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1 John 2:15-17

1 John 2:15-17Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.The post The Stuff of Earth appeared first on Ascension PCA.

Psalm 84

Psalm 84To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.84:1   How lovely is your dwelling place,    O LORD of hosts!  My soul longs, yes, faints    for the courts of the LORD;  my heart and flesh sing for joy    to the living God.  Even the sparrow finds a home,    and the swallow a nest for herself,    where she may lay her young,  at your altars, O LORD of hosts,    my King and my God.  Blessed are those who dwell in your house,    ever singing your praise! Selah  Blessed are those whose strength is in you,    in whose heart are the highways to Zion.  As they go through the Valley of Baca    they make it a place of springs;    the early rain also covers it with pools.  They go from strength to strength;    each one appears before God in Zion.  O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer;    give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah  Behold our shield, O God;    look on the face of your anointed!  For a day in your courts is better    than a thousand elsewhere.  I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God    than dwell in the tents of wickedness.  For the LORD God is a sun and shield;    the LORD bestows favor and honor.  No good thing does he withhold    from those who walk uprightly.  O LORD of hosts,    blessed is the one who trusts in you!The post Springs in the Desert appeared first on Ascension PCA.

1 John 2:7-14

1 John 2:7-14Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.  I am writing to you, little children,    because your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.  I am writing to you, fathers,    because you know him who is from the beginning.  I am writing to you, young men,    because you have overcome the evil one.  I write to you, children,    because you know the Father.  I write to you, fathers,    because you know him who is from the beginning.  I write to you, young men,    because you are strong,    and the word of God abides in you,    and you have overcome the evil one.The post Supernatural Love appeared first on Ascension PCA.

1 John 2:1-6

1 John 2:1-62:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments. Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him: whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.The post The Advocate appeared first on Ascension PCA.

1 John 1:5-10

1 John 1:5-10This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.The post The Light appeared first on Ascension PCA.