A father asked his daughter, who spent too much time watching television, to begin memorizing Scripture. He chose the verses in Galatians concerning the fruit of the Spirit as a place for her to begin.
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I hear landscaper leaf blowers roar in the distance, scattering one neighbor’s leaves onto another. It’s a noisy way to clean up one's yard, so early on a Saturday morning, it's 7 am! It didn’t take long for a few neighbors to fill the street, coffee cups in hand, slippers on feet, they all wanted to have a word with the workers who just wanted to get their job done. The landscapers ended ...
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Charles Spurgeon, the famous 19th century preacher, had this to say about sin: “Did sin ever yield thee real pleasure? If so, go back to thine old drudgery, and wear the chain again, if it delights thee. But inasmuch as sin did never give thee what it promised to bestow, but deluded thee with lies…be free.”
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Your mind is the devil’s playground–or perhaps more accurately, your mind is the spiritual battleground on which the invisible war for your soul is being waged.
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Romans 12 provides us with steps to forgive those who’ve hurt or persecuted us. in this article, we unpack Chip Ingram’s 3 steps and learn how to apply them to our lives and begin to experience healing.
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He thought it was a one-night stand, a little midnight tryst. Who would find out? She was exceptionally beautiful. She was particularly vulnerable. And in the end—after he used her for a few moments of pleasure—she was, unfortunately, pregnant.
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Talking to a friend today who is battling failure...they shared how down they are about what they call, “failing God” and falling for the same thing over and over again. I asked them, “Which is more fruitful? Focus on our failure or focus on Jesus and His Victory?” Think on that for a moment... We are called to live by faith, hope and love. As followers of Jesus we are made to live in God’s grace. We ...
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Radical grace is…radical. So often people’s response to it is shock and disbelief.
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For more than fifteen years, devices from the Messenger Lab have carried the gospel to the ends of the earth.
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Having convinced us of the importance of guarding our hearts, Solomon urged three specific actions to make this practical.
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