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Are you a Slave to Righteousness?

November 19, 2025 by memullin

For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. Romans 6:19b

What characterizes a slave of righteousness?

Ownership: Be owned by righteousness–be its slave. Bear righteousness as your family name. Be part of those who are fellow slaves to righteousness. Belong.

Obedience: Know the standard of righteousness (Torah/Christ). Do righteousness. Make righteousness your distinctive, what identifies you.

Choice: Present yourself (again and again) to the standard. Consider yourself. Evaluate where you are and where the standard is. Choose to move toward righteousness.

Righteousness is moral responsibility to God which is only possible through union with Christ.

 

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My Heart has a Desire

November 3, 2025 by memullin

My Heart has a Desire


I long to be held
by strong arms
arms that promise safety
arms that promise rest
my protector’s embrace
How could these be human arms?

I seek the arms of my Savior
lifter of my head
breaker of chains
collector of tears
counter of hairs
healer of body
of soul
wonderful
counselor
King of Kings
Lord of lords

My heart has a desire
I seek everlasting arms

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 16 (part 3)

October 30, 2025 by memullin

  1. What happened in Acts 16:26?
  2. What did the jailer do in Acts 16:27 when he woke up and saw the prison doors open? Why?
  3. What did Paul cry out in Acts 16:28?
  4. What did the jailer do in the following verses?

Acts 16:29

Acts 16:30

Acts 16:33

Acts 16:34

5.What did Paul and Silas say in response to the jailer’s question in Acts 16:31-32?

6. What did the jailer tell Paul and Silas the magistrates ordered in Acts 16:35-36?

7. How did Paul respond in Acts 16:37?

8. What was the reaction of the magistrates in Acts 16:38-39?

9. What did Paul and Silas do after being released in Acts 16:40?

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 16 (part 2)

October 23, 2025 by memullin

  1. Describe Paul’s vision in Acts 16:9.
  2. What is Paul’s response to the vision in Acts 16:10?
  3. Where does Paul head from Troas in Acts 16:11? How does he travel there?
  4. Where does Paul head in Acts 16:12? What do you learn of that city? How long does Paul stay?
  5. Where does Paul go on the Sabbath in Acts 16:13?
  6. Why do Paul and Silas meet at the river in Acts 16:14?
  7. How is Lydia described in Acts 16:14?
  8. What happened according to Acts 16:15?
  9. Who do Paul and Silas meet in Acts 16:16? How is she described?
  10. What was the slave girl doing in Acts 16:17-18?
  11. What did Paul do in Acts 16:18? Why?
  12. What was the reaction of the owners when Paul cast out the demon from the slave girl in Acts 16:19-21?
  13. What was the reaction of the crowd in Acts 16:22-23?
  14. What did the jailer do in Acts 16:24?
  15. What were Paul and Silas doing around midnight? What were the other prisoners doing?

Going deeper:  Why would a group of women be gathered for prayer by the river on Shabbat?

Going deeper: Review Acts 16:16-18. What do you observe about the behavior of the demon? Note all that you see. How can you use this information when dealing with demonic activity? Consider spending some time in prayer about this information, asking God to reveal to you how it might be applicable to situations you have faced, are facing or will face.

Going deeper: Consider Paul and Silas singing hymns and praying. What types of prayers and hymns would they be saying/singing? Why? Why is it important to sing songs and hymns that are doctrinally correct? What might have been their intention in singing and praying aloud in this situation?

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Why God isn’t Stingy

October 17, 2025 by memullin

It diminishes nothing of the greatness of God to share Himself with us. He longs to show us His glory, to give us wisdom, to comfort and strengthen us.

He longs to fill in our cracks, our brokenness with His glory. We (I) need to release whatever garbage is in our (my) hand and allow Him to replace it with that which he declares to be “good” and to fill us and our lives to overflowing with the blessings that come from Him.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1:17

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 16 (part 1)

October 9, 2025 by memullin

Read Acts Chapter 16

  1. Who does Paul meet up with in Lystra in Acts 16:1?
  2. How is he described in Acts 16:1-2?
  1. What do you learn of Paul and Timothy in Acts 16:3?
  2. What do they deliver according to Acts 16:4? What was the result? Why do you think that occurred?
  3. Where do they go in Acts 16:6? Why?

Going deeper: Where was Phyrygia? Galatia? Mysia? Bithynia? In what modern country are these ancient cities located?

  1. What happened in Acts 16:7 when they tried to go into Bithynia?
  2. What do you learn about the leading of the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Jesus) from this passage? How might you apply it to situations in your own life?
  3. When they are prevented from going to Bithynia, where do they go instead according to Acts 16:8?

Going deeper: Where was Troas located? What kind of city was it in the first century?

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What is scripture good for?

October 6, 2025 by memullin

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 15 (Part 2)

October 2, 2025 by memullin

Read Acts Chapter 15 – Review your notes from the first part of the chapter.
1. What happened in Acts 15:30?

2. What was the reaction according to Acts 15:31?

3. What did Judas and Silas do in Acts 15:32-33?

Note:  Some manuscripts insert verse 34: “But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.” The verse is missing from other manuscripts so translations omit it.

4. What did Paul and Barnabas do according to Acts 15:35?

5. What does Paul tell Barnabas according to Acts 15:36?

6. How did Barnabas respond in Acts 15:37?

7. What was Paul’s response in Acts 15:38?

8. What happened according to Acts 15:39-41?

Prayer Prompt: Sit with the LORD for a time. Review this last section of chapter 15 regarding the dispute between Paul and Barnabas. Consider that God allowed this to occur for the good of them and for all who would learn of it. Consider that God can move through difficult and potentially ungodly behaviors. How might God have used this disagreement for His glory? To strengthen the greater body of believers? To strengthen those involved and witness to the dispute? Allow God access to your heart on this matter. How do you feel about strong disagreement between believing adults? Does this bring fear and anxiety because of your past or personal experiences? Are you comfortable with confrontation which can be left unresolved for a time? Ask God to reveal your heart in this. Ask Him to show you where He might want to heal or restore relationship interrupted by a disagreement.

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Above-Beneath-Around-Within

September 30, 2025 by memullin

Check out my post on Substack regarding the sufficiency of God’s presence with us!

https://open.substack.com/pub/mbmullin/p/above-beneath-around-within?r=69spwq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

 

 

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Bible Study Acts Chapter 15 (Part 1)

September 25, 2025 by memullin

Read Acts Chapter 15
1. What were those who came from Judea teaching according to Acts 15:1?

2. How did Paul and Barnabas respond in Acts 15:2?

3. What did they do on their way to Jerusalem in Acts 15:3?

4. What happened when they arrived in Jerusalem in Acts 15:4?

5. What was the response from some of the Pharisees in Acts 15:5?

6. Copy Acts 15:6 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

7. What did Peter say after much debate in the following verses?
Acts 15:7

Acts 15:8

Acts 15:9

Acts 15:10

Acts 15:11

8. What was the reaction of the assembly to Paul and Barnabas in Acts 15:12?

9. What does James say in the following verses?
Acts 15:14

Acts 15:16

Acts 15:17

Acts 15:19-20

Acts 15:21-22

10. Review Amos 9:11-12. How does it relate to James’ speech?

11. Copy the following verses and make note of how they relate to James’ comments and/or are used by James.
Isaiah 43:5-7.

Jeremiah 14:8-9

Isaiah 45:21

12. Who is this “James?” (See Matthew 13:55, Galatians 2:9)

13. What do the apostles and elders decide in Acts 15:22?

14. What did the letter the council sent with them say according to the following verses?
Acts 15:23

Acts 15:24-26

Acts 15:27

Acts 1528-29

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