(1 Samuel 2:1-36) The sons of Eli were not carrying out their duties as servants of God but rather servants of themselves. God saw this and gave a warning of how they would have to pay for their sinful behavior.

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(Luke 4:1-13) This morning I was reminded once again what our defense is against the temptations that come our way. Jesus gave us the example, and that is God’s Word. We cannot stand against tempation on our own, we need a higher power. The Holy Spirit is always there with us to help us stand against temptation, but we also need to be equiped to fight against Satan’s attack, and that comes through the continued study of God’s Word.

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(Galatians 5:16-25) It is written in this passage some very real and evident ways to tell where people’s hearts are. I think sometimes we may have the application of the “good list” or Fruit of the Spirit backwards. At times I think we feel as Christians that we must work to show those fruits, working for the fruits themselves. This passage doesn’t say that we are to be working to attain those fruits, it says that the fruit of the SPIRIT are those things listed. Those fruits are produced as a result of where are hearts are. If we are simply following our sinful nature then it will be seen by what comes out of that. If we are following the leading of and work in our lives by the Holy Spirit then the result of that will be the fruit of the spirit.

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(Revelation 21:1-8) There are days, even weeks, when things in this world seem beyond repair. When people we know and love fall into hard times we wonder why they have to happen. It’s not even a matter of questioning God, there is no place for that, it just a matter of wondering perhaps when it will all end.

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