OUTLINE: The Great Litmus TestIs what you’re doing (or thinking about doing) bringing glory to God? Are you “[glorifying] God in your body?” (1 Co 6:20) “bodily discipline is only of little profit”It is conceded that bodily discipline is of profit; however, compared to spiritual fitness, it pales. This is not a license for physical unfitness (it’s […]
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OUTLINE: Jn 4:32But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” “bodily discipline is only of little profit”It is conceded that bodily discipline is of profit; however, compared to spiritual fitness, it pales. This is not a license for physical unfitness (it’s just the opposite); rather, it simply
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For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith. — 1 John 5:4 My congregation may not know it, but most days I preach from behind my pulpit, my heart is breaking. It’s the same love that compels me to serve/teach that
OUTLINE: Jn 4:32But He said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”Gal 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, SELF-CONTROL; against such things there is no law. 1Co 9:27but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I
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OUTLINE: A Counterfeit JoyLiving to eat and drink is a subtle lie from the KoD, to turn us away from God’s supernatural sustaining of His saints in any and all circumstances. The Joy of the LordJoy isn’t an emotional high, it’s something steady you get to keep. God’s Provisions SURPASSPhp 4:7And the peace of God, which
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TODAY’S VERSE: Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. As we continue our study on the book of Jonah in prep school, we learned about the ripple effect of both positive and negative decisions. Do you know what that phrase means? A ripple
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OUTLINE: Gal 5:25“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” A. W. Pink on Biblical JoyA word now on the nature of this joy. That is the more necessary since not a few are apt to naturalize and carnalize the same, regarding it as a mere spirit of elation or
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Just recently it occurred to me that my ministry has been very much characterized by the Parable of the Wedding Feast. As you read the passage below, remember the context; Jesus was speaking to the chief priests, the Pharisees, and the elders in the Jewish Temple, their most venerated place. Also keep in mind that, like
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OUTLINE: A. W. Pink on Biblical JoyA word now on the nature of this joy. That is the more necessary since not a few are apt to naturalize and carnalize the same, regarding it as a mere spirit of elation or happy feeling of exhilaration. A. W. Pink on Biblical JoyInstead, it is a heavenly
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OUTLINE: Our Continual Perspective“Thank you God for helping us examine ourselves, so that we don’t continue to dishonor you in ways we haven’t yet understood.” WorshipOur affections set the direction of our worship. If our affections are for God, we worship (& serve/praise/celebrate) Him through our Mediator, Jesus Christ. However, if our affections are for
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