OUTLINE: What good are all the riches in Heaven if you don’t know how to spend them?Jas 4:6 [ESV]But he gives more [greater] grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” DeceitGal 5:9“A little leaven leavens the whole lump.” Counterfeits are most effective when they look the most authentic. Satan uses […]
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OUTLINE: Passive Learning & Lazy ThinkersA person who doesn’t see the need to be challenged by the Truth is a person who thinks they already know everything. (Ref. Ro 12:3; 1Co 3:18; Gal 6:3) Ro 13:3 [Amplified]For by the grace [of God] given to me I say to everyone of you not to think more highly of
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OUTLINE: Passive Learning & Lazy ThinkersA person who doesn’t see the need to be challenged by the Truth is a person who thinks they already know everything. (Ref. Ro 12:3; 1Co 3:18; Gal 6:3) Say What You Mean, Mean What You SayFor words to have meaning, they must be true. Vapid words of love mean absolutely
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OUTLINE: EncouragementAlways think of BOTH sides of your relationships. Ro 1:12b [NLV] We need each other. My Encouragement To YouWe need to recognize the pitfalls and the temptations in our lives even before they materialize into real threats to our peace! Php 3:13-14 [Message]I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well
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OUTLINE: EncouragementDon’t be an island, or think others are OK being that way. (Heb 10:25, Ro 1:12) Ro 1:12 [NLV]Both of us need help. I can help make your faith strong and you can do the same for me. We need each other.Eyes On the PrizeWhen our focus/affections are diverted from Christ, misery seeps in and
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A woman says to her young daughter, “My dear, to find happiness in this world, you must find a good man to marry, preferably one that makes decent money, so you’ll never have to worry about things.” If I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard it a hundred times described to me by jaded women, including
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“The only God whom the natural man is not at enmity with is one of his own imagination.” — A. W. Pink, The Total Depravity of Man What is enmity? I mean, really. I wonder how many so-called “Christians” even understand what the Bible means when it uses the word enmity. I submit that, like so many other
“It’s the little things, huh?” This is typically an invitation to share how, as we mature, it is often the things most commonly overlooked that we learn to appreciate. In doing so, if we’re grace-oriented, we attribute their very existence to the holy, loving, merciful Lord. This exercise is most welcome when we feel wrought
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Have you ever read a passage of scripture and suffered a knee-jerk reaction to it that feels an awful lot like true conviction, only to later find out that it was a simple misunderstanding? I have. It carries a bit of panic with it, sometimes even shame. But, as I said, it subsides once I
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In high school I was nominated for six superlatives. I remember saying to myself, “Wow, that’s more than anyone else in the class!” I was pretty happy with myself at the time. I mean, who wouldn’t be? You might be asking, “How do you even remember such things?” My answer is simple. Back then, such