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I’m keeping it short and sweet today, but I want to encourage you with the story of Zerubbabel. After years of exile due to idol worship, He was chosen by God to lead the people to the rebuild the temple. God was going to show mercy and bless the Israelites not because they deserved it, but to showcase His power to the other nations and for His glory. Just like we do, Zerubbabel and the people became discouraged and thought the work being done was insignificant. They were comparing the temple’s progress to the previous temple in all of it’s...

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit, soul and body be kept sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; He will do it! As I read the words of Paul to the church at Thessalonica, I had two parts that stood out to me.  1. The goal of our lives is to be sanctified completely. Sanctified?? What does that even mean?  The definition of sanctify is “to set apart as holy” or “purify”. As Christians, our lives are to reflect...