All posts by Dr. Scott Rodin

A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #28

  Text Philippians 2: 5-8 (NKJ)  Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #27

  Text Matthew 4:5-7 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “‘He will command his angels concerning you,
and they will lift you up in their hands,
so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #26

  Text Galatians 1:10: Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. John 15:18-19:  “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #25

  Text Deuteronomy 1:21 See, the Lord your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8 The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #24

  Text Numbers 20:10-12: He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.  But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #23

  Texts Genesis 1:27: Then God said, ‘Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness…’  So God made mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them.  Male and female he created them. Romans 8:29: For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. Ephesians 2:10: For we are God’s .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #22

  Text Jeremiah 1:4-5: The word of the Lord came to me, saying “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Psalm 139:13-15: For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  My frame was .
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Trek #4 – One Sole Identity: The Steward in the Mirror

  The Map To navigate our way along this third trek we will be guided by the following key text, image, themes and prayer. Key Verses for Trek #4 – Psalm 139:14, 2 Corinthians 4:6-7, Romans 3:22-23 and Hebrews 10:9-10 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. Psalm 139:14 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #21

  Text I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself .
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A One-Hundred Day Journey to Freedom: Meditation #20

  Text As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do .
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