OUTLINE: On Marriage and FamilyWe believers are held to a higher standard. And, remember, man does not set the bar. “disregards not man but God”If you stand up for the Truth, expect to be persecuted (ala Jn 15:20 “If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.”). […]
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OULTLINE: Learn to be grateful for the ‘now’!God decided to save you.Ro 12:1 [Amplified Classic]I appeal to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well
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OUTLINE: Concentric Circles Blog: 11.13.20 Ro 13:14But put on [enduo – aorist/imperative/middle – means you put Him on at salvation and keep on putting Him on, as a command, to your own benefit] the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.Is 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;my soul shall exult in
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Mt 5:8“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”MacDonald on Heb 12:14What this verse means is that there must be practical holiness as a proof of the new life within. If a person is not growing more holy, he is not saved. When the Holy Spirit indwells a person, He manifest His
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“If you could read my mind right now!” Have you ever had someone say that to you? Have you ever said those words to someone else? It’s a funny proposition, isn’t it? I suppose in many ways, the fun is in the speculation, as the exclamation is like an invitation to make guesses about another
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OUTLINE: ObedienceWhat begins at salvation, proper, with the command to obey the Gospel, continues throughout our lives as we are commanded to obey the Word (FYI – the same Holy Spirit that convicts us at salvation is the same One who convicts us as believers). 1Jn 5:3For this is the love of God, that we
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According to www.theknot.com, the standard wedding vows read: “I, ___, take thee, ___, to be my wedded husband/wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God’s holy ordinance; and
One of the most destructive forces in a human’s life is when a person believes they have options. If every good thing is from God (James 1:17) then there’s really only one good option, God’s will. Consider the following… What if a person were so perfectly subservient that we might rightly call them a “slave”?
Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? — Amos 3:5 No and no, to answer the prophet Amos’ questions. What’s he getting at, though? The simple gist of his wisdom is that if
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This story takes place in a two-dimensional world. There once was a square. The square was lonely all by itself, so God gave it company, a circle. He told the square to love and care for the circle, even when it wasn’t easy, and the circle to respect the square’s expression of love, even when