Tag: God
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At Calvary – Episode 50 – Ukraine, Canada, and, of course, the Olympics!
There’s a crisis in Ukraine and we don’t know if we will get sucked into it. The Canadian truckers’ protest is going strong, but its economic consequences may overshadow the issues they are protesting. The Olympics are also going strong, and some countries aren’t attending except that they are! These and some other things you…
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At Calvary – Episode 49 – Do We Value What God Values?
Our culture screams to both men and women to find certain things valuable. Do those things really make us valuable? Are there consequences if we grab onto the wrong thing to find our value? Does God have something more for us? AND – Is it important that we know if Adam and Eve had belly…
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From Paycheck to Purpose
What makes your work meaningful for you? Is it the paycheck? Are you climbing the ladder? Is that enough for you or do you need more? What if you are retired? Does getting out of bed in the morning excite you? What about you stay at home moms? Is your work meaningful to you? There…
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God’s Peculiar Preparation
When we think of Christmas preparations we usually think of trees and lights and tinsel and stuff. However, someone else prepared for the coming of Jesus. No, I am not talking about Mary or Joseph. I am talking about God. And I am not talking about the immediate preparation of angels or stars or wisemen.…
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Thanksgiving
This past week we celebrated Thanksgiving. Yet, I wonder how often we really have given thanks. I mean, it is one thing to utter the simple, “Thank you.” It is quite another to truly give thanks. Do we even understand how powerful thanksgiving is? God has said in His Word that refusing to give thanks…
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Faith, Grace, and Real Life – Forgiveness
“My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.” Matthew 18:35 Words have power. They do not have the power of magic, but the meanings of words can change our lives. We see this any time we talk to someone and they…
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Do You Live in 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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Are you willing to look childish to become childlike? (question 3)
“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 that…
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4 Questions to Check How Real Our Faith Is (part 1)
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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When You Have It All, Do You Have Anything?
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…
Pastor John D Jakes 