"19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies."
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💭 Reflection: This passage highlights that believers' bodies belong to God, bought by Christ's sacrifice, and are...
"[17]“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.
A star will come out of Jacob;
a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls of all the people of Sheth."
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💭 Reflection: A prophetic oracle spoken by Balaam, declaring that a "star" and "scepter"—symbolizing a future rule...
"27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."
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💭 Reflection: This verse highlights that God uses ordinary, overlooked, or "weak" individuals to accomplish His pu...
"10 these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit.
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except their own spirit within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us."
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💭 Reflection: 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 explains that God reveals His deep, spiritual wisdom to believers through the...
"12 And again, Isaiah says,
“The Root of Jesse will spring up,
one who will arise to rule over the nations;
in him the Gentiles will hope.”"
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💭 Reflection: Quoting Isaiah 11:10, Paul highlights that Jesus (descendant of Jesse/David) brings salvation and ho...
"34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has become His counselor?”
35 “Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen."
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💭 Reflection: The verse concludes Paul’s argument on God’s sovereign plan with a doxology praising His inscrutable...
"1 After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay."
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💭 Reflection: The event shifts the focus from the sorrow of the crucifixion to the joy of the resurrection, with t...
"4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all."
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"32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?"
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💭 Reflection: Romans 8:32 is a profound assurance of God's love and provision, stating that because He gave His ow...
"19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all."
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💭 Reflection: This verse assures that while righteous people face numerous hardships, afflictions, or trials, God...
"14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Not at all! 15 For he says to Moses,
“I will have mercy on whom I have mercy,
and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”[a]
16 It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy. 17 For Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display my power in you and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”[b] 18 Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden."
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💭 Reflection: God is not unjust in showing mercy or hardening hearts according to His sovereign will, rather than...
"[20]Early in the morning they left for the Desert of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah and people of Jerusalem! Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful.”
[21]After consulting the people, Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and to praise him for the splendor of his holiness as they went out at the head of the army, saying:
“Give thanks to the Lord,
for his love endures forever.”
[22]As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated."
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💭 Reflection: The verse recounts a pivotal moment in the reign of King Jehoshaphat when the people of Judah faced...