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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As for you, brothers, do not grow weary in doing good. — 2 Thessalonians 3:13 As I wrote about in my last blog titled, “Crisis: The Hysterics and The Gnostics,” God uses times of tribulation to squeeze mankind like a pimple. While the Word of God is the ultimate source of Truth, it’s not the only
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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). GraceRo 11:6But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise
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OUTLINE: 80 Messages Is a Lot More Than 80 HoursIf it takes a shepherd hours to compress a message into a single hour, it’ll take hours for his sheep to decompress it. M.A.S.H. – 4/4/16 blogThe objective of the local church is to equip soldiers for the heat of battle. Going to church should have
During times of crisis (whether perceived or real isn’t the issue) there’s always two camps that unbalanced perspective produces. I have dubbed them “The Hysterics” and “The Gnostics.” Let’s consider these individually and then we’ll wrap up with a Bible-based conclusion. At the writing of this blog, the world is just coming out of the
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OUTLINE: TranscendenceA transcendent viewpoint can still see all that is below it. With our minds fixed on the “things that are above”, we are not blind to “the things that are on earth” (Col 3:2) – we can/should still observe the things around us, on earth. Deliverance is a mindset, not blindness or willful ignorance. 80 Messages Is
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