Our Father
“For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we...
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Welcome to Graceful Reflections
the official blog of author M.C. Kennedy
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Sep 302 min
Saved to Serve
“Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you may belong to another” (Romans 7:4). We...
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Sep 232 min
Gracious Mystery
“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1). The grace of God...
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Sep 92 min
Abundance
"Come and hear, all you who fear God, and I will tell you what he has done for my soul" (Psalm 66:16). We all know that the world is...
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Sep 22 min
Saving Grace
"Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed" (Galatians 3:23). Living...
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Aug 262 min
Rejection
"After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, 'Do you want to go away as...
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Aug 192 min
My Shepherd
"And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said, 'Here I am'" (Genesis 46:2). Jacob's story is a...
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Jul 82 min
Wait
"Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram" (Genesis 16:16). The story of Abraham is one of great patience, of...
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Jun 242 min
Covenant
"Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 'Behold, I establish my covenant with you and your offspring after you'" (Genesis...
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Jun 32 min
Great Treasure
"I rejoice at your word like one who finds great spoil" (Psalm 119:162). Psalm 119 employs many metaphors for God's Word, comparing it to...
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May 272 min
Delightful Word
"If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction" (Psalm 119:92). God's Word is an amazing thing. It is not...
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May 132 min
A Gracious Life
"And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all...
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Mar 252 min
Love and Knowledge
"This 'knowledge' puffs up, but love builds up" (1 Corinthians 8:1). Knowledge isn't everything. We tend to equate knowledge with power....
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Oct 16, 20232 min
Empty Tradition
“‘You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men’” (Mark 7:8). After the Jewish people returned from their...
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Aug 14, 20232 min
Like Fresh Fruit
“‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from...
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Jul 3, 20232 min
Fierce Love
“‘My people are bent on turning away from me’” (Hosea 11:7a). Hosea’s ministry came near the ending of the kingdom of Israel. That nation...
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