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Coram Deo

Coram Deo Challenge Once while I was preparing a Sunday school lesson, I came across a phrase that to my knowledge, I had never heard before. It was the Latin phrase Coram Deo which means “before the face of God”. This phrase was taken from Psalm 56:13 and is a reminder that we are walking […]

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Stand Maintain, Remain, and Hold Your Course (2 Thess. 2:15; Heb. 12:1-2) As we continue our look at my word for the year, stand, we are going to be looking at two definitions that are closely related. The first is to take up or maintain a specific position or posture. And the second is to

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Stand

Defend and Resist (James 4:7; Eph. 6:10-14; Isaiah 7:9) When I was much younger than I am now, there was a country song that included the words “you’ve got to stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything”. I thought of those words today as I sat down to look at the next definition for

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Take Your Position

(Stand: 1 Corinthians 16:13-14) I shared recently that my word for the year of 2024 is stand and that from time to time I would be sharing what I was learning as I sought to better understand the word. Today I am beginning with a look at one of the first definitions I came across

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STAND

A Word Revealed For several years now, I have prayed for the Lord to reveal to me my word for the year. This year as I prayed for the Lord to give me my word for the year and the verse to go with it, the word stand kept coming to my attention. I confess

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