Bible Brainwork
Bible Brainwork is where I share my thoughts daily about Bible passages and how they pertain to the modern Christian’s walk. The term brainwork is defined as mental activity or effort, and it is used to imply that I put much effort and thought into every blog post I put onto my site.
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Christ Makes Us New People: 2 Corinthians 5:17
“This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” – 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT This is a powerful verse. One of the best passages to expound this with is Romans 6. Which speaks to Christ’s death enabling us to live righteously
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Never Destroyed When in Christ: 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
“We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” – 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 NIV We can go through any difficult trial, but God won’t abandon us. And because we know that God won’t abandon us and because we know his
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Steps From Sacrifice: 2 Kings 16:3
“He followed the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, engaging in the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.” – 2 Kings 16:3 NIV The story of Ahaz reminds us that no matter how much we can get closer and closer
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A New Hope In Christ: 2 Corinthians 3:7-11 and Romans 5:20-21
“Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? If the ministry that brought condemnation
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Forgive So You Don’t Become Bitter: 2 Corinthians 2:8-11
“I urge you, therefore, to reaffirm your love for him. Another reason I wrote you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything. Anyone you forgive, I also forgive. And what I have forgiven—if there was anything to forgive—I have forgiven in the sight of Christ for your sake,
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Trial Builds Reliance on God: 2 Corinthians 1:8-9
“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might
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Hope in Hard Times: 2 Kings 25:7, 9-12, 22, 27-30
The Lord provided hope all throughout the Babylonian invasion of Israel. “They killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.” – 2 Kings 25:7 NIV The first instance was when the Babylonians killed the king’s next of kin, blinded
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Israel Taking on Nebuchadnezzar?: 2 Kings 24:13-14, 20 and Joshua 12
“As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled
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