OUTLINE: Heb 12:10b“[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.”Unconfessed Sin and UnrepentanceUnconfessed/unrepented sin is like a splinter – until it is removed, it causes pain. While you may not even see the splinter, you know it is there because the pain tells you that it is. Pr 1:29-31Because they hated […]
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OUTLINE: Family Discipline APPLIEDThe faithfulness of our God disciplines us when we need it, out of His tremendous love for us. Perspective On DisciplineA humble person accepts pain for what it is – a grace gift from God! Pain from discipline is a cause for gratitude, not spite. The Good From DisciplineGod’s plan includes training
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Why am I such a judgmental jerk? I recently asked God this question while in prayer and, just as promised in His Word (Luke 11:9 And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you), He answered me. I am going to
Heb 12:14Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.Jn 17:17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.Jn 13:10Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed [saved] does not need to wash, except for his feet [ref: let the word wash the daily filth off
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OUTLINE: “How To Digest Social Injustice”Blog – 6/12/20 The Value of Reading Your BibleDaily reading of the Bible often results in the most profound realizations! If it is used by the Spirit to guide a pastor, it can certainly be used to guide you! We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we
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OUTLINE:Genuine SalvationTo be saved, there must be a transfer of trust to Christ alone in someone’s soul. “Die In Your Sins”If someone refuses to turn to Christ in humility, they remain in their sins, as Christ’s forgiveness and righteousness will not be credited to their account. Jn 8:24, 2Co 5:20-21Personal sins are used to describe the
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OUTLINE: Gal 5:25“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” A. W. Pink on Biblical JoyA word now on the nature of this joy. That is the more necessary since not a few are apt to naturalize and carnalize the same, regarding it as a mere spirit of elation or
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About a stone’s throw away from my elementary school is Bristol County Agricultural High School (aka “The Aggie”), a vocational school with a busy thoroughfare across the center of its farmland. It’s one of the most spectacular plots of land in the area, accented by a gorgeous little bridge on the edge of the property
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