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Revealing Darkness
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
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Character, Nature and Attributes of God – 5
*Pastor’s Note: These lessons will be Scripture “heavy,” and though I am forewarning you I cannot apologize because it is the Word of God that brings things into the light. Remember that the Word says in the mouth of two … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
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Light of God Shines Bright
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Tagged 'Nuff Said!, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Theology, Christianity, Church, Comfort, Dark, Darkness, Encouragement, God, God Almighty, God's Light Shines Bright, Gospel, Gospel-Centered, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Light, Light is Brighter in Darkness, Light of God, Lord, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Sermon in Pictures, Spirituality, Teaching, Theology, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Prayer To Fight Worry
*Pastor’s Note: Worry and anxiety are a form of fear. Your thoughts are focused on the problem(s) in front of you rather than the Problem-Solver Who has promised to take care of your every need. Most importantly, our Heavenly Father’s … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, 2 Timothy, Anxiety, Body of Christ, Darkness, Doubt, Exultation, Faith, Fear, Fervent Prayer, Fervently, Glorify, God, God Almighty, God's Children, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Spirit, Hope, Intercession, James, Jesus Christ, Jesus' Name, Light, Lord, Magnify, Minister, Needs, Neighbors, New Testament, Pleasing God, Praise, Prayer, Prayer & Praise, Promises, Provision, Redemption, Restoration, Salvation, Serve, Service, Sincereity, Sovereign Lord, Sovereignty, Steadfast, Storms of Life, Sure, The Church, Truth, Unity, With Faith Believing, Word of God, Word of Truth, Worry
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The Spirit of Truth
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Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Darkness, Encouragement, Eyes To See, Galatians, God, God Almighty, Gospel of John, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Instruction, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Life, Light, Light vs Darkness, Lord, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirit of Truth, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Walking in the Spirit, Walking in Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Jude Verses 12-13
Jude 1:12-13, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged Apostasy, Assembly of God, Bad Tree, Bearing Fruit, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blackness, Cave, Cave Exploration, Celebrations, Celestial Bodies, Chapter of Judging, Charismatic, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Darkness, Discernment, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, False Teachers, Firewood, Gluttony, God, God Almighty, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Gift, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Judging, Life, Light of the World, Line Upon Line, Lord, New Testament, No Light, Precept Upon Precept, Psalms, Raging Waves, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Self-Righteous, Selfishness, Spirituality, Teaching, Tree Planted by Water, Truth, Utter Darkness, Wandering Stars, Word of God, Word of Truth
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In The Darkness . . . To The Light
IN THE DARKNESS . . . TO THE LIGHT God, Where Am I Going If I Don’t Need YOU? And When Am I Going to Seek What Is True? Why Do I Long to Just Satisfy Flesh? And Choose to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Abundant Living, Bible, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Poetry, Christianity, Darkness, Death, Encouragement, Eternity, Forever and Ever, God, God's Laws, God's Throne, Grace, Heaven, Heavenly Father, Hell, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Inspirational Poetry, Instruction, Jesus, Judas Iscariot, Judgment, Know Jesus, Life, Light, Monika Langguth, No Jesus, Penalty, Poetry, Religion, Savior, Service, Sinners, Spiritual, Spiritual Poetry, Teaching, The Flesh, The Lamb, Traitor, Truth, Wisdom, Word of God, Word of Truth
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Jude Verse 12
Jude 1:12, “These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged Apostasy, Assembly of God, Bad Tree, Bearing Fruit, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blackness, Cave, Cave Exploration, Celebrations, Celestial Bodies, Chapter of Judging, Charismatic, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communion, Darkness, Discernment, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, False Teachers, Firewood, Gluttony, God, God Almighty, Gospel of Matthew, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Gift, Inspiration, Instruction, Jeremiah, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jude, Judging, Life, Light of the World, Line Upon Line, Lord, New Testament, No Light, Precept Upon Precept, Psalms, Raging Waves, Religion, Righteousness, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Self-Centeredness, Self-Righteous, Selfishness, Spirituality, Teaching, Tree Planted by Water, Truth, Utter Darkness, Wandering Stars, 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
Posted in Prayer and Praise
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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~~ Where You Are ~~
In the Secret Place I Find You In the Darkness Filled with Light For No Darkness Can Surround You When You Come, It Takes to Flight For You Are the Mighty Brilliance That No Liar Can Withstand Though They Feign … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Beloved, Christ Jesus, Christian Poetry, Darkness, Doubt, Encouragement, Fear, God, God's Great Wings, Godly Brilliance, Great and Mighty, High Above, Inspiration, Inspirational Poetry, Liars, Liars Flee, Light, Lord, Monika Langguth, Poetic Praise, Poetry, Praising God, Redeemed, Saved, Sealed, Secret Place, Soul, Weapon, Where You Are, Yeshua, Yeshua's Name
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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
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Peter, Aloneness, Arrogance, Asaph, Bible, Blatant Corruption, Book of Psalms, 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 (NLT), Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Joy, King David, Longsuffering, Mercy, NLT - New Living Translation, 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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Hell, a Choice
I’ll say it up front, I take no pleasure in this subject. I very rarely teach on Hell and yet as a preacher called and equipped by the Holy Spirit, I can’t teach on the Love of God and the … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Peter, Aloneness, Angels, Bible, Book of Life, Choices, Christ Jesus, Communion, Communion with God, Darkness, Encouragement, Eternal, Eternity, Evil, Fire and Brimstone, Fruit of the Spirit, Gehenna, Genesis, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Amighty, God Breathed, God Our Heavenly Father, God's Desire, Hell, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Individuals, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Joshua, Joy, Judgement, Judgment, Lake of Fire, Light, Lord Jesus Christ, Love, Matthew, Peace, Prayer, Rejection, Rejection of God, Repentance, Revelation, Revival, Salvation, Scripture, Scriptures, Son of Man, Torment, Truth, Wailing, Wickedness, Word of God
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Lift Him Up!
“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Abundant Life, Bible, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ Lifted Up, Christianity, Darkness, Didn't Come to Condemn, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Everlasting Life, Evil, Evil Deeds, Faith, Faithfulness, God Loved the World, God's Love, Gospel of John, Grace, Heavenly Father, His Only Begotten Son, Holy Bible, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lifted Up Serpent, Light of the World, Lord, Love, Moses, Relationship, Salvation, Saved, Scriptures, Son of Man, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Truth Comes to Light, Word of God
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Passover – Coronavirus
I want to share with you something that I HAD been conflicted over for a couple of days. Yes, I still learn, I still seek the Lord’s wisdom and I still grow in Him! Okay, that was my confession. But … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Aaron, Abandoned God, Abandoned Reason, Abiding in Christ, Anxiety, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Confounded Minds, Confusion, Coronavirus, Darkness, Doubt, Ecclesiastes, Egypt, Encouragement, Evil, Exodus, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, Flu, God Doesn't Change, God's Character, God's in Control, God's Love, God's Nature, God's Word Doesn't Change, Good, Government, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, In God We Trust, Inspiration, Isaiah, Joy, Judgement, Light, Lord, Love, Mercy, Morality, Moses, Nations, News Media, Nothing New Under the Sun, Panic, Passover, Peace, Prayer, Prophecy, Prophetic, Reprobate, Reprobate Mind, Scriptures, Security, Social Media, Society, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Wisdom, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Western Civilizations, Word of God
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Dark vs Light – Night vs Day
Genesis 1:1-5, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the … Continue reading
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Heaven or Hell
I know it seems the “theme” for today is Heaven and Hell, in fact, more Hell than Heaven. To be thoroughly honest, I don’t like to preach or speak about Hell. That’s not me – for the most part. BUT … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 John, 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, 2 Thessalonians, Bible, Choice, Choices, Creator, Darkness, Devil, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Faith, Faithfulness, Gnashing Teeth, God, God Almighty, God of This Age, God's Love, Heaven or Hell, Heavenly Father, Hidden Gospel, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Lord, Love, Matthew, No Love, Pain, Reject Christ, Reject God, Satan, Scriptures, Teaching, Torment, Truth, Veiled Gospel, Wailing, Word of God
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The Season For Receiving
This was a Christmas article I wrote for the Globe, Arizona newspaper, the “Silver Belt” in the late 1990’s for their Church Directory. I submit it here as it was written then with just a few grammatical changes (and some … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Inspiration
Tagged Anointed One, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Christmas Season, Commercialism, Darkness, Encouragement, Eternity, Faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Giving, God's Love, Gospel of John, Greed, Heavenly Father, Hell, Hope, Inspiration, Intimate Relationship, Isaiah, Jesus Saves, John, Joy, Life, Lord, Love, Peace, Receiving, Redemption, Relationship, Salvation, Scriptures, Sin, Spiritual Intimacy, Teaching, Truth, Ultimate Gift, Word of God
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Vessels or Vassals?
I posted this on another site three-and-a-half years ago and thought that I had also published it on this site. Evidently I didn’t and I wanted to repost it because of what is going on in many of our churches … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Corinthians, Agape, Agape Love, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blood of Christ, Cast Away Dark, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Darkness, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Genesis, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Heirs, Heirs To The Kingdom, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, Light of Life, Light of the World, Lord, Love, Ministry, Obligation, Redeemer, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Servanthood, Servants, Shine Your Light, Slaves, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love, Vassals, Vessels, Word of God
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I John 2:9-11
1 John 2:9, “He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now.” As the Apostle is apt to do, he is reiterating what he has put down in the previous verses and … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 John, Apathy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Soldier, Christianity, Church, Dark, Darkness, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, James, Jesus, Light, Lord, Love, Matthew, Philippians, Pleasing God, Possibility, Psalms, Relationship, Relationships, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strength, Stumble, Stumbling, Teaching, Truth, Warriors, Word of God
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