In an attempt to be transparent and humble I’ve often heard well-meaning Christians and well-meaning Bible teachers explain why they still sin by saying something like, “Well that’s just who I am, but if I’ll only remember to depend on Jesus in moments of temptation then he will overcome my natural tendency to sin.” There […]
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2Cor.9:8, “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;” 2Cor.12:9, “And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,…” I remember a situation one time when someone was facing some really stressful
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2 Corinthians 2:12-14 ESV When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, even though a door was opened for me in the Lord, [13] my spirit was not at rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia. [14] But
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1 Thessalonians 5:24 KJV Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5:24-25 ESV He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. My precious wife Olivia has been through a lot physically during her life, and the last two or three years have been the
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There is a children’s song that I used to sing to my two boys when there were young to impart to them and understanding of the difference between living under the law and under grace. I don’t remember who wrote the song, but I do remember that it came out of a church, and it
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John 6:5-13,22-23 NASB Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, said to Philip, “Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?” [6] This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do. [7] Philip answered Him,
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Rom.14:9, ”For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.” 1Cor.6:19, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? For
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Once you lay down your right to ask WHY, because your heart has been fully yielded to His will no matter how it comes, or how it feels, then you must avoid the next great stumbling block that asks the question HOW. That’s the question Mary asked the angel Gabriel, in light of the
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Unfortunately, most Christians do not understand the gospel, and because they don’t understand the gospel, they don’t live their lives in celebration of how big the good news actually is. In Luke 2, when the angel was announcing the birth of Jesus to the shepherds, he said, “Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring
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Twelve baskets full Besides the accounts of the resurrection, the feeding of the 5000 is the only other story that is told in each of the four Gospels. This is not by coincidence. Obviously, there are things that the Holy Spirit wants to teach us from this story that carries great weight. The account
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