Most people spend a fair amount of time in front of a mirror each day, especially in the morning. Unless you’re a spy or an automotive mechanic who’s trying to peer around corners, you typically look in a mirror to examine yourself. You are front and center. Some of us also spend time in front […]
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OUTLINE: Wisdom isn’t just an object, it’s manifest in a PERSON! Our Attitude Towards WisdomToday we have God’s Word; however, it’s up to the Sovereign Spirit of God to grant wisdom and understanding to the humble soul. THE LORD Must Be Our ConfidenceOur strength must come from the Lord, and the Lord alone. That’s another reason why
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OUTLINE:Wisdom isn’t just an object, it’s manifest in a PERSON!Our Attitude Towards WisdomToday we have God’s Word; however, it’s up to the Sovereign Spirit of God to grant wisdom and understanding to the humble soul. Jas 1:17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom
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There are two ways to approach the truth…The Word of God is truth (Psalm 119:160; John 17:17); “And the Word became flesh” (John 1:14). There are two ways to approach the Truth, namely, the Lord Jesus Christ: humbly or arrogantly. In both cases, there is a fixed result. As I wrote in my last blog, Grace, Works, and
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OUTLINE: Ac 17:11 ASVNow these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily, whether these things were so.Ac 17:11 AMPNow these [Jews] were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they were entirely ready and accepted and
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OUTLINE: “equipping the saints”It’s not a pastor’s job to spoon feed his sheep. It’s his job to push them to “work out their own salvation with fear and trembling” (Php 2:12b), often challenging them with “difficult” messages. The true test lies with the disciple, not the teacher. <— Learn this! “Give a man a fish and he eats
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OUTLINE: The Source of ConfidenceWe have confidence in the things we fear the most. Ask yourself, why would we have confidence in them in the absence of fear? We have confidence that there’s something to fear/respect, something real and powerful (e.g., God). Fear Is a Learned BehaviorInjury is an experience, something we learn about. Once
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But by the grace of God I am what I am… — 1 Corinthians 15:10 What does this mean??? I’m so tired right now…I can’t believe God has got me writing to you in my current estate (I speak in physical and emotional terms); but, then again, if history has proven anything to me, I
OUTLINE: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress“God’s grace is the most incredible and insurmountable truth ever to be revealed to the human heart, which is why God has given us His Holy Spirit to superintend the process of more fully revealing the majesty of the work done on our behalf by our Savior.”John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress“He teaches
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OUTLINE: Ps 107:6 [Amplified]Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, And He rescued them from their distresses.Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Ps 107(God’s salvation) is available for all who realize their distress and who are anxious to be delivered out of the hands of the enemy that holds them in such terrible bondage. 1Co 14:33for
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