Gary Combs

A husband, father, grandfather, and pastor on a journey with Jesus.

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#OYB Jun5: THE COST OF TRUE WORSHIP
"No, but I will buy it from you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God that cost me nothing" (2 Samuel 24:24 ESV).https://t.co/GJMJlUiVsr

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#OYB Jun4: WAS DAVID A PROPHET?
"Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne..." (Acts 2:30 ESV).https://t.co/VctXw0AMea

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#OYB Jun3: WHEN LEADERS GROW WEARY
"And David grew weary" (2 Samuel 21:15 ESV).https://t.co/RwbYP5leuB

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#OYB Jun2: THE AMAZING DETAIL OF JOHN'S GOSPEL
"This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead" (John 21:14 ESV).https://t.co/BJZwunQeo2

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#OYB Jun1: YOU ARE SENT
"Jesus said to them again, 'Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.'" (John 20:21 ESV) https://t.co/lEwXE2Oph9

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#OYB May31: DO YOU EXPRESS YOUR FAITH OPENLY?
"After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus... Nicodemus also, who..." (John 19:38-39 ESV). https://t.co/TeUJtMPMFf

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#OYB May30: WHAT IS TRUTH?
"Pilate said to him, 'What is truth?' After he had said this, he went back outside to the Jews and told them, 'I find no guilt in him.'" (John 18:38 ESV). https://t.co/R7GqhUwu7t

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#OYB May29: LIVING IN THE LIGHT OF GOD'S WORD
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105 ESV).https://t.co/ohsqQaCqa8

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#OYB May28: CHRIST'S ULTIMATE DESIRE FOR US
"Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world" (John 17:24 ESV).https://t.co/9msxUy37g4

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#OYB May27: THE BELIEVER'S UNSEEN ADVANTAGE
"Look, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you" (John 16:7 ESV).https://t.co/BnKOBLKkRC

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#OYB May26: THE PROOF OF DISCIPLESHIP
"By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples" (John 15:8 ESV).https://t.co/gBQHZxJEcW

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#OYB May25: THE PROMISE OF THE INDWELLING SPIRIT
"And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth... You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you." (John 14:16-17 ESV)https://t.co/fzcjRaeEDD

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#OYB May24: FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT
“And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God” (2 Samuel 6:7 ESV).https://t.co/a3SmT5mWlx

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#OYB May23: A WARNING AGAINST LEADERSHIP PASSIVITY
"And I was gentle today, though anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are more severe than I. The LORD repay the evildoer according to his wickedness!" (2 Samuel 3:39 ESV).https://t.co/s8lE7TRGIy

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https://t.co/IUx5UEENS4 May22: HOSANNA! BLESSED IS HE!
"Save us, we pray, O LORD! ... Blessed is he who comes in the name of the LORD! We bless you from the house of the LORD" (Psalm 118:25–26 ESV).

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#OYB May21: WHOM THE LORD SETS FREE
"Out of my distress I called on the LORD; the LORD answered me and set me free" (Psalm 118:5 ESV).https://t.co/eIY4u2v02s

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#OYB May20: SEEKING REVELATION WITHOUT REPENTANCE
“Then Samuel said to Saul, ‘Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?’ Saul answered, ‘I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned...’” (1 Samuel 28:15 ESV).https://t.co/OlDXWUUZeF

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#OYB May19: THE SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER
"My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand." (John 10:27–28 ESV).https://t.co/ZXb6a21lOt

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#OYB May18: JESUS' FOURTH "I AM" STATEMENT
"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep" (John 10:11 ESV).https://t.co/gF779mIemz

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#OYB May17: ADMITTING OUR SPIRITUAL BLINDNESS
"Jesus said to them, ‘If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, “We see,” your guilt remains.’" (John 9:41 ESV).https://t.co/98eSiARr2Q