OUTLINE: Read your Bible! The Impossibility of Christ Abandoning His SheepJesus Christ is our “Great Shepherd” (Heb 13:20), which means that He is perfect in all He does, including guarding His sheep, never, ever deserting them. Be encouraged! (Heb 13:5-6; cp Gen 28:15; Deu 31:6-8; Josh 1:5; 1Chr 28:20; Lam 3) He Will Not Fail […]
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According to NFL.com, the website for the National Football League (NFL), in 1970 football overtook baseball as America’s favorite spectator sport. As a spectator myself, I can understand why. To give this phenomenon some context, data journalist Noah Veltman stated, “Nowadays, if you’re 6 foot 3 inches and 280 pounds, you’re too big for most skill
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OUTLINE: Pr 3:26For the LORD will be your confidenceAnd will keep your foot from being caught.Revolutionary ThinkingWe are to examine ourselves, compile all of our street credibility into one big heap of creature-credit, and light a match to it! This is precisely what Paul did (Php 3:7-9). He was blessed for it. “but that which
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OUTLINE: “put no confidence in the flesh”It is wise to place ample emphasis on “no” in this statement. Even one iota of this brand of confidence increases our risk of stumbling. Good intention is to rid our lives of it… all of it! Confidence In the FleshThe moment we look in the mirror and give the needle a
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TODAY’S VERSE: Matthew 6:24a No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. In prep school we have started a study on Salvation. Salvation is defined as the process of saving or
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OUTLINE: Having a Positive AttitudeWe believers should go about life with a positive attitude, for one reason only, because we have confidence in the Lord and His goodness. GOD IS WITH US AND FOR US!! Ps 46:1, Jer 20:11, Ro 8:28-32, 1Jn 4:4 Ps 46:1God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.Jer
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Love is transcendent. Maybe the greatest revelation of love is when it rises above self-preservation. Most people will say that they have love, but when it is put to the test, it usually defaults to love of self, at least more than love for others. This is why today it isn’t uncommon for a mother
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OUTLINE: Barnes on Pr 20:30The open sores of wounds left by the scourge, unclean and foul as they seem, are yet a cleansing, purifying process for evil; so also are the stripes that reach the inward parts of the belly, i. e., the sharp reproofs, the stings of conscience, which penetrate where no scourge can
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OUTLINE: “put no confidence in the flesh”It is wise to place ample emphasis on “no” in this statement. Even one iota of this brand of confidence increases our risk of stumbling. Good intention is to rid our lives of it… all of it! Confidence In the FleshThe moment we look in the mirror and give the needle
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OUTLINE: “put no confidence in the flesh”It is wise to place ample emphasis on “no” in this statement. Even one iota of this brand of confidence increases our risk of stumbling. Good intention is to rid our lives of it… all of it! “not having a righteousness of my own”This really requires a bit of introspection for every
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