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Thursday, June 3, 2021

1 Peter 2:16

Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil,

but living as servants of God.

1 Peter 2:16 ESV

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

We should also remember the original apostles (minus Judas, plus Matthias and Paul) plus others later commissioned, who sacrificed everything to spread the Good News. If it weren't for them, think about where we'd be right now?! I'm especially thankful to our loving and merciful Father for allowing the Gospel to spread to the gentiles.
You can do an internet search of 'how did the apostles died' for a detailed explanation of what is known based on historical records. I also found from various places where some of them traveled:

- Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1 Peter 1:1 ESV
- Paul traveled through Israel, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain (See the book of Acts for more information).
- Thomas and Bartholomew traveled through Iran and India
- Philip and Mark went to Egypt (separately and to different places)
- Matthew went to Ethiopia
Note: This isn't an exhaustive list and you should do your own due diligence before quoting me on any of this.

Because of them, we are free. Because of them, we will live forever with the saints.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

Luke 4:18-19 ESV

Don't let it stop there. Continue their work. There are still so many people who have never heard the Gospel. They may even be your neighbors.

Please add to your prayers, that we rejoice in the dedication and perseverance of the apostles. Let us praise and give thanks for their sacrifices, and for our merciful Father who paved the way, that the Gospel was received.

You may also like:
"Palm Sunday April 9 2017"
"Faith comes from hearing" from February 21, 2019

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Please join me this week in praying for the brave men and women who serve and have served in the military. Pray for them, their families. Pray for a day when there will be no more battles.

Please also pray that the Church will come together, that there will be a revival in this country, and that we will not throw away our freedom to worship the one and only true living God.

I'll post daily reminders on:

twitter @7DegreesOfMe

Instagram @7DegreesOfMe
Pinterest Prayer Group #7thHourPrayerPower

Facebook group 7th Hour Prayer Power

#7thHourPrayerPower #bibleverse #bible #MemorialDay #freedom #soldiers #gratitude #remembrance #thankful #apostles #disciples #GoodNews #gospel

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Religious freedom

Today is my first day back to work following a week (and a day)-long vacation. I so appreciate my staycations as a time to de-stress, catch up on my neverending to-do list, spend time with friends and family, and of course, the opportunity to sleep in. I didn't get everything accomplished that I wanted to, but I guess I knew that going in. (Honestly, I was hoping this would naturally segue into the topic, but it's not happening, so abrupt change...)

I am so thankful to live in this time and place in history. During these holidays where we actually stop and think about how we got here and the sacrifices that so many people made along the way, on our behalf, I think about our brothers and sisters who can't openly share their faith, those who are imprisoned and even killed because they profess their love for Jesus Christ, our Saviour. How blessed are we to be able to worship openly, to have Bibles in our language?

Religious freedom is something that we maybe take for granted, but it was one of the main reasons our ancestors came to this country. Now, I fear, people are throwing all of that away by leaving the church. From rotw.com:

60,000 churches or 20% of all churches in America, could close within the next 18 months. The COVID-19 pandemic will bring a fundamental change in the way Americans attend church. | Revival Outside the Walls Ministry

Please add this to your prayers, that the Church will come together, that there will be a revival in this country, and that we will not throw away our freedom to worship the one and only true living God.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 61:1 ESV

Monday, May 31, 2021

Memorial Day 2021

Happy Memorial Day! Take some time to remember those who sacrificed everything for our freedom. We owe so much to so many. Words cannot express my gratitude.

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Please join me this week in praying for the brave men and women who serve and have served in the military. Pray for them, their families. Pray for a day when there will be no more battles.

I'll post daily reminders on:

twitter @7DegreesOfMe

Instagram @7DegreesOfMe
Pinterest Prayer Group #7thHourPrayerPower

Facebook group 7th Hour Prayer Power

#7thHourPrayerPower #bibleverse #bible #MemorialDay #freedom #soldiers #gratitude #remembrance #thankful #military

Sunday, February 3, 2019

Walk in love

And walk in love,

as Christ loved us and

gave Himself up for us,

a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Ephesians 5:2 ESV

I have been crucified with Christ.

It is no longer I who live,

but Christ who lives in me.

And the life I now live in the flesh

I live by faith in the Son of God,

who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20 ESV

Saturday, February 2, 2019

A new commandment

A new commandment I give to you,

that you love one another:

just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.

John 13:34 ESV

Friday, February 1, 2019

Love and joy perfected

“As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
“These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends. You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you. You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. These things I command you, that you love one another.
John 15:9-17 NKJV

Thursday, January 31, 2019

He loved us first

We as Christians are the most blessed people on the planet because we are the only ones who know the love of Jesus.

In this is love, not that we loved God,

but that He loved us and sent

His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 John 4:10 NKJV

Please join our prayer group as we spend the week celebrating the love of Jesus.

I'll post a daily reminder to pray on:
twitter @7DegreesOfMe
instagram @archadia27
facebook group 7th Hour Prayer Power

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

First love

We love Him because He first loved us.

1 John 4:19 NKJV

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

I know that He loves me

Two years ago I wrote a post about singing "Jesus Loves Me" as a child in Sunday school. It's a very short post followed by a full rendition of the popular children's song. I hope you'll take a moment to listen. Click here.

So we have come to know and to believe the

love that God has for us.

God is love, and whoever abides in love

abides in God, and

God abides in him.

1 John 4:16 ESV

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Monday, January 28, 2019

Jesus, thank You for loving me

This week I would like to thank Jesus for His love. Too often I thank the Lord in a general way for His many blessings, but don't always praise Him specifically for His love and grace. It should, at the very least, be a part of my daily prayer. I should be in constant awe that He would even be able to love such a sinner as me. Please join me this week in remembering Jesus' love and sharing that love with everyone we meet.

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:

While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 5:8 NIV

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