There’s a group of people standing at a stop light handing out pamphlets and “salvation” tracts. The air around them is abuzz. There’s even a lighthearted type of competition brewing between the volunteers to see who’s tallied the most giveaways. It’s all in good fun as everyone seems high on life, having recently found Jesus, […]
Mark 9:31-32 “for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, ‘The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.’ But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.” Whenever I
OUTLINE: 1Co 13:13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.Take Time Alone with the LordLovingly submit to the Lord and His ways, and He will take care of you in every way. Ps 16 Summary?“Lord, I realize and embrace that my whole life is in Your hands….
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OUTLINE: Take Time Alone with the LordLovingly submit to the Lord and His ways, and He will take care of you in every way. Isa 32:6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the LORD, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and
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OUTLINE:Ignoring the Truth Never Changes ItYou’re better off facing the truth head on and dealing with the consequences, whether good or bad. Light Shines Into DarknessLight always wins. If you are deceived (even if you don’t know exactly how), then keep taking in the Light (the Word) and any darkness in you will be exposed
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When I was young and still living at home with my mom – a single mother raising four kids, at times below the poverty line in America – I used to whine once in a while about not having what the other kids had. I wanted the new BMX bicycle, the new action figure, the
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As you would expect, Jesus’ encouragement to His disciples was always well placed, poignant, and directed. So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” — John 8:31-32 There’s an interesting
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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. RepentanceThe end goal
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I love the word “righteousness” because it implies “being right”. That may sound like a silly thing to point out, but it isn’t if you really take the time to ponder it. Declaring oneself righteous is a lot easier, in practice, than actually “being” righteous. For example, how many times have you heard someone swear up and
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OUTLINE: Deliverance is but a change of perspective away!MacDonald on Jas 1:21“It is not enough to receive the implanted word, we must obey it. There is no virtue in possessing the Bible or even in reading it as literature. There must be a deep desire to hear God speaking to us and an unquestionable willingness
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