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I John 3:23-24
1 John 3:23-24, “And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Abide, Abiding, Abiding in Christ, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ in You, Christ Jesus, Christ-Follower, Christianity, Confirmation of Scriptures, Disciples of Christ, Encouragement, Ephesians, Expository Teaching, Faith, Faithfulness, False Teaching, Fulfillment, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit Inspired, Inspiration, Inspired Writing, Intimacy With God, Jesus, John, Law and the Prophets, Lord, Love, Matthew, Relationship, Relevance, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Two Greatest Commandments, Word of God
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They Missed Him
They missed Him. Oh how they missed Him! They were looking for a lion, He came as a Lamb, and they missed Him. They were looking for a warrior, He came as a Peacemaker, and they missed Him. They were … Continue reading
Posted in Food For Thought
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Encouragement, Eternal, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, His Destiny, His Plan, His Presence, Holy Spirit, Hope, Inspiration, Jeremiah, Jesus, King, Lamb, Liberator, Lion, Lord, Love, Natural, Peacemaker, Redeemer, Relationship, Savior, Scripture, Scriptures, Servant, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Temporal, They Missed Jesus, Truth, Warrior
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Love and Fear – Alexander MacLaren
Alexander MacLaren (February 11, 1826 – May 5, 1910) was an English non-conformist minister of Scottish origin. This Scottish preacher was known as the ‘Prince of Expositors’ and “the supreme example of the Protestant expository preacher.” He was born in … Continue reading
Posted in Great Sermons From The Past
Tagged 1 John, Alexander Maclaren, Anxiety, Bible, Bible Teaching, Character, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christ's Love, Death, Dread, Emotions, Encouragement, Evil, Expositor, Expulsion of Fear, Faith, Faithfulness, Fear, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Hope, Imperfection, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Ministry, Mission of Fear, Overcoming Fear, Power, Redemption, Relationship, Repentance, Righteousness, Salvation, Scottish Preacher, Scripture, Scriptures, Sinfulness, Sound Mind, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, The Great Expositor, Truth, Unforgiveness, Unrighteousness, Word of God, Worry
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Victor or Victim?
1 Peter 1:6-9, “In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Corinthians, According to the Flesh, Battles, Bible, Bible Teaching, Body of Christ, Born Again, Carnal, Child of God, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Circumstances, Devil, Disciple of Christ, Empowered by the Spirit, Encouragement, Ephesians, Events, Faith, Faithfulness, Follower of Christ, Footsteps of Christ, God, God's Love, Heart-Breaking Circumstances, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Hope, Individuality, Inspiration, Iraq, Iraq War, Jesus, Lake of Fire, Lord, Love, Matthew, Persecutions, Philippians, Powers, Principalities, Redemption, Relationship, Romans, Salvation, Saved, Scripture, Scriptures, Shock and Awe, Skirmishes, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Wickedness, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Trials, Tribulations, Truth, Victim, Victor, Victory, Walk in the Flesh, Walk in the Spirit, War, Word of God
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More Ravenhill Quotes – Leonard Ravenhill
Leonard Ravenhill (June 18, 1907 – November 27, 1994) was an English Christian evangelist and author who focused on the subjects of prayer and revival. He is best known for challenging western evangelicalism (through his books and sermons) to compare … Continue reading
Posted in Great Sermons From The Past
Tagged Absolute vs Obsolete, Author, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christian, Christianity, Church, Communication, Encouragement, Evangelist, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Gossip, Gossiping, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Leonard Ravenhill, Life Story, Lord, Love, Maturity, Ministry, Obedience, Prayer Warrior, Quotes, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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You Are Mine . . .
I have Redeemed you from sin and shame the day you repented, when you called out my NAME. When your eyes were opened; when you came to life, you believed I’ve proclaimed that your mine. My SON died for you, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Author and Finisher, Bible Teaching, Blood, Children of Light, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God is Love, God's Love, Good News, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Mercy, Mike Armijo, Redeemed, Redeemed by Blood, Repentance, Shame, Sin, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Truth and the Way, Word of God, You Are Mine
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The Rapture
~ The Rapture . . . If Jesus came back tomorrow to take us from this Earth; Would I stand before Him, wondering where my friends are from work. And where’s that guy I spoke to every morning at the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Cowboys-4-Christ, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Friends, God, God's Love, Grace, Heaven, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Love, Mission, Poetic Praise, Ron L Willis, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Teaching, The Rapture, Truth
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Open Your Eyes
My wife’s sister who still lives in Yakima, Washington, the hometown Sue and I were born and raised in posted the following picture just the other day, taken by a mutual Facebook friend. It reminded me of the story of … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 2 Corinthians, 2 Kings, Acts, Armies, Armies of the Lord, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Communication, Communion, Encouragement, Ephesians, Faith, Faithfulness, Flaming Chariots, Food For Thought, Genesis, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Hope, Inspiration, Jesus, King of Syria, Lord, Matthew, Natural Eyes, Opened Eyes, Prayer, Prophet, Prophet Elisha, Relationship, Religion, Revelation, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Servant, Spiritual, Spiritual Eyes, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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God Restores The Soul – Wendy L. Macdonald
In keeping with the theme I am presenting from the excerpt of my book, “Walking In Peace and Security” I was praying about other articles that might go along with this theme and what to my wonderful surprise, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetic Praise
Tagged Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, God, God's Love, Great Shepherd, Heavenly Father, Inspiration, Inspirational Poetry, Jesus, Lord, Love, Needs Met, No Want, Poetry, Prose, Shepherd, Spiritual, Spiritual Insights, Spiritual Intimacy, Strength, Teaching, Trust in God, Trust in the Lord, Truth, Wendy L. Macdonald, 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 3:7-9
1 John 3:7-9, “Little children, let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Peter, 2 Peter, Admonishment, Bible, Bible Teaching, Bondage, Carnal, Chastise, Chastisement, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christian, Christianity, Corruptible, Corruption, Devil, Disciple, Discipleship, Discipline, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Galatians, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holiness, Holy Bible, Human Nature, Incorruptible, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lies, Lord, Love, Luke, Mark, Matthew, Philippians, Proverbs, Purity, Relationship, Righteousness, Sin, Spirit, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spiritual Nature, Strength, Teaching, Truth, Unrighteousness, Word of God, Works
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Born This Way
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Born Again, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, Forgiveness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Human Nature, John, Lord, Love, Natural, Redeemed, Redemption, Salvation, Saved, Spiritual, Spiritual Nature, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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The Trouble With Secular Diversity – Part I
January 8th, 2016 I posted an article in my blog under the Food For Thought Category, called “Diversities” and at the time it was more of something that had just struck me while watching a nature program and I thought … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Blind Leading Blind, Blindness, Cheat, Choices, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Church, Comes to Destroy, Devil, Diversity, Divisiveness, Encouragement, Enemy of Your Soul, Faith, Faithfulness, Galatians, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Hypocrisy, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Liar, Lies, Lord, Love, Ministry, Scripture, Scriptures, Secular Diversity, Spiritual, Spiritual Diversity, Teaching, The Enemy, Thief, Truth, Word of God
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Ravenhill Quotes – Leonard Ravenhill
Leonard Ravenhill (June 18, 1907 – November 27, 1994) was an English Christian evangelist and author who focused on the subjects of prayer and revival. He is best known for challenging western evangelicalism (through his books and sermons) to compare … Continue reading
Posted in Great Sermons From The Past
Tagged Author, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christian, Christianity, Church, Communication, Encouragement, Evangelist, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Grace, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Leonard Ravenhill, Life Story, Lord, Love, Ministry, Prayer Warrior, Quotes, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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I John 3:1-3
1 John 3:1-3, “Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Teaching
Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Christ as He Is, Christ is Pure, Christ Jesus, Christ Revealed, Christian, Christianity, Expository, Expository Teaching, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Spirit, Inspiration, Jesus, John, Lord, Love, Pure as Christ, Purity, Redeemer, Relationship, Romans, Savior, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual DNA, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Happy & Joyous Father’s Day
I have been told often, believe it or not, that I spiritualize too much or over spiritualize everything. My reply has always been the same. I politely answer the person telling me this (and sometimes it has been Pastors), “that … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Corinthians, 1 John, 1 Peter, Bible, Deuteronomy, Encouragement, Ephesians, Father, Father God, Father's Day, God, God the Father, God's Love, Happy, Happy & Joyous, Heavenly Father, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Isaiah, Jesus, John, Joyous, Lord, Love, Malachi, Relationship, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Truth, Word of God
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Simply, Faith
Every so often, I still find myself having to explain faith to someone and especially when that someone has made faith so much more complicated than it needs to be. Let’s set a foundation for the simplicity of faith first. … Continue reading
Posted in Pastor's Desk
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Bible, Bible Teaching, Christ Jesus, Christianity, Daniel, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Heavenly Father, Hebrews, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Inspiration, Jesus, Lord, Luke, Matthew, Relationship, Romans, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spiritual Intimacy, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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Woe To Them!
Isaiah 5:20, Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own … Continue reading
Posted in 'Nuff Said!
Tagged Bible, Bible Teaching, Choices, Encouragement, Faith, Faithfulness, God, God's Love, Holy Bible, Holy Scripture, Holy Spirit, Holy Word, Isaiah, Religion, Scripture, Scriptures, Spiritual, Spirituality, Teaching, Truth, Word of God
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