Month: March 2019

What Does It Mean to Be “Saved”?

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We cannot make ourselves righteous, so Jesus offered His blood to pay our sin debt. Our part is to believe it. PsalmsChapter 25 1 (A Psalm of David.) Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.2 O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.3 Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.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; …

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Becoming Fit for Glory

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“The LORD will give grace and glory” (Psalm 84:11). Grace is what we need just now, and it is to be had freely. What can be freer than a gift? Today we shall receive sustaining, strengthening, sanctifying, satisfying grace. He has given daily grace until now, and as for the future, that grace is still sufficient. If we have but little grace the fault most lie in ourselves; for the LORD is not straitened, neither is He slow to bestow it in abundance. We may ask for as much as we will and never fear a refusal. He giveth liberally …

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“Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26

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The fatherhood of God is common to all his children. Ah! Little-faith, you have often said, “Oh that I had the courage of Great-heart, that I could wield his sword and be as valiant as he! But, alas, I stumble at every straw, and a shadow makes me afraid.” List thee, Little-faith. Great-heart is God’s child, and you are God’s child too; and Great-heart is not one whit more God’s child than you are. Peter and Paul, the highly-favoured apostles, were of the family of the Most High; and so are you also; the weak Christian is as much a …

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TODAY IS THE DAY OF SALVATION

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Everyone will spend eternity somewhere. Don’t put off securing yours in Jesus. Hebrews 3:7-197 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in …

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14 – The Throne Room of God

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In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple (ASV, 1901). These passages in chapter six are officially the divine blessing of Isaiah’s prophetic ministry. Uzziah also referred to as Azariah reigned from 791–740 B.C. Uzziah took the throne […]

Keeping Focused ~

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Keep me focused Lord,when going through the firekeep my eyes straight on Youso I’ll know, Your heart’s desire. Keep me focused Lord,when I’m full of dread and fearkeep me looking heavenwardso You can draw me near. Keep me focused Lord,when the storm is raging onkeep my mind centered upwardso to Your will, I can be drawn. Keep me focused Lord,when everything’s falling apartkeep my faith, horizontally intactso You’ll always be in my heart. Keep me focused Lord,no matter what I’m going throughhelp me not to focus on my worriesbut, to the day ~ I’ll be with you! -unknown ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Proverbs …

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A New Life

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2 Corinthians 10:5 “…casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ…” In Chapter 8 of the book of John, we are told of a woman who was caught in the act of adultery. The Pharisees came with the woman in tow and began asking Jesus what should be done to her. They knew that the law said that she should be stoned to death, but they asked Him nonetheless. Jesus then stooped down and began to write in the sand. They continued to …

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Joy From Out of Pain

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Reflections A woman when she is in travail has sorrow because her hour is come. But as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish for joy that a man is born into the world. And you now therefore have sorrow. But I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you. (John 16:21-22) Jesus said these things to His disciples right before He was arrested and crucified. They had hoped for an immediate kingdom with Jesus as the Messiah, and it was all about to …

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***IF WE SIN WILLFULLY***

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One of the most misunderstood passages in all of the Bible (2nd only to “judge not”) is Hebrews 10:26. We recently discovered John Hagee’s butchering of this verse to try and teach his false view that eternal life can be lost. Here is what the verse says: Hebrews 10:26 KJV For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, Ok, what does this verse mean? First of all, it is absolutely imperative with any verse in the Bible to understand the context in which it was written. …

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The Chronicles of Life and Death – by Pete Garcia

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”God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled.” ~Author Unknown Nobody likes to think of the day when his or her life will come to an end. Our mortality is as inevitable as it is foreboding, so most people prefer to spend their days not thinking about it. But death comes for us all, and in the end, acts as that great equalizer for all of mankind. The rich, the poor, the great and small, famous and anonymous all have yet to escape deaths’ surly grip. In fact, the Bible speaks of only two …

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God With Us Always

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Reflections I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. (John 14:18) I am with you always. (Matt. 28:20) These are not merely sentimental promises meant to stir emotions. Rather, they are concrete promises of God based on the reality of Christ in us. The idea that God is floating around, comes and goes, is with us one day, and far away the next, is contrary to the Truth. We may FEEL like God is that way, but the Truth is not determined or apprehended by how we feel. Indeed, even if we feel like God is with …

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The People God Uses

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God doesn’t need highly skilled experts; He uses His power to accomplish great things through ordinary people 1 Corinthians 1:26 – 1:31 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to bring to …

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