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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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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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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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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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
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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OUTLINE: God’s Timing Is Impeccable!Sunday’s Message (5/3): “Thank God for Mercy” – March 4, 2018Thursday’s Message (5/7): “Why All the Complexity and Chaos?” – May 24, 2018Blog (5/9): “This, Too, Shall Pass” – Diary of a Journeyman – Volume 1 Deliverance is but a change of perspective away.The Book of EcclesiastesSolomon’s wisdom is on full display for all to
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