So, did you make a New Year’s resolution? I’m sure lots of people did. I suppose it’s as good a time as any to make a pact with oneself, promising better behavior and better decisions. However, lifestyle changes don’t come easy, now do they? They are much easier to commit to verbally than to implant […]
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There are two reasons why a believer should always be happy. First, you’re saved…’nough said. Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! – 2 Corinthians 9:15 Second, you have been given the Word of God to wash over you anytime you open your Bible and anytime the Holy Spirit reminds you of His Word.
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:In a unique way, just as a father knows how to reach each of His children, God is attentively working certain things out in each of us, individually. “My Old Friend Job” – blog 12/6/24 Suffering is nothing more than God’s way of showing His children that His faith endures. Never forget
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Within a few years of beginning my ministry, I taught a series on the Book of Job that was quite eye-opening. See, most Christians go to this book looking to commiserate with him in one way or another, thinking the main doctrine taught is suffering. But it isn’t. It is faith. Suffering is nothing more than God’s
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: His glorious, loving Person is the greatest treasure we could ever hope for, and He wants us to run the race for Him, with all love and diligence. Our hope in Christ always far outweighs the trials of life. 2Co 4:17 What Makes for Joy? – blog 11/15/24 How can it
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “I press on” – from dioko – means properly, aggressively chase, like a hunter pursuing a catch (prize); to earnestly pursue; to pursue with all haste. Love and obedience are inextricably bound together in the heart of a believer. The genuine proof of love is obedience, and the genuine proof of faith is
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Either way, the testing of one’s faith leads to truth and goodness. “The Visible Results of Saving Faith” – Special Message from 11-25-18. The wonderful results of saving faith include the visible “miracles” that occur in the lives of believers; changed lives that are totally the work of God’s grace.“The Visible
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24Great leaders are servants first. A servant’s first order of business is to tend to others. They are thrilled when others succeed and pained by their failures (ala Romans 12:15). We call this empathy. The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24True empathy implies sacrificial love. Great leaders put
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: One great evidence of genuine faith is the love they have for God and for His people. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. Persistent good deeds done for God and his saints
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Abiding in the sphere of God’s love is a privilege. Own it. Live in it. Be grateful for it. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. When God gives an oath to someone,
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