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    Why does a tree bear fruit?

    Author
    Christopher H. J. Wright
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    Jeremiah 17:7–8, Deuteronomy 30:19–20, Ezekiel 36:26–27, John 15:4–5, Romans 7:4–6, Psalm 1:2–3, John 15:1-8, Matthew 7:17-23, Galatians 5:22-23, Colossians 1:10, Galatians 5:22-23
    Why does a tree bear fruit? Not because there is some law of nature that says it must. But simply because of the life within it, rising up from the soil and water that feed its roots and flowing in th...

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    Gracious God, our hearts are often

    Author
    Laura B. Murray
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    Scripture
    Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Matthew 5:8, Romans 7:21-23, James 4:8, Ezekiel 36:26, 1 John 3:3, Psalm 73:1, Psalm 24:3-4, Matthew 15:19-20, Romans 12:2, Psalm 139:23-24, Titus 1:15, James 1:2-8, Matthew 12:25
    Gracious God, our hearts are often divided between what is good and what is evil. Not one of us is pure in heart yet we long to have a whole heart.

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    Augustine of Hippo
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    Scripture
    Matthew 6:13, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 139:23-24, Galatians 5:16, Psalm 51:10
    Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.

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    Covering the Bald Spots

    Author
    Sharon Hodde Miller
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    Scripture
    Jeremiah 17:7-8, John 15:4-5, Matthew 23:27-28, Isaiah 58:11, Ezekiel 36:26-27
    Every year at the end of November, my husband, Ike, and I load the kids in the car and drive to the nearest Christmas tree lot. We are committed “real tree” people—not to be confused with “fake tree” ...

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    The Symptoms of Moral Disease

    Author
    John Stott
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    Scripture
    Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:16-17, Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 12:33-34, Romans 7:18-20
    Sin not only alienates; it enslaves. It separates us from God and it also brings us into captivity. We need now to consider the ‘inwardness’ of sin. It is more than the wrong things we do; it is a dee...

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    Sin and Trees

    Author
    John Stott
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    Scripture
    Ezekiel 36:26, Romans 6:6, Galatians 5:16-17, Psalm 51:10, Jeremiah 17:9, John 8:34
    Sin not only alienates; it enslaves. It separates us from God and it also brings us into captivity. We need now to consider the ‘inwardness’ of sin. It is more than the wrong things we do; it is a dee...

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    The Heart in Scripture

    Author
    J. Stowell
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    Scripture
    Hebrews 4:12, Psalm 51:10, Romans 10:9-10, Matthew 6:21, Ezekiel 36:26, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Proverbs 4:23
    The heart is used in Scripture as the most comprehensive term for the authentic person. It is the part of our being where we desire, deliberate, and decide. It has been described as “the place of cons...

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    Made to See

    Author
    Jen Pollock Michel
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    Scripture
    Ezekiel 36:26, Mark 10:21-22, James 1:14-15, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Psalm 139:23-24, Matthew 6:22-24
    In her engaging treatment, Teach us to Want , Jen Pollock Michel describes both the beauty and pain of seeing our own sinful nature: It is often true that once we are made to see, we don’t like w...

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    Admiration often Leads to Disappointment

    Author
    R. T. Kendall
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    Scripture
    Jeremiah 23:1-2, Ezekiel 34:1-4, Matthew 23:1-4, Romans 3:23, Proverbs 29:25, Psalm 146:3, Jeremiah 17:5
    For some reason I have always had a tendency to be a hero worshiper…Unfortunately I carried this tendency into my life in the church. Even those I learned to love and admire let me down. From an early...

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    Kenneth Grahame
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    Scripture
    Jeremiah 17:8, Psalm 1:3, Ezekiel 47:9, Isaiah 43:19, Genesis 2:10, John 7:38, Psalm 46:4
    “He thought his happiness was complete when, as he meandered aimlessly along, suddenly he stood by the edge of a full-fed river. Never in his life had he seen a river before—this sleek, sinuous, full-...
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