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	<title>In Hope</title>
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	<description>"Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength."  Neh 8:10</description>
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		<title>The Rest of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;&#8230;but there, everything is immortal; the harp abides unrusted, the crown unwithered, the eye undimmed, the voice unfaltering, the heart unwavering, and the immortal being is wholly absorbed in infinite delight. Happy day! happy! when mortality shall be swallowed up of life, and the Eternal Sabbath shall begin.&#8221; &#8211; C.H. Spurgeon<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=742&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>James 2 &#8211; Justification by Works</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In James 2, it is written, &#8220;Was not Abraham our father justified by works&#8221; This is the cause of great confusion, especially in the light of Romans 3:28, &#8220;For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.&#8221;  For this dilemma I offer 4 observations. 1. Salvific Justification and Commentating Justification [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=736&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 choices for college fellowship members</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I read Matt 13 in my devotional. I&#8217;ve read this verse many times before but today it was a powerful and sobering lesson. In the past this verse has always been an abstract statement. Yes, there will be those who hear and show growth only to reveal in time that their hearts were hard [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=740&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Early observations in marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been about nearly a month since I got married.  A few notes and observations about marriage for those who are considering it. 1. Gratitude overwhelms you.  To think that God has given you a unique human being as a gift and a stewardship is mind blowing.  Responding in worship is the right way to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=733&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m getting married</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[in like 3 days. woah. Soli deo gloria. I do not deserve such an amazing gift! You know, people never tell you that the days leading up to marriage are not wonderfully romantic or even expectant. It&#8217;s pretty much rush rush, busy busy, until the day of. You can barely enjoy the fact that the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=730&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Imitating Tenderness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all once slept in the streets of alienation with only our shame to clothe us.  And yet, beyond all hope we have found a warm and loving Home with Jesus, the most noble of masters.  By his pierced hand He has adopted us into his family and loves us forevermore.  What unspeakable tenderness! I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=728&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m engaged</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 05:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May God receive the glory. I never thought I would be this blessed. Healed and full of new hope. Hallelujah. still, Maranatha. read the full story at: edandroo.weebly.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=724&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 07:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seldom do I appreciate the swiftness of God&#8217;s grace in moments of need. The moment the prayer has ended, the answer has already arrived, I need only to step into it.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=723&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This morning prayer</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[O Lord, Let this be a day of righteousness and purity of heart. That I should see and enjoy in the blessings of your grace, so your glories will be bright to me. Protect me from the snares of sin and temptation, O sleepless One, crush my sleepless sin. And make me a pillar of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=721&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rumination #8</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Been reading 2 Chronicles. There are so many names that just flash by, sometimes I forget that I&#8217;m reading entire lives in a few words. Kind of makes you realize how little we feel the lessons that their lives teach us.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=edchao.wordpress.com&amp;blog=164736&amp;post=720&amp;subd=edchao&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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