Tag: God
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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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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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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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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…
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The Mystery of the Love of God
It is one thing to talk about how much we need God to save us. It is quite another to talk about how much He wants to save us. For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who…
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Trust and the deception of our feelings
Have you said in your heart or heard a friend say, “I just don’t feel that God is very close to me.”? In that moment, although we may not realize it, we are wrestling with who to believe – our feelings or God. I think it matters who we believe! Let’s think today about that…
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God’s Love Seen in How He Responds to Sin
Even sin reveals God’s glory. That is quite a statement. Did I say sin? Yes, sin. It isn’t exactly a word we think of when we think of God’s glory, is it? When we talk about God’s glory, we usually focus on the parts that also encourage us. We usually focus on how great His…
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Our Purpose Makes a Difference
I don’t know who said it, but I know that our world seems to live by this axiom, “He who dies with the most toys, wins.” However, we all know that it isn’t our stuff that makes a difference. Just look at the people in your life that have made a difference in you… It…
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Gospel Living Lessons
“I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it.” – Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians (9:23) Think on that for a moment. Paul, who is our example in so many ways of the Christ-minded person, had at the back of his…
Pastor John D Jakes 