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Sunday Soaking: Righteousness By Faith

For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed,a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”Romans 1:17 Editor’s note: This week marks the launch of the new … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Paul’s Commitment to Mutual Encouragement

“I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong – that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.” Romans 1:11-12 Paul’s heart desire was … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Righteousness from God (& September’s Free ‘Write The Word’ Downloads)

For a video introduction to the September Write The Word bookmark, check out last Friday’s YouTube video here: https://bit.ly/3lzXujd For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed— a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: It’s Time — Repent and Believe!

Today is the final Sunday Soaking on this month’s topic, believe. Next week I’ll be introducing the new ‘Write The Word’ theme for September — be sure you’ve subscribed to the newsletter so you don’t miss it! Also, I hope … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: The Ninevites Believed God!

The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all off them from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. Jonah 3:5 Editor’s note: For Laura’s complete teaching on this passage, please watch Friday’s video devotional from Cross My … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Abram Believed God

Abram believed the LORD,and he credited it to him as righteousness.Genesis 15:6 The word, credited, carries the meaning of assigning value or putting something into someone else’s account. Where NIV uses credited (as noted above), other versions translate this Hebrew … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Believe the Son or Reject the Son

  Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life,but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on him.John 3:36  Everyone human being falls into one of two camps: Believer Non-believer Some might say, “I haven’t … Continue reading

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Introducing the August ‘Do It’ List

Today I’m excited to introduce another new feature for readers of Cross My Heart Ministry: the monthly ‘Do It’ List. Although some of you may not be familiar with it, the ‘Do It’ List has been a long-standing series at … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: Believe and Live!

But these are written thatyou may believethat Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,and that by believing you may have life in his name.John 20:31 The reason John wrote his gospel is the same reason many of us talk … Continue reading

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Sunday Soaking: No Condemnation

“Therefore, there is now no condemnationfor those who are in Christ Jesus.”Romans 8:1 Condemnation. We’ve all experienced it. Sometimes it surprises us … catches us off guard. But where does it come from? Friend and family? Neighbors and co-workers? Sometimes … Continue reading

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