Understanding the Scriptures

Drowning in Self-Righteousness

Your own self-righteousness will get you nowhere. God will not recognize it as righteousness.It means nothing and it stands for nothing. The righteousness of God is profitable to pursue. Any righteousness not founded on the word of God is baseless. Our righteousness are as filthy rags.But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our […]

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Why Should We Pray?

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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Suffering Guilt

Suffering guilt is not fun. Suffering shame. Rehashing mistakes made, or intentional sins. We are far less than perfect. We are bound to make mistakes. We are living in a fallen world. What is this perfection Jesus is talking about?Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.Matthew 5:48 Speak

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Check Your Intentions

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Hebrews 4:12 God knows our hearts. Are we aware of our intentions? It is good to

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When You Are Feeling Insignificant

We all feel that way from time to timeInsignificantNot important to this person or thatSometimes feeling not so important to GodIt’s a big world and He’s a big GodHe has a lot of things on His mindEven though He says in His word:He loves us, He created us and has a purpose for our livesEven

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Sin or Iniquity

Sin means breaking a religious or moral lawIniquity means wickedness, vileness It is difficult at first glance to understand how the two differIniquity is intentional sin, participating in it, justifying itIt almost means adopting sin and accepting it I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will

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Eternity

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23 Eternity is a very long timeEternity is foreverEternity is the beginning and the endEternity continues and never stops…the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Jesus mentioned the End of the WorldTeaching them

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Tailor Made

Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, and He that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by Myself; Isaiah 44:24 We are all tailor madeGod chose our noses and the color of our hair and skinHe chose whether we had short,

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