Going deeper with Jesus
The Priests If you want to be in God’s inner circle, any sin or worldliness cannot enter. Once that sin is confessed and cleansed, we are pure. In the Old Testament most people were not able to come into the inner courts. This was reserved for the priests. We are now considered priests. Jesus has […]
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If we want to be holy, if we want to be close to God, if we want to please God, to walk beside Him, to sit at His feet, to lay our head on his chest, we cannot do that if we cling to our sin. That does not mean we are perfect in our
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One of the best ways to learn about how God views a subject is to look at examples in the word of God. This can be for any subject. For repentance, Adam and Eve were sort of sorry. Cain was sorry he got caught and he cared more about his own hide than that he
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When you find yourself in a particular place, at just the right time, a time that is obvious that God ordained that moment, that might be known as a divine appointment. One scripture that fits is this:The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and He delighteth in his way. Psalm 37:23 When we
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We have a free line between each of us and God with Jesus as our advocateFor there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 1 Timothy 2:5If we get in the way of that, we can clog itWe may become dull of hearing His wordWe may become stagnantWe might be
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matthew 26:41 We have to watch and pray for many reasons. Jesus said that and then said, so we enter not into temptation. Temptation comes in all forms. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
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How to seek the Lord is sort of an odd title. One of us cannot really tell another of us how to seek the Lord. Our relationships with Jesus are so individual. I watch a lot of testimonies. I’m always interested in how God spoke to someone, how He made Himself real. Each experience someone
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Mistakes happen. Sometimes we make mistakes that were intentional. Those are not really mistakes. God still will forgive us. If we repent, God will forgive as He has promised in His word. Jesus is the ultimate Judge and He will give us our rewards for our deeds. As long as we have sought Jesus’ forgiveness
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People have a fascination with Satan. He is washed up, a failure, a loser. People are still interested in him. I watched a video the other day. It was a guy’s testimony.It gave Satan credibility. It had a man sharing what happened when he asked Satan some questions. The questions were not important nor were
We have all been misunderstood. Maybe our motives?Maybe our actions?It is frustrating to have someone believe something about you that is not true. It is also difficult to be misunderstood. God never misunderstands us. He knows our intentions. He knows what is in our heart. He knows what we meant when we say whatever we