October 22, 2020
by Debbie Kiser
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The Connect Devotional
"Do not set aside the grace of God" (Galatians 2:21)
Real ID is the TSA-compliant identification needed to board a flight beginning late 2021. It is proof, stamped with a gold star, to validate I am who the government ID says I am. Real ID is freeprovided I have offered proof of birth and residency, driven to the DMV, and waited in an interminable line.
It is simply a gi...
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October 21, 2020
by Jessica Waldstein
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The Connect Devotional
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could begained through the law, Christ died for nothing!" (Galatians 2:21)
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now I'm found,
Was blind, but now I see!
Amazing Grace was one of the first hymns I memorized as a child. Looking around the sanctuary of my childhood c...
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October 20, 2020
by Lana Waters Liu
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The Connect Devotional
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing! (Galatian...
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October 19, 2020
by Brian and Kathy Emmet
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Category:
The Connect Devotional
Galatians 2:19-21
What prompted Paul to write "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me"? It was not some abstract theologizing done on a sunny afternoon; it was prompted by Peter's screw-up, a screw-up that had everything to do with true identity.
The risen Jesus graciously gave the "keys of the kingdom" to Peter, who use...
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October 16, 2020
by Brian and Kathy Emmet
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The Connect Devotional
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss ... But I press on ...But this one thing I do ... (Philippians 3:7, 13).
If our true identity is in Christ, how do we actually live our way into that identity? How does "in Christ" move from an idea in our heads to a reality we are living into?
Paul'sbuts in Philippians 3 point the way. First he writes, "But whatever was ...
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October 15, 2020
by Lana Waters Liu
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The Connect Devotional
I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ (Philippines 3:8).
As soon as we're born, people start to clothe us.
After a few years, we learn to clothe ourselves.
I think this is how it is with identities. First others put them on ...
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October 14, 2020
by Leslie Ann Yell
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The Connect Devotional
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ(Philippians 3:7-8).
Ever held on to something you knew wasn't good for you? We likely all have at some po...
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October 13, 2020
by Debbie Kiser
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The Connect Devotional
"If anyone thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the fleshconsider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christand be[ing] found in Him" (Philippians 3:4,8,9).
Resums aim to secure our acceptance and security. They document our worth to ourselves we want to be seen as important and valuable and to others since they gain admission to a co...
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October 12, 2020
by Brian and Kathy Emmet
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The Connect Devotional
Philippians 3:1-14
In this next week of our True ID series, we'll continue to explore how that glorious and spiritually dense phrase in Christ shapes how we think about identity (who am I, really?). This week, a dive into Philippians 3.
Is your identity just something you're born with, something that was given to you? After all, you didn't choose your genes, gender, pare...
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October 9, 2020
by Brian and Kathy Emmet
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Category:
The Connect Devotional
You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of youwho were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek,slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (Galatians 3:26-27).
Who am I "in me" who am I when I measure and define myself using myself as the standard? Or when I allow myself...
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