Going deeper with Jesus
Who can love like Jesus does? Not a soul. Nobody can. Who can try? We can try. We can try to let Jesus love others through us. I just saw a video clip of a bully bullying and mocking someone. As I watched it, it got to me. The one who was being bullied hit […]
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You can feel it. People in the world are colder. So are people who call themselves by the name of Christ. It takes effort to love those who offend you, to love those who hurt you, to love those who are not of your same values, your same thought patterns.Those who want to destroy your
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Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 1 Corinthians 5:6 Just like a rotten apple that spoils the bunch, one little, tiny mistruth can defile the whole lesson. A mistruth can defile the gospel. Keep the word of God pure. Don’t change it, don’t add to it. Man’s
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Prayer is a petitionPrayer is an offeringThe Word of God instructs us to pray many times in many ways for many reasonsPray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17Prayer combined with watching Ephesians 6:18Prayer trusting only in God Matthew 6:6Prayer to let your supplications be known with thanksgiving Philippians 4:6Jesus told us how to pray: Matthew 6:9-13Pray
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Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 Have you ever had a hard decision to make? And everyone you talk to has a different opinion?And you ask God and you think He wants you to do something? But then human logic and reasoning also has some good ideas?
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When you know what you’re supposed to be thinking about or praying about but your mind drifts.You are being a Martha, being worried and bothered about so many things. It doesn’t stop. Worries keep flooding in. It’s a battle, a war inside of you. Fear not the bible says many times over. Easier said than
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People do take God for granted. You hear them, they speak of Him irreverently, like He is not important. Like He is dutifully supposed to help them when they ask. God has made many promises, that does not mean we are entitled to them. Each promise in the word of God, in the Holy Bible,
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The kings in the Old Testament were examples of the present-day church. Some kings of Israel followed the Lord, some did not. Some of them destroyed the altars and high places, some allowed them to remain and let the people sacrifice on them and worship the idols. Many times you will read: This person became
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Paul wrote, as inspired by the Holy Spirit: Pray without ceasing. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 How does one pray without ceasing?Of course it doesn’t mean when you’re talking to others, or does it?When you’re driving?While you’re watching movies?While you’re on social media?Maybe it does mean that. Keeping in communication with Jesus all the time. Speaking in
You know He hears when He answers prayers.You wonder when He doesn’t answer. That might remind you to check your heart, to make sure you’re asking according to His will. And this is the confidence that we have in Him, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us: 1 John
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