Effective Work
"But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me" (1 Corinthians 16:8-9). Paul always...
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Welcome to Graceful Reflections
the official blog of author M.C. Kennedy
mckennedyauthor
- Apr 1
- 2 min
Victorious Death
"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,...
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mckennedyauthor
- Mar 25
- 2 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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mckennedyauthor
- Mar 18
- 2 min
Back to the Basics
"For I decided to know nothing among you except Christ and him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul is one of the most famous characters...
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mckennedyauthor
- Mar 4
- 2 min
A Suffering Savior
"For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted" (Hebrews 2:18). The opening chapters...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 26
- 2 min
A Lament
"'For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate,...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 19
- 2 min
A True Security
"'You are telling a lie. The LORD our God did not send you to say, "Do not go to Egypt to live there"'" (Jeremiah 43:2). The people of...
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mckennedyauthor
- Feb 5
- 2 min
An Impractical Command
"'"Yet you, O Lord GOD, have said to me, 'Buy the field for money and get witnesses'--though the city is given into the hands of the...
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mckennedyauthor
- Jan 29
- 2 min
A Stubborn Faithfulness
"'For twenty-three years [...] the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken persistently to you, but you have not listened'"...
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mckennedyauthor
- Jan 22
- 2 min
An Honest Cry
"'Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?'"...
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mckennedyauthor
- Jan 15
- 2 min
A Grieving God
"'Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?'" (Jeremiah 13:27). Jeremiah's title, "The Weeping Prophet,"...
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mckennedyauthor
- Jan 8
- 2 min
Only a Youth
"But the LORD said to me, 'Do not say, "I am only a youth"; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you...
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mckennedyauthor
- Dec 25, 2023
- 2 min
Thou Long-Expected Jesus
"And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling...
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mckennedyauthor
- Dec 18, 2023
- 2 min
What Child Is This
"'Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel'"...
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mckennedyauthor
- Dec 11, 2023
- 2 min
Born Is the King
"'And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before me. Your throne shall be established forever'" (2 Samuel 7:16)....
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mckennedyauthor
- Dec 4, 2023
- 2 min
O Come, Emmanuel
“‘I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring: he shall bruise you head, and you shall...
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mckennedyauthor
- Nov 27, 2023
- 2 min
Strange Hope
"In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, ‘So shall your offspring be’”...
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mckennedyauthor
- Nov 20, 2023
- 2 min
High Standards
“For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?” (1 Corinthians 5:12). The...
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mckennedyauthor
- Nov 13, 2023
- 2 min
Servants
“‘Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this...
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mckennedyauthor
- Nov 6, 2023
- 2 min
Finished
“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30). The time...
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