For over a decade, the Spirit’s been teaching my congregation the value of “seeing it all as truth,” as I like to say, which is a summary phrase derived from Paul’s words in the Book of Ephesians. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. —
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OUTLINE: The Value of Reading Your BibleDaily reading of the Bible often results in the most profound realizations! If it is used by the Spirit to guide a pastor, it can certainly be used to guide you! We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from.Deu 31:20For when I bring them
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We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from, don’t we?Eph 5:29afor no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it…We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we came from, don’t we?Lk 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.The things you
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I’m convinced that hard work is a part of God’s plan for us (I once wrote a blog titled, “40 Hours a Week – Says Who???”). If you read your Bible regularly, I’m sure you agree. Yet, there are some folks I’ve met, even Christians, whose perspective on work makes me scratch my head. Now,
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OUTLINE: There’s no substitute for experience.Prov. 1:17-18For in vain is a net spread in the sight of any bird, but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.“The American Dream Is a Trap”Diary of a Journeyman – Volume 1 Careful What You SacrificeNothing is more valuable
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TODAY’S VERSES:Ephesians 5:15-16 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.So, whatcha been doin’ the past couple of months? There has been no school, church, practice, games, recitals, or parties. So, whatcha been doin’? Have you been continuing to
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OUTLINE: “good works”They are never, ever by means of work done by you in the absence of His grace. “for good works” – Tit 2:14“Good” implies God’s scale of values, not man’s. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above…” (Jas 1:17a). “for good works” – Tit 2:14If we’re sanctified for the purpose of being “zealous for good
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Have you ever said or heard someone else say in prayer, “I bind/rebuke you, Satan”? Hold that thought. Merriam-Webster defines flippant as, “lacking proper respect or seriousness” and flippancy as, “unbecoming levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters”. As I was reading my Bible the other day, the following verses stood
OUTLINE: The Fruit of GraceIf there are circumstances in your life that you are still in bondage to, somewhere along the line, you’ve not received grace the way you ought to (e.g., missed it, rejected it, misunderstood it). “for good works” – Tit 2:14“Good” implies God’s scale of values, not man’s. “Every good gift and every perfect
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OUTLINE: Covert ArroganceYou are going to get ZERO help from your flesh (or any enemy of Christ) in discovering areas of covert arrogance in yourself; for this is one of the flesh’s strongholds and the very means it continues to have influence over you. The Fruit of GraceIf there are circumstances in your life that
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