Month: March 2018

Spiritual Counterfeits

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Reflections Spiritual Counterfeits When the government trains people to spot counterfeit currency, they don’t spend all of their time studying the various counterfeits – although that is included as a secondary focus. The primary tool for training is genuine currency. If a person is thoroughly acquainted with genuine currency they will be able to spot a counterfeit in a moment. The genuine article for a believer is the Person of Jesus Christ. If we know HIM, we will know what is OF Him. And we will also recognize a counterfeit. Indeed, if we know Him, this will even enable us …

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SOMETIMES BY STEP

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Psalm 25:4-5 (KJV)   4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; teach me thy paths. 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.   SOMETIMES BY STEP   Sometimes the night was beautiful Sometimes the sky was so far away Sometimes it seemed to stoop so close You could touch it but your heart would break Sometimes the morning came too soon Sometimes the day could be so hot There was so much work left to do But so much You’d already done …

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LET’S WORSHIP

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While worshipping, ask the Lord to lead you into His presence. Close your eyes, block out the things around you and focus solely on Him… ____________________________________________ JOHN 4:23-24 ____________________________________________ “But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. “ LET’S WORSHIP March 27, 2017 Christian, it’s time to start worshipping! Without delay we must take our knowledge of God’s Word and let it blossom forth in …

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Mapping the End Times: An Interview with Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum

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Arnold Fruchtenbaum was born to Jewish parents in 1943. When he was only four, his family had to flee Russia due to false accusations of spying for the Nazi Party. While living in Germany, Arnold had a religious epiphany at age 13 and began to feel that Jesus was the Messiah of the Jewish people as well as Christians. Due to his father’s strict beliefs, Arnold was not allowed to exercise this belief by reading the Bible or visiting with other Messianic Jewish people who felt the same way. This didn’t make him change his personal beliefs, even when the …

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He Lives & Has Secured Our Future

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He Lives & Has Secured Our Future CALVARY CHAPEL CHINO HILLS·MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2018 “As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to happen to Him. ‘Listen,’ He said, ‘we’re going up to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. They will sentence Him to die. Then they will hand Him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day He will be raised from the dead.’” …

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Our Ultimate Hooray

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Our Ultimate Hooray What gives a widow courage as she stands beside a fresh grave? What is the ultimate hope of the disabled, the amputee, the abused, the burn victim? How can the parents of children who have brain damage or physical handicaps keep from living their entire lives totally and completely depressed? Why would anyone who is blind or deaf or paralyzed be encouraged when he or she thinks of the life beyond? How can we see past the martyrdom of some helpless hostage or devoted missionary? Where do the thoughts of a young couple go when they finally …

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The Passion of the Christ -You Love Me Anyway

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The Passion of the Christ -You Love Me Anyway “You Love Me Anyway” The question was raised As my conscience fell A silly, little lie It didn’t mean much But it lingers still In the corners of my mind Still you call me to walk On the edge of this world To spread my dreams and fly But the future’s so far My heart is so frail I think I’d rather stay inside But You love me anyway It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known Yes, You love me anyway Oh, Lord, how You love me How You …

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Spiritual Discernment

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Reflections Spiritual Discernment But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (Heb 5:14) Discernment is not merely the ability to compare teaching against scripture, and from that, to determine whether it is the Truth. That is not without value because all true teaching will agree with scripture. But all cults and heretics and false teachers claim to do this. The problem is a person’s heart – a heart that cannot see Jesus Christ. Unless we see Jesus Christ and have …

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When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”—Mark 8:38.

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When He cometh in the glory of His Father with the holy angels.”—Mark 8:38. IF we have been partakers with Jesus in His shame, we shall be sharers with Him in the lustre which shall surround Him when He appears again in glory. Art thou, beloved one, with Christ Jesus? Does a vital union knit thee to Him? Then thou art to-day with Him in His shame; thou hast taken up His cross, and gone with Him without the camp bearing His reproach; thou shalt doubtless be with Him when the cross is exchanged for the crown. But judge thyself …

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Let it Go!

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Let it Go! Luke 9:57-62 (KJV) 57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. 58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. 59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom …

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Freedom in Christ – What is it? How can I experience true freedom in Christ?

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Freedom is a basic human desire, so we would expect to read about it in the Bible. While the Bible speaks often of freedom, its focus is most frequently related to the spiritual freedom a person can experience in Christ. First, freedom in Christ is seen in contrast to the bondage of sin. Romans 6:20-23 says, “For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you …

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