Tag: godliness
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The Power of Thankfulness
There are things which are deceptively powerful. Those tiny air fresheners for cars are not for everyone. For most of my family, they are just too powerful for us to enjoy the scent. Yet, you can’t deny their effect! In the Christian life we have such a deceptively powerful ally to our walk of faith.…
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Rebel Against the Evil King
How do you usually approach improving yourself? Do you do it piecemeal? Do you use motivational phrases? We know that God urges us to be like Jesus. Yet, have we considered how He speaks of getting there? The reason I ask these questions is that I was reacquainted with an interesting encouragement from Paul’s letter…
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The Power of God’s Promises
When God says something, do we believe it? I don’t mean when He declares right and wrong. I hope that we would say of course we believe Him there. I am talking about believing what He says that He will do in us. Do we believe it? Peter says, “2 Grace and peace be multiplied…
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4 questions that check the reality of our faith (part 2)
Consider an athlete. No athlete can become an athlete without exertion and pain. They have to train. They have to stretch those muscles in new ways. They have to work through pain to get to the next level of performance. Why do they do it?
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For the Person Who Has It All
1 Timothy 6:6-8 But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. Do you every wonder if we are like the person…
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Fruit Checking
I urge you to not become a fruit checker. Why?It is a depressing job. To look for the blemishes and nicks and rotten spaces in fruit has got to be one of the more discouraging jobs. Why? Well, what makes perfect, perfect? Is there a standard of perfection that any piece of fruit can match? …
Pastor John D Jakes 