Ninety-plus percent of the things we worry about never come true. I could end this blog right there, but you came to read so I’ll write a bit more to explain myself. I’ll do that after I tell a little story… There once was a man who worked hard to provide for his family. He […]
One of the reasons actors sometimes refuse otherwise good roles is because they may have already played a similar one in the past. Though they may have been wildly successful in it, they don’t want to play it again because they run the risk of being typecast. Once an actor is typecast, audiences struggle to
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: There’s a rapidly expanding subculture where a person’s preference is for fantasy over reality. There are entire industries now built to accommodate this perversion. Sexual fantasy is leading the way (all types across all sorts of media: Internet, movies/TV, books, events, etc.). A life filled with gratitude to the Lord
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Counterfeits actually steal our joy. Abandoning them is abandoning Satan’s schemes! Your Creator has saved you and bought you, and has an extremely FULFILLING mission for you. Don’t let Satan fool you into a false sense of reality and being ungrateful! We must recognize deceptions are EVERYWHERE in this world,
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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: Joy and thanksgiving are very intimately related. Especially for believers in the Lord Jesus, there’s good reason we should always be thankful, for something!! “My Old Friend Job” – blog 12/6/24Suffering is nothing more than God’s way of showing His children that His faith endures. Never forget that any suffering that
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Look around. What do you see? Well, in America, I see a world filled with the trappings of pleasure. Oh, sure, they are slyly marketed as pathways to joy, but it’s all a ruse, my friend. You and I have been suckers since the day we were born. I thank God every day that He
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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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I recently heard Pastor Robert Charles Sproul say that a good way to think about joy is to view it as an acronym; “J” for “Jesus”, “O” for “others”, and “Y” for “you”. He said the order is very important if you’re ever to understand what joy is and where it comes from. If Jesus
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: We must be weak to receive God’s grace properly. All Things Are Lawful – blog 3/22/24 While Christ’s sacrifice covers the sins of God’s children, this doesn’t mean that we are given liberty to sin even more! We mustn’t confuse our eternal position in Christ with our progressive sanctification while here
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