Going deeper with Jesus
This writing is about a friend who taught me a lot.
Deceitful LiesDutiful righteousnessThat comes with pretending to be God Those who practice dutiful righteousness have elevated themselves They have decided what is right and wrong, what pleases the Lord and what doesn’t and what He wants of us or doesn’tAnother word for it is self-righteousnessThat is becoming n authority over others Pointing out sin is […]
If it is hidden how do we see it?Satan hides in plain sightHe lies and twists and connivesHe says just take a step closer, a little closer to the edge Discernment is helpfulKeeping your eyes on Jesus a mustMeditating on His wordLearning His precepts and loving the truth Find out Satan’s craftiness in the wordHis
There is a constant debate about faith and worksThe answer is very simple: It’s bothBut it is not the kind of work you think of nor are the works rewarded the same way we are used to on EarthThose who are looking for Earthly rewards, will get them;And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be
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Hurting God’s feelings? In other words, grieving the Holy SpiritAnd grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Ephesians 4:30Gulp This morning, I was thinking about how I hurt someone’s feelings yesterdayThen, I was thinking about just the day before how I had judged someone else for hurting
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And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13 Jesus beckons us to come near to HimTo listen, to hearTo seek Him,To understand His ways and learn of HimIf we draw near to Him, He will draw near to usIf you have a glimpse
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I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. Psalm 119:32 I was listening to the Book of Psalms this morningI had never noticed this verse beforeEnlarge my heartThe psalmist is asking for the Lord to enlarge his heart as he learns, seeks and fills himself with God’s commandments The
We are at God’s Mercy When a house is in the pending state, a lot of things can happen to fail the saleThe house is not sold until it is recorded and funded and it has been entered into the permanent records That is the same way while we are on EarthUntil we have been
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The last little while I have been lamenting over those to whom I have not shared the gospel. People who have been in my life, neighbors, coworkers, people I might not have known well but still had the opportunity to share what I knew and had not taken it. We can’t go back. We can
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For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 2 Timothy 4:3-4 What percentage do we have to love the truth? 80%?
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And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: John 20:22 Receive ye the Holy Ghost Quench not the Spirit. 1 Thessalonians 5:19 Speaking in tongues is a manifestation of the Holy GhostMany teach that tongues are not for today or are not importantor that it has
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