Going deeper with Jesus
Loving the truth takes humility. It means setting our own thoughts aside, beneath the Word of God. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.Isaiah 55:8-9 The deception is strong […]
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Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. James 1:17 God does not give us evil giftsHis will is perfect and righteous and trueHe does not change Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and
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If there is tall grass, there are bound to be snakes. The grass is a good place for them to find refuge from their predators. And, there they can lie in wait for their prey. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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It’s a constant battle. Stand strong. The enemy lurks about, seeking whom he may devour.He is looking for any opening, any breach. He will break through if he can. He offers his thoughts and opinions often and if there is a tiny hole, he’s going through, to gain more ground. Be sober, be vigilant; because
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We have our desires, the things we cherish, the things we work for, our hopes, our dreams, things we put effort into. We have our expectations and our motives and our strivings, our talents and our life’s work, the hours and days and sometimes years that we put into building things that may not stand
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If we do not have or if we lose the fear of God, we are not getting into Heaven.The lack of fear will block us. It causes us to trust in our own riches, our own victories. There is no way without the fear of God to be humble before Jesus. The lack of fear
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We need each other. None of us is supposed to be an island. We are not created to do this solo. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. Hebrews 10:25 There is much wickedness in the
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Jesus told us to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. That leaven is hypocrisy. That leaven is super spirituality or self-righteousness. Those religious leaders hated Jesus’ teachings. They contested them by using their own metrics and applying them to Jesus. We still have those who evaluate the Word of God by
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Pleasing God versus Pleasing PeopleThe person could be ourselves. No matter who, no matter why, if we put a human opinion above God’s opinion, we are in an unhealthy spiritual place. What we see, what we hear, takes precedence sometimes over what the Lordhas commanded us. People often give us instant gratification.They have excellent reasons
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Isaiah 54 was speaking to me one day when I read it. The whole chapter became alive to me. I knew the Lord was promising me something. I did not understand the fulness of it. I also did not dismiss it, but I did not understand what it was all about. I knew it was
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