OUTLINE: “Not as the world gives do I give to you.”Do not be deceived! If you’re looking to the world to make your life better in 2021, you’ve already missed the mark! The world will NEVER be able to give you peace. Never! Learn to be grateful for the ‘now’!God decided to save you.“He has […]
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A man lived in a cabin in the woods by himself. His was a life of solitude. This was his choice – he liked living a quiet life. Once a year his relatives would visit him and he’d say to himself afterwards, “I remember why I chose to live like a hermit.” People just seemed
Though it may be difficult for some to hear, there’s such a thing as holy hatred. The reason it exists is sin. By definition, sin means to “miss the mark,” which refers to the divine standard of God. Since God is infinitely more righteous than sin (or sinners), He is intrinsically separate from it (or
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Charles Spurgeon“I had rather pass through seven years of the most wearisome pain, and the most languishing sickness, than I would ever again pass through the terrible discovery of the evil of sin.” Gen 3:17 [Amplified]Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have
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The Apostle Paul spent a lot of time in jail. Why didn’t he conspire to break out? Why didn’t others in the faith trounce the jailers and set him free? While you ponder that, let me remind you that Paul wrote the following books in the New Testament while imprisoned: Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon. Whoa! Paul wrote
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I’m convinced that hard work is a part of God’s plan for us (I once wrote a blog titled, “40 Hours a Week – Says Who???”). If you read your Bible regularly, I’m sure you agree. Yet, there are some folks I’ve met, even Christians, whose perspective on work makes me scratch my head. Now,
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OUTLINE: Gal 2:20 [Amplified]I have been crucified with Christ [that is, in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body I live by faith [by adhering to, relying on, and completely trusting] in the Son of God,
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I remember the first time I read about Job’s wife in the Book of Job. She has such a small part in the Holy Bible, yet her legacy is profound; sadly, not in a good way. I have to admit that I was like, “Whoa, lady, that’s no way to support your husband in time of
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When we were kids, my friends and I used to find silly experiments to perform for the sake of entertainment (that’s what we did before cable TV and the Internet took over). I especially loved the ones with unexpected results. Unfortunately, some of these experiments caused pain, which meant that one of us in the
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OUTLINE: Time Will Tell – blog 3/27/20When we say things like, “time will tell,” maybe we ought to finish the sentence. Time will tell us of all the wondrous things that God has known all along. Life is revelation.Ac 13:22bAnd when [God] had removed [Saul], he raised up David to be their king, of whom
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