Tag: Calvary
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Do You Trust the Love of God? (question 4)
Our final question that checks the reality of our faith is a different type of question. The first questions all dealt with our attitudes and values: Is Heaven your home? Do you want godliness or painlessness from God? Are you willing to look childish to become childlike? The last question is something about God. The…
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Childish/Childlike (part 3 of 4)
“Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” – Matthew 18:3 This week’s question is actually a challenge from our Lord Jesus. It isn’t just a question about what you and I are seeking or wanting from God. It is a question…
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How Real is Our Faith (part 2 of 4)
Last time we thought about this question: Is Heaven or Earth our home? Today we ask this question: Do we want godliness or painlessness from God? Consider that for a moment. Which do you really want from God? The apostle Paul said, “Whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss…
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How Real is Our Faith? (part 1 of 4)
For we walk by faith and not by sight – 2 Corinthians 5:7 For the next several weeks I want to think together about the reality of faith in the life of a believer. Paul says that the regular life of the believer is the life of faith. He contrasts this with a life of…
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Truly Having It All
Are we ever like the person who has everything and doesn’t realize what they have until it is gone? Have we, who have so much become so consumed with having that we no longer really believe that it is more blessed to give than receive? But godliness actually is a means of great gain when…
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What Made Jesus Mad
Jesus gives many warnings. However, the tone of most of most of the warnings of Jesus are redemptive in nature. He warns us so that we will avoid the snares of the Devil. He warns in order to save. However, when it comes to the warnings in Matthew 23, Jesus’ warnings go a different direction.…
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Psst… A Secret that Is Not Really a Secret
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. – John 15:15 Scholars tell us that there are over 300 prophecies that Jesus fulfilled during His earthly ministry. I…
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A Word to Men
I read this passage and it makes me think about what kind of man I am – You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that…
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A Thought about Commitment
In today’s world we lament a lack of commitment. We applaud and show excitement when people last long in their job or position. Why? We applaud because we don’t see it very often! We lament that people just can’t stay committed. We complain. Yet, when talking about encouraging commitment to God’s church we get shy…
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Ready, Fire, Aim (What?)
Last time I shared a bit about seeking our purpose. Today I want to talk more about “buckshot” living. If you missed it, refer to my last post. However, to simplify things, buckshot living is the living we do and we don’t really know why we are doing it. It doesn’t really have a purpose…
Pastor John D Jakes 