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Believe and You Will Receive
Jesus Christ taught in Mark 11:23-24(NLT), “23 I tell you the truth, you can say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen. But you must really believe it will happen and have no doubt in your heart. 24 I tell you, you can pray for…
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Our Responsibility to God
Salvation Is a Gift—But It Calls You to Live Differently Not Everyone Will Receive the Truth I recently heard about a man arguing with a believer who was trying to tell him about Jesus Christ. He dismissed hell completely and insisted that all “good people” go to heaven. Salvation—and the price Jesus Christ paid for…
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When You Fail to Block Certain People Access
Everyone that is presently in your life can’t go where God is taking you. This is a simple truth, but it is very challenging for some people to accept. It’s a fact of life that we become very comfortable with things the way they are; we’re not big fans of change. We’ve fostered relationships over…
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The Manifestation of Your Blessings
Genesis 1:1(NLT) says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” You and I do not know when the beginning began, but we know that whenever it was, God was there, because He tells us in Revelation 22:13(NLT), “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and…
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Pay Attention When Something Feels Wrong
When we give our lives to Christ and become born-again, the Holy Spirit, God’s seed, comes to live inside us. Jesus Christ said in John 16:13(NLT), “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He…
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Jesus Calms the Storm
Leslie’s youngest daughter, Vanessa, had been a very quiet and reserved child until she turned 14 years old. She began to date boys and skip school, all the while her mother and two older siblings were completely oblivious. It wasn’t until her grades began to slip that Leslie caught a glimpse that something was wrong.…
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Changing Our Hearts
When thinking about the human heart, most of us first consider the vital organ of the human body that is necessary to keep the body alive. In the physical sense, the heart is a large muscle. As it beats, it pumps blood around the entire body, carrying oxygen and nutrients throughout all the parts, while…
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The Second Coming of Christ
The first coming of Jesus Christ to the earth was displayed in stages of his birth, ministry, sacrifice, resurrection, and ascension. The Rapture is one of the events of the End Times, and the Great Tribulation, referred to as the Tribulation in the Gospels and New Testament, is another, but there are also other events.…
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The Rapture
The scriptures point to the Rapture, the sudden catching away of all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ to heaven, as the first event of the end times. When considering the population of the whole earth, the disappearance of millions may for many people seem unnoticeable. For the unbelieving at large that do notice, it…
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How Do I Make A Man Love Me?
The minds of many women are occupied with the question, “How do I make a man love me?” We want to know how to make him light up when we walk into a room and we want him to absolutely adore us. We desire the ultimate commitment from a man, and we want him to…
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Be the Reason
One of our primary responsibilities as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ is to be the reason that others think God is good. There is in truth no boundary for His goodness, because He is good all the time. As followers of Christ, we should be so convinced of God’s goodness that it should be…
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Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ
Our precious Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, taught the disciples in John 14:15-17(NLT), “15 If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive…
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My Cup Overflows
Pause for a minute. Take a comfortable seat and allow your mind to wonder back to Old Testament times. It was rough to say the least. Idolatry was rampant, and rather than worshiping the One True Living God, people worshiped just about anything. They worshiped the sun, moon, and the stars. They made idols out…
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The Spirit of Truth
The first born-again Christian I met who spoke about being filled with the Holy Spirit was a woman I had known most of my life. I was 14, and she was a mother of seven with an abusive husband who treated them all terribly. They were poor, and she was often ill, likely due to…
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Where Are You?
A very nice lady in her senior years said to me recently that she’s been praying to God a long time to heal her right leg. Her last words to me were, “…And I’m still waiting.” This is a sentiment we no doubt hear expressed from many believers, particularly those over 50 that may be…
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Privileges of Royalty
It’s encouraging and life-changing to read in the bible about the countless miracles, signs, and wonders that Jesus Christ performed when he walked the earth. He loved people and had such compassion for them. Some he miraculously healed and delivered by the power of God, but sadly, many of us living today have convinced ourselves…
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All Things Working Together
When it’s time for a believer to be at a certain point of spiritual maturity in the Lord Jesus Christ, and this person has no recognition or awareness of this appointed place, it can be said that he or she is asleep as it relates to their spiritual appointment. Many will argue that this isn’t…
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Back from the Abyss of Pain and Grief
Ms. Lynn runs an after-school program in her local youth center for boys and girls. Everyone loves her, but she never thought she would ever hold such a position, or any position for that matter. She married her high school sweetheart at eighteen, and he joined the military as a way of supporting his young…
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Laying Up Treasures for Marriage
Jesus Christ said in Luke 12:48 (NLT), “When someone has been given much, much will be required in return; and when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required.” All of us should have a particular fondness for this piece of wisdom from the lips of our beloved Savior in Luke 12:48.…
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Seven Things You Should Never Tolerate in Your Life
There is one thing that you can know for sure, and it is the reality that God has empowered you to shape and mold the quality of your existence. This power is extended to us through Jesus Christ, our powerful Lord and Savior. God never intended life to be one big, out-of-control mess. He is…
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The Blessing of God’s Love
John 3:16 (NKJV) is a verse of scripture that most Christians love and cherish. It says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” This verse is part of the conversation that Jesus had with Nicodemus, a leader…
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Three Answers that Prove You’re Ready for the Blessing
Hebrews 11:1 tells us that faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things we’ve not yet seen. Faith is the assurance that we have the thing we’ve prayed and hoped to receive even before it actually arrives. In this way, we can think of faith as a title deed to…
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A New Direction
Practices that yield greater vision, focus, and spiritual preparation and renewal have the capacity to elevate us to new levels of faith and so much more. We can’t remain in our comfort zones if we want to increase in the Lord Jesus Christ. If we are desiring our lives to change, we really need to…
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A Sweeter Life in the New Year
“For I know the plans I have for you,” says the LORD. “They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11(NLT) The Words of God in Jeremiah 29:11 have been a theme for many of us this year. We spent a lot of time trying…
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Don’t Let Anything Shake Your Faith
I’m sure you know believers that have witnessed incredible manifestations of their faith. Like me, there are others you might know that have been praying for their desires a very long time, and they are still waiting. Not only are they waiting, but they are wondering. They want to know why others seem to be…
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Celebrate that He Came, and He’s Coming Again!
Jesus is the reason for the season. We hear this truism everywhere during this time of year, and rightly so. Those of us that love God and are followers of the Lord Jesus Christ herald the truth of Christmas from the roof tops. We know that the celebration is not about how many presents we…
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Forgive and Receive Forgiveness
The heart of every human being was designed by God to contain His love and then to release His love to others. This is wonderful indeed, but we must also realize that there are other things we’ve chosen to hold in our hearts, and they don’t resemble God’s love. These are remnants of our old…
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The True Story About the Void and the Longing
One thing can be said of believers and unbelievers alike, and it is that we are all on a quest. Within each of us, God has woven an unexplainable urge to pursue the thing we believe will make us happiest. It’s true for every living individual. Even when we’re not old enough to walk and…
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Seek God, Because He’s Always Right
Being a child of God is a privilege incomparable to any other. It literally transforms us into people we couldn’t imagine becoming before we accepted Jesus Christ. It’s God’s love that does it. He’s made it possible for us to switch to a trajectory in life that will catapult us to a continuous journey in…
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The Three Answers We Receive from God
God’s timing is everything. His timing is beyond perfection, and if we will allow the knowledge of this truth to be a foundation in our faith, we’ll rest in His peace continually. 2Peter 3:9 reminds us that God is not slow to fulfill His promises, and this is something that should be in the forefront…