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But What About Hope?
Galatians 5:13, For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14-15, For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, 2 Peter, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Christians: WAKE UP!, Church, Faith, Faithfulness, Future Hope, Galatians, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Heirs To The Kingdom, Holiness, Holy, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Jesus, Job, John, Kingdom, Leviticus, Lord, Love, Nothing Is Impossible With God, Proverbs, Psalms, Religion, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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From the Cradle to the Cross
He was sent and He came to fulfill a mission; ALL-Man, ALL-God, carrying the treasure of His precious blood to the Cross of Calvary. Our sacrificial lamb, payment for our penalty of sin in the world. His gift is free … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday Inspiration
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christmas, Faith, God's Love, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Redemption, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirit of Christmas, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:7-8
1 John 2:7, “Brethren, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you heard from the beginning.” The Apostle starts out with the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, New Commandment, Old Commandment, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:5-6
1 John 2:5, “But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.” Whenever you see the word “but,” or many times in the Bible, “therefore,” you … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Peter, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Expository Teaching, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 2:3-4
1 John 2:3, “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments.” Have any doubts that you are a Christian, a true follower of Christ Jesus? Any doubts that you are a true believer, born-again, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, Apostle, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Christians, Commandments, Communion, Encouragement, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Scripture, Holy Word, Hope, James, Jesus, John, Knowing God, Knowledge, Knowledge of God, Little Children, Lord, Love, Matthew, Relationship, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, The Law, Truth, Two Greatest Commandments, Word of God
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I John 2:1
1 John 2:1, “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” Though in our Bibles, this is the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 1 Peter, Advocate, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Consoler, Faithfulness, Fellowship, Fellowship with God, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Intercessor, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Relationship, Righteous, Righteousnes, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 1:7-8
1 John 1:7, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Praise God for His wonderful … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Luke, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 1:1-4
Some Brief Historical Background Historically and for our purposes this letter was written by the Apostle John. An interesting note is that this letter is not evangelistic in nature, meaning it was not written to the unsaved, rather it was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 John, 2 John, 2 Timothy, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Communion, Epistles, Fellowhip, Galatians, God, God's Love, Gospel, Heavenly Father, Historical Background, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Joy, Koinonia, Lord, Redemption, Savior, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Intimacy, Teaching, Truth, Word of God, Word of Life
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When You Pray, Pray This Way – Part III
Matthew 11:15, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Let’s continue on from Part II to look at the SPIRIT of “The Lord’s Prayer”: And Forgive us Our Debts, As We Forgive Our Debtors —– In other words, … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Communication, Communion, Encouragement, Evil One, Faith, Glory, God, God's Love, God's Will, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, James, Jesus, John, Kingdom, Kingdom of God, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, Philippians, Power, Prayer, Relationship, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Temptation, Testing, The Lord's Prayer, Trials, Truth, Word of God
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When You Pray, Pray This Way – Part I
1 Corinthians 3:1-4, “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not … Continue reading
Posted in Prayer and Praise
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Communication, Communion, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Genesis, God, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Prayer, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, The Lord's Prayer, Truth, Walking with God, Word of God
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Study To Show Yourself Approved
2 Timothy 2:15, “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” (KJV) 2 Timothy 2:15, “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, 3 John, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Church, Context, Contextual, Correction, Doctrine, Encouragement, Equipped, Expository, Faithfulness, Gain, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Instruction, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Lord, Matthew, Ministry, Profit, Prosper, Reproof, Righteousness, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Thematic, Truth, Word of God
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No Foundation? The End!
Luke 6:47-49, “Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: “He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 2 Timothy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Daniel, Foundations, God, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Jesus, John, Knowledge of the Truth, Lack of Knowledge, Learning, Lord, Love, Luke, Religion, Religious Organizations, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Stupidity, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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The Word of God, Eternal Life & The Eye of the Needle
Hebrews 4:12-13, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christian, Church, Encouragement, Eternal Life, Eye of the Needle, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, James, Jesus, John, Lord, Luke, Matthew, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Just the Right Amount of Sting
1 Timothy 2:(1), “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, (2) for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Censorship, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Corruption, Deceit, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lies, Lord, Love, Politically Correct, Prayer, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Titus, Truth, Word of God
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The Living Word – God is ALL Part 2
The next “Omni” characteristic of God’s personality that I want to cover is His Omnipresence. As can be seen fairly clearly this attribute means that God is ALL present or everywhere and there is nowhere He is not. To even … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Kings, Bible, Bible Teaching, Comfort, Encouragement, Ephesians, Eternal, Eternity, Faber Hymns, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Job, John, Lord, Love, Omnipresence, Omnipresent, Proverbs, Psalms, Revelation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Warning, Word of God
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The Living Word – God is ALL Part I
Sometimes as Christians, we have a tendency of using “religious” terms at the turn of a hat. Many times, they flow off our tongue without any thought, because as church-goers and religious people, it has become habit, second nature. “Praise … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy, 2 Corinthians, Acts, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christianity, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faith, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Hope, Inspiration, Isaiah, Job, John, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, Ministry, Philippians, Psalms, Religion, Revelation, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Soldiering in the Spirit Part I
Those of you who know or have known me for a while know that I love the Epistle of 1 John and most especially chapter four. My whole ministry for the most part, ever since I was much younger has … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Chronicles, 2 Corinthians, Battle, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christian Soldier, Christianity, Church, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faith, Faithfulness, Genesis, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Ministry, Religion, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Warfare, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Warrior, Word of God
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Communion
John 14:9-11, “Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? “Do … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Church, Communication, Communion, Deuteronomy, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Leviticus, Lord, Love, Luke, Matthew, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Why Try To Debate You’re Doctrine?
Today, 2-4-2016, it is now 6:45 a.m. and I have been up all night. It’s true I slept all day yesterday due to the chronic pain that hits me hard at times, but what a joy, a true joy I … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Timothy, Bible, Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Catholic, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Church, Colossians, Communication, Debate, Doctrine, Encouragement, Ephesians, Evangelical, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Ministry, Non-Denominational, Pentecostal, Religion, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth
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The Living Word – Who He Is
John 1:1-3, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Peter, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christianity, Communication, Communion, Exodus, Faith, Faithfulness, Genesis, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, John, Lord, Love, Matthew, Psalms, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth
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