Today's word of encouragement: In Jesus, the old you has passed away, behold, the new is here.

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Today's word of encouragement: Come and see Jesus. I promise He is who He claims to be.

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Today's word of encouragement comes from a sermon I preached at Hope Evangelical Free Church on February 24th, 2022.

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Today's word of encouragement: The Chosen One of God did not wield power the way our world does. He defeated death by dying, sin by becoming sin, and shame by becoming shameful. He did all this so we no longer have to deal with these things but instead are freed from them.

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Today's word of encouragement: Fix your eyes on Jesus, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

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Today's word of encouragement: we are far more like the Jewish leaders than we are John the Baptist…and yet, time and again we see that Jesus came to save & forgive sinners, the sick, those who know their great need requires a great Savior. In Jesus, we have this.

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Today's word of encouragement comes from Luther’s sermon on this section: “What if all this is but a fallacious hope?...No says, the evangelist, this is not a fictitious and false grace; it is a grace free from hypocrisy, deceit, and duplicity; it makes all the words and actions of the Son not only pleasing to the Father, dear to Him, and cherished, but also genuine, and sincere, and the absolute truth. It is a real grace. Christ did not have to earn this grace; it was His by nature…All His words are true and reliable, without deceit and falsehood. His words are not only gracious or full of grace but also true.”

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Today's word of encouragement comes from a sermon I preached at Hope Evangelical Free Church on January 16th, 2022.

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Today's word of encouragement comes from Luther himself: “Thus our faith is still very feeble and cold. If it were as firm and stable as indeed it should be, we would almost die for sheer joy. But God be praised, we know that even those of little faith are children of God.”

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Today's word of encouragement: the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, knows you and forgives you. Point to Him.

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