Let it Go!

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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 of God.61 And another also said, …

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Becoming Whole

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Modern culture offers a lot of “solutions” for emptiness, but only a relationship with Christ can make us whole. Romans 8:33 – 8:39 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? [It is] God that justifieth.34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?36 As it is written, For thy …

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Spiritual Discernment

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Reflections 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 a single …

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Our Ultimate Hooray

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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 recover from the grief of losing …

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He Lives & Has Secured Our Future

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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.’” -Matthew 20:17-19We’ve all been asked the question: …

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A MOST UNWELCOME LEADER – by Steve Schmutzer

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You have to admit – it’s a fantastic story.Against all odds, a well-known polarizing figure gains the leadership of an entire nation – the world’s number one superpower. But he’s an outsider. He’s not one of the establishment folk, and his path to power was an unconventional one. Not everyone is happy about this – especially the members of the ruling class. This new guy’s a legitimate threat to their self-serving agenda, and his early successes force them to rethink what they most want to believe about themselves. While the new leader gained his position through proper process, plenty of …

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Memories of Things to Come – by Pete Garcia

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Remember the former things of old,For I am God, and there is no other;I am God, and there is none like Me, Declaring the end from the beginning,And from ancient times things that are not yet done,Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,And I will do all My pleasure Isaiah 46:9-10 There used to be a time when you could leave your front door unlocked at night. There used to be a time when folk generally aimed to be nice to each other. When a dollar was worth a dollar. When schools not only taught the three “R’s”, but the civic duties …

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Studies About Salvation

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Studies About Salvation 1. The Grace of God 2. The Condition of Salvation3. The Ten Facets of Our Salvation4. Eternal Security5. Justification and Sanctification6. Thirty-Three Things: A Study of Positional Truth What is Salvation?Interested in furthering your understanding on this topic?  How can I get more information about Salvation?Would you like to study with Ariel? We’d be happy to map out a custom study plan that works with your schedule and support you with additional discussions over the Phone, Email or Social Media messenger platforms. Do contact us to get started: https://ariel.org.nz/contact-us/ I have more questions than answers!Contact us on the link above …

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“Like”able

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Dr. Mike Murphy Time probably never moves slower than when you are waiting in a doctor’s office.  After checking everything on my phone, and watching whatever generic channel the television is on, I often find myself looking around the waiting area at all the other people who are bored beyond belief also.  But as I sat through an unusually long wait the other day, I found that is was not what I saw around me that drew my interest, but what I heard.          Sitting a couple of chairs from me were two young girls, both probably in their late …

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I AM.

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“I thought these eyes had seen everything. That these ears had heard all they could ever hear. I heard the words He spoke at the pool of Bethesda, and I watched in amazement as a man who could not walk for thirty-eight years got on his feet. On a hillside near Capernaum, I listened as the words He spoke took away the pride and deception of so many hearts. And as I looked in the eyes of the crowd that day, I watched in amazement as those same hearts were filled with a loving faith. I watched as a man …

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THE CROSS OF CHRIST

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Hebrews 10:1-14 (KJV)10 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.4 For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.5 Wherefore when he cometh into the …

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Led by Grace

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Genesis 50:1–21Joseph threw himself on his father and wept over him and kissed him. 2 Then Joseph told the physicians who served him to embalm his father’s body; so Jacob* was embalmed. 3 The embalming process took the usual forty days. And the Egyptians mourned his death for seventy days.4 When the period of mourning was over, Joseph approached Pharaoh’s advisers and said, “Please do me this favor and speak to Pharaoh on my behalf. 5 Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back …

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15 – Trusting in the Lord

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This chapter contains the assurance from the Lord of the preservation of the Davidic line unto the appearance of the Messiah the Lord Jesus. The chapter begins identifying the rulers who were conspiring against each other as the Lord led them. Ahaz was the king in the southern kingdom of Judah, Pekah the king in […]