A Clay Jar

Encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:12 NIV)

Bible Study

This is the parent category for all of the short Bible study and devotional posts. Nested under it is a separate category for each book in the Bible.

forgiving others

Forgiving One Who Sins Against Me – Matthew 18:32-33

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As those that have received mercy and forgiveness from God, let us, in turn, show mercy and be willing to forgive the hurts others cause us.

Immanuel, God with us

Immanuel: God With Us – Matthew 1:22-23

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This Christmas, as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, remember him as Immanuel, God with us. Not just a newborn baby, but God incarnate; God with us.

Give me this hill country

Give Me this Hill Country – Joshua 14:10-12

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What hill country has the Lord placed you in? Always be ready to engage the giants who are there, working to drive them from their strongholds.

don't be afraid

Don’t Be Afraid; God Loves You – Matthew 10:29-31

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Are you a child of God? Don't be afraid of this world and the people in it. You are of great value to God. So be faithful to follow him.

assurance of eternal life

Assurance of Eternal Life – 1 John 5:11-13

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Can you have assurance of eternal life? You can! John says that all who have the Son can know with certainty that they have eternal life.

A Challenge to Love one another

The Challenge to Love – 1 John 4:20-21

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John here challenges us with the need to love fellow believers. And not just the lovely. But also to those who act unlovingly toward you.

laying down our lives

Laying Down Our Lives – 1 John 3:16-18

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Not many of us would likely think of themselves as martyrs. But as believers we are called to lay down our lives for other believers.

keep his commands

If We Keep His Commands – 1 John 2:3-6

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If we do indeed know Christ, then we will keep his command to love each other. This love is a product of a saving relationship with Christ.

Useful to the Master

Useful to the Master – 2 Timothy 2:20-21

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Do you want to be useful to the Master; to God who has redeemed you? Then you need to do a dump run, getting rid of the garbage in your life.

entrusted to Christ

What I have Entrusted to Christ- 2 Timothy 1:12

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In what do you trust? Much of what we might trust in will fail. Only what is entrusted into God's hands is secure. Trust him with your life.

Fight the good fight of the faith

The Good Fight of the Faith – 1 Timothy 6:12

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Paul calls on us to live a much more active life for Christ than we commonly do. Lace-up the gloves and fight the good fight of the faith.

Entertaining an accusation against an elder

Handling an Accusation – 1 Timothy 5:19-20

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As members, or leaders, in a local church, how should we respond to an accusation of sin on the part of our leadership?