KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Pleasure Without Joy Is a Ruse”– blog 11/22/24 Satisfying fleshly desires will never be the source of joy; rather, it is, at best, a temporary “drug” to help you through the day. To give into the human heart’s base desires is to give into something that is truly sick and […]
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In God’s spiritual economy, grace is the currency. What I mean is that if we think about anything of value in the spiritual life, it always begins with God as the source. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or
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NOTE: due to technical difficulties – no recording this time 🙁 OUTLINE:ObedienceGod’s Word teaches us that THROUGH obedience God sustains us in a way that we are blessed, and He is glorified. Jn 4:34Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.”Love Cannot
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It makes sense that an unbeliever could see little to no positivity in affliction. But how can so many Christians follow suit when suffering is God’s way of showing His love for His children? It’s a tragedy. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the
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OUTLINE:To whom much is given, much is required. (Lk 12:35-48)The OT saints were given the oracles of God and therefore held accountable to them, lest they be punished. NT saints are given the revelation of Jesus Christ and His finished work on the Cross; therefore, NT saints are held to a greater responsibility since we’ve
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OUTLINE:Is 55:8-9For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your waysand my thoughts than your thoughts.God’s Perspective?DISCIPLINE IS GOOD. Ro 8:26For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of
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God uses a variety of ways to teach us His precepts. They are, by all means, unconventional in the sense that His thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are His ways our ways (Isaiah 55:8). If we use our own expectations as guidance, we will quite often be sorely disappointed. Are not failed expectations among the most
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The Bible makes a clear distinction between evangelism and pastoring, aka shepherding. And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of
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OUTLINE:Holy love cannot help but express itself.Mt 6:1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”“Let Love Be Genuine”Love pulls us to be honorable, forgiving, and to rise above the fleshly frays of life. And
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If the end goal is salvation, what then is the means by which it occurs? For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” -Romans 10:13 OK, then, all an unbeliever has to do is simply call on the Lord, right? This is true, however, there’s a caveat. For the mind
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