Author: Phil Rehberg

Weekly Word Of Encouragement – We Are God’s Temple

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“Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?” I Cor 3:16 (NIV). We are the dwelling place of God. He is with us and united with us. Thus, we can always live and make choices in that reality, whether we feel it or not. We walk by faith, not by sight. Application: pick one or two words from the verse that help you and repeat it to yourself throughout the day or week. God Will Reward The Pure – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 17, 2025Our Future Perfect CommunityNovember 14, 2025God Will Show Us Mercy – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 10, 2025

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Living With The Living Truth – Imitation Of Christ Chapter Three

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Today’s post is an interpretation of the third chapter of the most popular devotional book in the history of Christianity, The Imitation of Christ. It was written by a monk (or possibly several monks) in the 15th century named Thomas a Kempis.You can view the first post in this series here. Chapter Three – Living With The Living Truth What good is it to spend time debating things that haven’t been revealed by God and don’t affect God’s judgment of our lives? How foolish it is to give in to idle curiosity, and neglect what is essential and edifying in scripture. When the Word of God speaks to us we don’t need to ask endless questions. As we come to see that all truth is one in Him this gives us strength and peace. All truth comes from the Living Word and all truth speaks of him. “God, you are the truth, make Continue Reading →

Weekly Word Of Encouragement – Eternal Encouragement

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“[The] Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father…loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope” II Thess 2:16 (NIV). Jesus and the Father loved us enough to give us encouragement that literally lasts forever. He will restore goodness to us and a new world; how good is this hope! Application: pick one or two words from the verse that help you and repeat it to yourself throughout the day or week. God Will Reward The Pure – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 17, 2025Our Future Perfect CommunityNovember 14, 2025God Will Show Us Mercy – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 10, 2025

Weekly Word of Encouragement – We Will Be With Jesus

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“[Jesus] died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.” I Thessalonians 5:10. (ESV) Who can measure how encouraging these two facts are? Jesus died for us, for our benefit, that we might escape the effects of sin. We will completely escape one day and be with Jesus, and even now we live with him. Application: pick one or two words from the verse that help you and repeat it to yourself throughout the day or week. God Will Reward The Pure – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 17, 2025Our Future Perfect CommunityNovember 14, 2025God Will Show Us Mercy – Weekly Words Of EncouragementNovember 10, 2025

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Love Humility – The Imitation of Christ: Chapter Two

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Imitation of Christ – Chapter Two It is natural to want knowledge but what good is knowledge if we aren’t surrendered to God? Someone who humbly serves God but lacks any education is higher in God’s eyes than a world-renowned scientist who doesn’t know that their own heart needs God. When we know our own heart we know how lowly we are. We don’t let complements puff us up. If we have all the knowledge in the world but don’t truly love others then is God impressed by our knowledge? He will judge our lives by our deeds not by our knowledge. Restrain your hunger for excessive knowledge because that only distracts and misleads us. Learned people are tempted to keep up an appearance of wisdom and hope they are recognized for it. Yet great knowledge is actually not much help to the soul. Dedicating our mind to knowledge outside Continue Reading →