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So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God's Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, "Abba, Father." —Romans 8:15 NLT Key Thought Abba! The first syllables some babies utter. The name for father in the language Jesus...

Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. —Romans 8:12-13 NLT Key Thought We...

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Throughout Scripture, God reminds us that if our trust is in him and if we share his blessings with others, he will make sure we have all that we need...

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. —Romans 8:11 ESV Key Thought The Holy Spirit brings life to our mortal bodies by bringing Jesus alive in...

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. —Philippians 4:12-13 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Life is...

And Christ lives within you, so even though your body will die because of sin, the Spirit gives you life because you have been made right with God. —Romans 8:10 NLT Key Thought Everything that lives is actually in the process of dying — everything, that is, except for those animated and...

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. —1 Corinthians 15:19 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Wow, what a powerful and sobering thought. Our faith in Jesus' resurrection, and our faith in being joined to him, is so crucial that all else pales in...

The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. —Romans 8:6 NIV Key Thought What do you want from your limited days on earth? Among other things, you probably want to enjoy life and have every moment of it bring joy and peace. There is...

For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve... —1 Corinthians 15:3-5...

By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. —1 Corinthians 15:2 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What saves us? What God did for us in Jesus! Let's make a commitment to let nothing make us relinquish our trust and dependency...

Those who are dominated by the sinful nature think about sinful things, but those who are controlled by the Holy Spirit think about things that please the Spirit. —Romans 8:5 NLT Key Thought We don't like to be controlled. However, we will be controlled either by our sinful nature or by the...

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand... —1 Corinthians 15:1 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Our hope, our salvation, and our foundation for faith is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This Gospel is the same...

The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin's control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins...

So now there is no condemnation for those who belong to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to him, the power of the life-giving Spirit has freed you from the power of sin that leads to death. —Romans 8:1-2 NLT Key Thought This phrase is such a great description of our identity — "those who...

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. —Philippians 4:7 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... What guards your heart? What protects your mind? Did you know that the peace of God can stand guard over our hearts and minds...

But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. —Romans 7:6 NIV Key Thought We could not, and cannot, keep the law of God completely. Trying to be righteous when one failure...

Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. —Philippians 4:6 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Anxiety is worry over things which we cannot control and which we do not remove from our thoughts. Anxiety...

Maybe your Easter was picture perfect and everything you hoped it would be. Or, maybe you found yourself too far away to see or hear anything clearly. This morning, she was flipping through her art book and she paused at a brilliant page. She thoughtfully examined her creation. Her art...

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical. But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God. —Romans 2:28-29 ESV Key Thought Prejudice is ungodly. It...

Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. —Philippians 4:5 (KJV) Thoughts on Today's Verse... Extravagant over-reaction! That's what we're programmed to seek and to display in our modern world of sound bytes and over-hyped personality. But gentleness, that moderating...