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Look To God, Not The World!

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟐𝟎, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟒:𝟐𝟎-𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐋𝐤 𝟏:𝟔𝟗-𝟕𝟓 “𝐁𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐆𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟐: 𝟏𝟑-𝟐𝟏 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑩𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅; 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏’𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏�

Ed Malay

Oct 20, 20255 min read

God Favors Persistence

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟗, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘-𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐄𝐱𝐨 𝟏𝟕:𝟖-𝟏𝟑 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟐𝟏: 𝟏-𝟖 “𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡.” 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐈: 𝟐 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝟑:𝟏𝟑-𝟒:𝟐 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟖:𝟏-𝟖 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “𝑰 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅

Ed Malay

Oct 19, 20255 min read

Go!

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟖, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐋𝐔𝐊𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝟐 𝐓𝐢𝐦 𝟒:𝟗-𝟏𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟒𝟓:𝟏𝟎-𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟕-𝟏𝟖 “𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐎 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟎:𝟏-𝟗 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: ‘𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖.’ (𝒗. 9) There are two important p

Ed Malay

Oct 18, 20256 min read

Living Without Fear

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐒𝐓. 𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐂𝐇, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟒:𝟏-𝟖 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟑𝟐:𝟏-𝟐, 𝟓, 𝟏𝟏 “𝐈 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟐: 𝟏-𝟕 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “… 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔” (𝒗. 7)

Ed Malay

Oct 17, 20256 min read

Jesus Condemns Duality

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟔, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟑:𝟐𝟏-𝟑𝟎 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟑𝟎: 𝟏-𝟔 “𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟕-𝟓𝟒 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “…𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆.” (𝒗. 52) One of the most comm

Ed Malay

Oct 16, 20254 min read

Money Can't Buy Salvation

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟓, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐋 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐓. 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐀 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐔𝐒, 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟐:𝟏-𝟏𝟏 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐒𝐀 𝟔𝟐:𝟐-𝟑, 𝟔-𝟕, 𝟗 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟏:𝟒𝟐-𝟒𝟔 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: “...𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑮𝒐𝒅.

Ed Malay

Oct 15, 20256 min read

Greed Corrupts The Soul

𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: 𝐓𝐖𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐇 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟏: 𝐑𝐨𝐦 𝟏:𝟏𝟔-𝟐𝟓 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐦: 𝐏𝐬𝐚 𝟏𝟗:𝟐-𝟓 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐨𝐝” 𝐆𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐋: 𝐋𝐊 𝟏𝟏:𝟑𝟕-𝟒𝟏 𝑲𝒆𝒚 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: "𝒃𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒓, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖." (𝒗. 41) In your face! This is not an expres

Ed Malay

Oct 14, 20255 min read