What does it look like to see through the eyes of Jesus? What does this world look like to Him? Does He only see the evil, or does He see more? How does He see people? Does He only see the brokenness, or does He see more? Does He see the kingdom of darkness prevailing, […]
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Some Christians are afraid that if you talk too much about grace, you’ll just sin all you want to. The truth is, if you are new creation in Christ, you don’t want to sin at all. Your new nature is the righteousness of God in Christ. Therefore, Christians don’t sin by nature; they sin by
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Romans 14:23 ESV …For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin. Out of sincere hearts and sincere desires, so many Christians live tormented by the lingering thought that their impact on the world has been disappointing to God compared to what others have done. We long to be used by God for His
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Galatians 2:4; “But it was because of the false brethren who had sneaked into spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.” Galatians 5:1, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefor keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke
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James 3:13-17 NASB95 Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. [14] But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. [15] This wisdom is not that which comes
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Joel 3:14 NASB Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. Whenever you find yourself in an emotional or spiritual valley it is usually because the day of the Lord is near. Whenever you are about to break through into a place where
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To rescue us from our fallen false self and our lostness, God became a human. Wow, God so loved the world. After four weeks, the fertilized egg of a pregnant woman is 0.1 millimeters. That is so tiny it can’t be seen by the human eye. God became small for us. There is nothing more
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Philippians 2:14 NASB95 Do all things without murmuring or complaining; I don’t know about you, but that seems like a ridiculous verse because complaining is pretty much something most people do a lot of. Now understand verse 14 is not a request. Grammatically, it is a COMMAND. Even though that might seem like a ridiculous
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1 Corinthians 1:2 NASB To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: The word “holy” is where we get the word sanctified, and
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Have you ever heard it said that some Christians are truth people and others are grace people, and it takes both for the body of Christ to be spiritually healthy? The problem with that statement is that it is not Christlike. John 1:14 says that Jesus is “full of grace and truth,” and verse 17
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