Care – Worry – Anxiety The Lord knows there is plenty to be worried and anxious about, whether it is circumstances in your own life, or anxiousness about the crazy things that are happening in our country and the world right now. Care: merimna; lit. to draw in different directions. A state of mental pain […]
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Many years ago, actually on our honeymoon, we attended the second ever West Coast Believer’s Convention in Anaheim, CA. One of the speakers was Charles Capps. This post is based on the notes I took of his message. Foundation Text: Luke 6:46-49 46 “But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do
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Please see Part One and Part Two. 6. You Must Sanctify Yourself Joshua 3:5 And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.” Before crossing the Jordan and entering the Promised Land, Joshua commanded the people to sanctify themselves. To sanctify means to be set apart for
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In Part One, we looked at To Get to the Promised Land, You Have to Get Through the Wilderness. But many Christians have a distorted view of what that means. 2. To Possess Your Land, You Must See Yourself as God Sees You Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
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Introduction As Christians, we are familiar with the story of how God delivered the children of Israel from Egypt: through mighty signs and wonders exercised in judgment, a nation of slaves brought the mightiest nation on the planet to its knees. We are also familiar with the parallel between the story of Israel and our
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In Part One, we looked at the two kinds of patience, longsuffering and perseverance, and how longsuffering should be exercised towards people, and perseverance towards the devil and circumstances. We also saw that the Greek word peirasmos used in James 1 can be translated as a temptation, test, or a trial. And then we see
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Introduction There is a widespread tradition that has been passed down for hundreds of years, transcending all denominational barriers. It has caused many in the Body of Christ to go through hell and believe that God was putting them through it. This tradition is that God sends trials and tribulations on His children in order
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In this post we’ll conclude this series on Faith. If you haven’t already, read Part One, Part Two and Part Three. Calling things that be not as though they were The primary example in the Bible of someone who walked in faith (other than Jesus) is Abraham. He was the founder of the Jewish nation,
If you haven’t already, read Part One and Part Two. Acting on the Word Faith is basically believing what God says above everything else. But real faith does more than sit around saying, “I believe! I Believe! Oh, it’s so good to believe!” Real faith demands corresponding actions. In the Amplified Bible, believe is often
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We continue our study on Faith. If you haven’t already, read Part One. Faith Begins Where the Will of God is Known Faith will only work for things which are the will of God for you. It doesn’t matter how many confessions you make, or how hard you believe, or what you do to act
