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Am I now seeking human approval, or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- Galatians 1:10.
Living for God’s approval rather than human acclaim doesn’t mean setting ourselves up against other people. In...
A two minute teaching from Amy Seiffert on Philippians 1:6 that originally premiered as a "Verse of the Day" on the YouVersion App.
Amplified Bible
Philippians 1:6 - I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and...
A two minute teaching from Amy Seiffert on Proverbs 21:3 that originally premiered as a "Verse of the Day" on the YouVersion App.
Proverbs 21:3 - Amplified Bible: 3 To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
Psalm 89:14 -...
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When Jesus became aware of this, he departed. Many crowds followed him, and he cured all of them, and he ordered them not to make him known.
- Matthew 12:15-16.
Jesus doesn’t seem to want the attention!
He’d just healed a man on the Sabbath day, and this compassionate act was not met...
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Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great, and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, ‘This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.’ They...