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Not Home Yet “For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come.” (Hebrews 13:14) Thoughts…After serving as a missionary for forty years in Africa, Henry C. Morrison became sick and had to return to America. As the great ocean liner docked [...]
Read Hebrews 12:14-28 “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many. See [...]
Read Hebrews 12:1-13 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus…” (Hebrews 12:1-2) [...]
Read Hebrews 11:17-31 “By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient.” (Hebrews 11:31) Thoughts… Now there’s something you don’t hear in the same sentence very often: faith and prostitutes. But that’s what so great about faith: It transforms prostitutes and [...]
Read Hebrews 11:1-16 “All these [Old Testament faith heroes] were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.” (Hebrews 11:13) Thoughts… I am [...]
Read Hebrews 10:18-39 “We can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus.” (Hebrews 10:19) Thoughts… What a contrasting portrait this verse paints to the picture we get of the Old Testament saints who found themselves in the presence of God. They were anything but bold. [...]
Read Hebrews 10:1-17 “For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.” (Hebrews 10:14) Thoughts… Congratulations! You are perfect—and getting better every day! Now if you’re like me, you don’t always feel that way. In fact, even on good days, I know I’m a [...]
Ray Noah
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