We all remember the adage growing up, “sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.” Our parents taught us to say that to the kids who were making fun out of us by calling us names. As a kid I tried using that tip several times as a defense against [...]
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Jan
Have you ever made the Lord a promise—a promise that with all your heart you intended to keep? Maybe you said to Him, “Lord that’s it I’m going to quit smoking or drinking or looking at pornography. Or maybe you said, “Lord, things are going to be different between us, I’m going to start getting [...]
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Dec
In 1Corinthians 12 Paul has been teaching and correcting the Christians in Corinth about spiritual gifts—which they were putting above everything else in their church. At the end of the chapter he stops and says, “And yet I show you a more excellent way.”—1Corinthians 12:31b Paul stops his teaching on spiritual gifts to talk about [...]
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Dec
One of the most famous and well known Scriptures of this time of year—I say well known because it adorns Christmas cards and Christmas songs alike, comes out of Isaiah 7:14: Isaiah 7:14 (NKJV) 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall [...]
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Nov
In a short while we will be celebrating one of our greatest national holidays–Thanksgiving Day–a day that we have set aside as a nation to thank the Lord for all His goodness and blessings which He has so richly given to us. Our nation was birthed in an attitude of thanksgiving to Almighty God for [...]
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Sep
In just a few weeks will be the mid-term elections. I have heard many Americans say, “We need a change” but I don’t hear many people saying, “We need to change.” I believe that as a nation what we really need more than a change in leadership is a change of heart. It’s true this [...]
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Aug
In Revelation chapter 2 Jesus dictated a letter to the apostle John that was to be given to the church at Ephesus. In that letter the Lord commended the church for the zeal and tireless effort that went into their service for Him. This was a church that had a lot of good things going [...]
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Jul
In 2Corinthians 9:6 Paul the apostle states a simple yet immutable law— “He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully”. Paul uses a farming metaphor here. In farming you’ll only reap in proportion to how much you sow. You can’t sow five or six seeds and [...]
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Jul
In Ephesians chapter 2 Paul is talking about the riches of God’s grace toward the human race in sending His Son to save us. However, before a person will appreciate the riches of God’s grace toward them and receive God’s gift of salvation they must first be convinced of their own sinfulness. Let’s put it [...]
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May
In Ephesians 3:17 the apostle Paul prayed for the Ephesians, “…that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith…” You might be thinking to yourself—“why is Paul praying that Jesus may dwell in their hearts—I thought he was writing this to Christians who already had Jesus living in their hearts?” It is true that Paul [...]
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Day by Day is the teaching ministry of Pastor Phil Ballmaier, Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Elk Grove in Elk Grove Village Illinois.
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