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More of Wisdom Calling For a Hearing
PROLOGUE TO DAILY PROVERBS: There is a Proverb for EVERY day of the Month. Do you want wisdom. It is found here! “Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding. For wisdom is more profitable than silver, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arrogance, Better Than Gold, Better Than Jewels, Better Than Silver, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christian, Christianity, Comfort, Common Sense, Corruption, Daily Proverbs, Discernment, Discipline, Discover Knowledge, Disgrace, Encouragement, Fear the Lord, Godly, Good Judgment, Guidance, Happiness, Hate Evil, Hate Pride, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation, Honesty, Honor, Insight, Inspiration, Instruction, Joy, Joyful, Kings Reign, Knowledge, Long Life, NLT, Old Testament, Perverse Speech, Proverbs, Religion, Rich, Riches, Righteous Judgments, Rulers Decree, Rulers Lead, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Success, Teaching, Tree of Life, Understanding, Wickedness, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth, Word of Wisdom
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Many Deceived
This doesn’t just mean many will CLAIM to be Christ, but many will also come using His name and walking in corruption. DO NOT BE DECEIVED! Test the Spirits! (1 John 4:1).
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Tagged 'Nuff Said!, 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Claiming Christ, Coming in Jesus' Name, Corruption, Deceived, Deception, Encouragement, God, God Almighty, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Lord, New Testament, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Test The Spirits, Truth, Word of God, Word of Truth
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From The Abundance of The Heart – 1
Part One: Rampant political corruption, religious corruption and manipulation of politics to gain prestige, power or monetary gain, widespread poverty, major sociological class divisions, social unrest, the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, people abandoning their religious faith … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance of the Heart, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruption, Death, Deception, Discernment, Ecclesiastes, Encouragement, Foundation, God, God Almighty, Good Man, Gospel of Luke, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, History, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Immorality, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Letter, Life, Manipulation, Nothing New, Parables, Political Unrest, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Solomon, Speaking, Spirit of Man, Spirit of the Word, Spirituality, Teaching, The Spirit, Truth, Warning, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Prayer of Intercession
*Pastor’s Note: This is adapted for today from a prayer found on the internet a long time ago as an example of intercessory prayer. Heavenly Father, God Who is Almighty, It saddens our hearts to see the great suffering of … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonds of Peace, Corruption, Darkness, Division, Family, Friends, God, God Almighty, God's Children, Healing, Heavenly Father, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hopelessness, Intercession, Jesus Christ, Light, Lord, Minister, Nation, Nations of the World, Neighbors, Poor, Poverty, Praise, Prayer, Prayer & Praise, Provision, Redemption, Renew Minds, Restoration, Rich, Salvation, Serve, Service, Sovereign Lord, Sovereignty, Suicidal, Suicide, The Body of Christ, The Church, The World, Truth, Unity, Word of God, Word of Truth, World Leaders
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Jude Verses 3-4
Jude 1:3-4, “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter, 2 Timothy, Apostasy, Apostates, Apostle Paul, Apostle Peter, Bible, Character of God, Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian Church, Christianity, Corruption, Damnation, Depravity, Destiny, Doctrine, Expository Teaching, Falling Away, Foreordained, Free Will, Freedom of Choice, Gnosticism, Gnostics, God Almighty, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Jude, Liberal, Liberality, Mercy, Nature of God, Omniscience, Predestination, Punishment, Rebellion, Repentance, Ressurrection, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, The Flesh, Transformation, Ungodly Men, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Don’t Envy The World
As I was praying the other night, I was seeking the Lord for a word in relation to what is and has been going on around us lately. I wanted something that would be an encouragement and inspiration to my … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Peter, Aloneness, Arrogance, Asaph, Bible, Blatant Corruption, Book of Psalms, Born-Again, Bride of Christ, Choices, Church of Christ, Comfort, Corruption, Damnation, Darkness, Decisions, Dismay, Encouragement, Envy, Eternal Life, Eternity, Evil, Grace, Holy Bible, Holy Bible New Living Translation, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Joy, King David, Longsuffering, Mercy, NLT, Patience, Peace, Pride, Psalms, Redemption, Rejecting God, Romans, Salvation, Scriptures, Spirit vs. Flesh, Truth, Wickedness, Word of God, Word of Truth, World, World System
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Effort – What Purpose?
2 Samuel 15:6, “In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel.” 2Samel 18:14-15, “Then Joab said, “I will not waste time here … Continue reading
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The Rapture and Tribulation
1 Corinthians 15:51-53, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed–in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead … Continue reading
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Faith Beyond Believing
“For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Agape Love, Believing, Bible, Bible Teaching, Born Again, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Corruption, Creator, Daniel, Destruction, Disasters, Earthquakes, Encouragement, Evil, Faith, Faithfulness, Forest Fires, God, God Almighty, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Hope, Hurricanes, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, Knowledge, Lord, Love, Relationship, Romans, Scriptures, Sight, Sovereign, Sovereign God, Spiritual, Spiritual Sight, Spirituality, Spiritually Reborn, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Walk by Faith, Word of God
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To Tell The Truth – What’s My Line?
If any of you can remember the ORIGINAL television game shows by these names then I’m not the only one revealing my age! To Tell the Truth ran from the mid-sixties to seventies and What’s My Line? was kind of … Continue reading
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