meek” are those who understand that they are dependent upon God, … Continue reading →

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