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Continue reading →: discipleship notes: play
By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones. There is something about the Christian faith that can seem overdone sometimes, as though we are making more of our situation than it really is. Joseph is…
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Continue reading →: discipleship notes: honor
By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. This story is one about honor. We will recall that Jacob’s sight was failing when he blessed Ephraim and Manasseh, and that when Joseph brought his sons…
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Continue reading →: discipleship notes: faith
Faith is what sets a child of God apart from everyone else. While human beings need five senses to operate in this world (sight, touch, taste, smell, hearing), we need only one sense to operate in God’s world: spiritual eyesight, or faith as it is called in the Scriptures. For…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:20Hebrews 11:20 “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.” How rich Your Word is, Lord How deeply it delves into the human heart Exposing sin and foolishness, revealing our inmost thoughts before You You know how the story of Jacob and Esau unfolded Why it is that…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:19
Hebrews 11:19 “He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.” Lord, You said that whoever believes in You would also do the works that You did They will do even greater things than these, You said…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:18
Hebrews 11:18 “of whom it was said, ‘Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’” What can the righteous do, Lord Your people are turning to lies and false gods for surety They bow down at foreign temples They offer up their little ones to the destroyer idol They do not…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:17
Hebrews 11:17 “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son” This faith You have called us to is heavy, Lord You gave Abraham Your most solemn promises You promised him a…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:16b
Hebrews 11:16b “Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, because he has prepared for them a city.” O Lord, our Lord How majestic is Your Name in all the earth! You have set Your glory above the heavens Out of the mouths of children and infants You…
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:16a
Hebrews 11:16a “But as it is, they desire a better country, a heavenly one.”
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Continue reading →: Hebrews 11:13
Hebrews 11:13 “These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.” Who am I, Lord? The world we live in tells me that my identity is my…
Essays, poetry, meditations, and book reviews by Jeremy Vogan.
Jeremy Vogan
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