The Bible is God’s ultimate communication with His people. Most of what you need to know about God’s plan and His desire for your life can be found in Scripture. It is full of precepts and teachings that He wants us to know. And the Bible is packed with practical wisdom for your life.
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With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, discipline often becomes the caveat to take those resolutions through the whole year. Discipline is an intentional commitment to yourself and your goal. It’s also a daily choice with lifelong rewards. Discipline is doing more than you think you can and more than you feel you can for the purpose of doing more than you dreamed possible. Scripture speaks to the qualities and ...
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“Disciple” and “discipleship” are words we throw around often in the church without really understanding what they mean. When you ask some church people what it means to be a disciple they automatically think it means memorizing verses in the Bible, being consistent in your time of prayer and Bible reading, enrolling in a twelve week course on Sunday nights, or meeting one-on-one with a more mature Christian mentor.
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The fact that a father often says “no” to his child’s requests rarely keeps the child from continuing to make requests. They believe that their father loves them and provides for them.Jesus teaches us a similar truth about prayer. The fact that our Heavenly Father often says “no” to our requests, should not keep us from boldly, shamelessly asking Him for what is in our hearts.Lesson 1: Prayer is essential ...
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The Devil has three methods to blind unbelievers and deceive Christians, and being aware of Satan’s schemes is important if we want to obey the command in James 4:7: “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.”
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As you look at your finances, your relationships, your career, and your spiritual life today, can you honestly say, “This is as good as it gets; God has nothing more in store for me than what I am experiencing right now”?
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Thomas Edison once said, “Many of life’s failures are people who didn’t realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Persistence is the courage to continue pursuing your dream despite unexpected setbacks, undeserved criticism, and unrelenting hard work. In the book of Proverbs, Solomon had a lot to say about the benefits of persistence:
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The Bible is God’s ultimate communication with His people. Most of what you need to know about God’s plan and His desire for your life can be found in Scripture. It is full of precepts and teachings that He wants us to know. And the Bible is packed with practical wisdom for your life.
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God did not leave us here to isolate ourselves from this darkening culture or to identify with the culture. He left us here to influence the culture.
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As followers of Jesus, courageously living out our faith in today’s world can sometimes feel like being stranded on a deserted island that is surrounded by shark-infested waters. We can become physically and spiritually exhausted as we deal with wave after wave of difficult relationships, disappointing circumstances, persistent addictions and sins, and the anxiety and suffering that are an unavoidable part of life in this world.
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