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Month: December 2020

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A Time In Between: Part III

December 31, 2020December 28, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

God conditions us through heartache and confession to receive God’s encouragement and counsel. Continue reading A Time In Between: Part III

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A Time In Between: Part II

December 30, 2020December 28, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

In matters of faith there is no middle ground. To waver or delay is to choose not to belong to God, both for the new believer, and for the seasoned saint. Continue reading A Time In Between: Part II

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A Time In Between, Part I

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

God conditions and trains us in the now to prepare us for future triumph. Continue reading A Time In Between, Part I

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Gospel of John: Agape

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Emotional connection with God provides us with distinctive insights into God which cannot be gained any other way. But in order to anchor that truth into our real lives, we need to live it out. Something goes seriously wrong with our capacity to absorb or even understand Scripture if we do not live it, but just study it. Continue reading Gospel of John: Agape

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Gospel of John: Means of Grace

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

To build good character is a human activity, but to become Christlike, to be sanctified, is a supernatural activity. Continue reading Gospel of John: Means of Grace

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Gospel of John: Bear Much Fruit

December 21, 2020December 20, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Cleansing and pruning are not God’s punitive correction, rather they are God’s wisdom at work, creating within us the character, and developing within us the capacity to bear much fruit. Continue reading Gospel of John: Bear Much Fruit

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Lydia

December 20, 2020February 28, 2021 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

through Lydia we learn that mature faith accepts God’s crossing up of conventions–I first heard that taught in a BSF class, years ago, and I was struck with the simple wisdom in that statement. Continue reading Lydia

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Minor Prophets: Obadiah, Companion to Psalm 137

December 18, 2020November 27, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

The Psalmist speaks from the Judean perspective, first in concert with fellow Judeans, then alone, as the Psalmist, then finally as a prayer from Judeans to God, going through each of the five stages of grief over the loss of Jerusalem, and the betrayal of Edom. Continue reading Minor Prophets: Obadiah, Companion to Psalm 137

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Gospel of John: To Go, or to Stay?

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

When John’s gospel was published in final form, A layer was was an added to his evangelistic call to believe. John’s pastoral teaching encouraged hurting believers to persevere in faith, connected deeply with the Lord Jesus through the Holy Spirit. Continue reading Gospel of John: To Go, or to Stay?

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Gospel of John: Shalom

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 Joanne Guarnieri Hagemeyer

Peace I send forth to you, my peace I commit to you—not as the world delivers do I deliver. Do not let your hearts be troubled, stirred up, and agitated, neither let you all be afraid. Continue reading Gospel of John: Shalom

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