Freedom and Grace
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Gal 5:1) For by grace you have...
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David Defries
- Dec 30, 2020
- 4 min
Learning My Lessons
Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be...
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David Defries
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
Christmas and Family
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. God settles the solitary in a home (Psalm 68:5-6a) For...
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David Defries
- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Feeling Low
In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me. (Psalm 86:7) I must confess that I feel pretty low today. For several weeks...
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David Defries
- Dec 3, 2020
- 3 min
Humble Yourselves and Pray
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear...
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David Defries
- Nov 26, 2020
- 3 min
Asking the Right Questions
I've been asking a lot of questions lately. A lot of these are larger questions about society like "What is going on with COVID?", "What...
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David Defries
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
True Humility
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. (Matt 23:12) Have this mind among yourselves, which...
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David Defries
- Nov 12, 2020
- 3 min
Greatness and Prayer
Be still, and know that I am God. (Psalm 46:10) Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matt 11:28)...
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David Defries
- Nov 5, 2020
- 4 min
A Person of Peace
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let...
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David Defries
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
Priesthood is for Everyone
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of...
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David Defries
- Oct 21, 2020
- 4 min
Elephants and Lies
For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace. (Romans 6:14) So you also must consider yourselves...
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David Defries
- Oct 15, 2020
- 3 min
Coming Back From the Off-Season
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, 16 that according to the...
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David Defries
- Oct 7, 2020
- 3 min
Leadership is Parenthood
I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For though you have countless guides in...
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David Defries
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
When You're Attacked...
You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if...
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David Defries
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Are Christians Hypocrites?
Are Christians hypocrites? I've run across a variation of this theme in three separate conversations so far this week, so I've been...
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David Defries
- Sep 16, 2020
- 3 min
Hopelessness
This last season for me has been incredibly challenging. I've been dealing with interpersonal conflict in a number of different areas of...
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David Defries
- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
What are you building with your life?
What are you building with your life? I've gotten a variety of different answers to this question. It usually comes with a hesitancy, a...
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David Defries
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Pursuing the Giver
I've been pondering about spiritual gifts and what it looks like to be a supernatural person lately. In the pursuit of that I've had to...
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David Defries
- Aug 19, 2020
- 4 min
Making Decisions from Faith
Heb. 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he...
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David Defries
- Aug 13, 2020
- 4 min
The Great Commission
Matthew 28:18-20 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make...
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