KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The whole of a believer’s life is to be lived in trust and dependence on the God who saved them. This trust cannot be proclaimed in the absence of proof. If, when taunted by mockers, your faith fails you, you need to do some serious introspection. (2Co 13:5; Jas 2:14-26) […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: In the local church, we all have a common opportunity. Each of us has a chance to positively affect the rest of us, through divinely good things such as encouragement and love. The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A good church is a disciplined church. The end goal of discipline is PEACE! The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we do, beginning at the leadership level. We are to deal with sin like a family. We keep it
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Misalignment For those of you who do not know me, my husband is Ed. He is also my pastor. This morning, I was telling him about what I was studying and an analogy that the Holy Spirit brought to my attention. His response was that what I was saying sounded like a blog and that
TODAY’S VERSE: 1 John 3:1a “See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.” As we conclude our study on Eternal Security in prep school, we have been blessed to learn about how God gives us proof that we will always be
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: To have success in ANYTHING of any value in this life, you MUST put in the hard labor. There are no shortcuts, only lies from the KoD suggesting there are, and myriad alternatives to keep you distracted and ultimately, frustrated. Grace, Works, and Indifference – blog 8/9/19 The Greek word
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Freedom comes through servitude.” – Pastor Barfield of High Plains Fellowship Church We are always a slave. Freedom and slavery are not mutually exclusive terms (that’s what Satan wants you to believe). LOVE is not a vapid emotion that “feels” its way to righteousness. Love isn’t love if it lacks
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: SIMPLY NOT QUITTING is an excellent, God-given quality called endurance, or steadfastness. It’s because we know HE WILL NEVER MOVE that we’re able to go “all in” without ANY apprehension. Deu 32:4 To be selfless like Christ leads us to freedom, and to maximum glorification of God. Jesus knew our
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ref: True Love In Action KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: SIMPLY NOT QUITTING is an excellent, God-given quality called steadfastness. ref: True Love In Action – blog 9/27/19 We know Whom we have trusted, and that even though we are weak and lack faith at times, He is perfectly faithful. We must be willing to
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “exhort” – from parakaleo [para = “from close-beside” + kaleo = “to call”) – to “make a call” from being “close-up and personal”; to “personally make a call”; refers to believers offering up evidence that stands up in God’s court. People love to be made church “members”, but they don’t always accept the responsibilities that come with it. The
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