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ser lleno del Espiritu no se demuestra mediante experiencias de extasis, sino por la manifestacion del fruto espiritual. En
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1Then I looked again at all the acts of aoppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had bno one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.+ 2So aI congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living. 3But abetter off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen t..
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And did not believe in His wondrous works. 33Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
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We confess that our best service is altogether unprofitable, and when we have rendered our best obedience, we are still merely unworthy slaves who have done no more than that which we ought to do.
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Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
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With his work of redemption Christ has made believers his own possession and now gives them the goals that shape their lives. This new commitment, which is a commitment to righteousness (Rom. 6:19), holiness (1 Thess. 3:13), and newness of life (Rom. 6:4), finds expression in the description of Christians as Christ's douloi [slaves] (1 Cor. 7:22; Eph. 6:6)."13 Slaves of Christ are to be "always abounding in the work of the Lord" (1 Cor. 15:..
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As slaves to righteousness, believers are "under obligation" (Rom. 8:12; cf. 6:18) to honor God in how they live. Yet, for those who belong to Christ, the motivation to obey is far more profound than mere duty. "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments,"
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Genuine believers are characterized by a deep love for Christ, and that love inevitably manifests itself in obedience.17
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The profession of faith that never evidences itself in righteous behavior is a "dead" faith ( James 2:17), being no better than that of the demons (v. 19). This is not to say that true believers never stumble. Certainly they do. Yet the pattern of their lives is one of continual repentance and increasing godliness as they grow in sanctification and Christlikeness."
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Because the Lord is our Master, we can trust Him to take care of us in every situation and stage of life. Even in the most difficult of circumstances, He will provide all that we need in order to be faithful to Him.27 We can be "anxious for nothing" (Phil. 4:6) because we know "that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose" (Rom. 8:28). We are right to trust Him ..
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29Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
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The Spirit's convicting work is not about making unrepentant sinners feel bad, but about delivering a legal verdict against them.
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103:17, 18 the mercy of the LORD. Those who appeal to God's mercy by proper fear (v. 17) and obedience (v. 18) will overcome the shortness of physical life with eternal life. Luke 1:50 quotes Psalm 103:17.
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prayer is not an attempt to get God to agree with you or provide for your selfish desires but that it is both an affirmation of His sovereignty, righteousness, and majesty and an exercise to conform your desires and purposes to His will and glory.
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Abraham obeyed God in the extremity, and as a result, he became the model of faith. Thus anyone who has faith in God and is thereby justified is a child in the spiritual line of Abraham. If we trust God as Abraham did, we can be confident in any test or trial.
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Whenever God brings us through a severe trial, it will reveal to us either the strength or weakness of our faith and the faithfulness of God.
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We see Him among the thousands of Galilee, anointed of God with the Holy Ghost and power, going about doing good: with no pride of birth, though He was a king; with no pride of intellect, though omniscience dwelt within Him; with no pride of power, though all power in heaven and earth was in His hands; or of station, though the fullness of the Godhead dwelt in Him bodily; or of superior goodness or holiness: but in lowliness of mind esteemi..
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the ultimate purpose of our salvation is to glorify God and to bring us into intimate, rich fellowship with Him,
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1To everything there is a season, A atime for every purpose under heaven:
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1These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began
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14Let the words of my mouth and athe meditation of my heart+ Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, bmy rock and my cRedeemer.
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones once wrote, "Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God."1"
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Imagine spending an entire workday with your best friend at your side. You would no doubt acknowledge his presence throughout the day by introducing him to your friends or business associates and talking to him about the various activities of the day. But how would your friend feel if you never talked to him or acknowledged his presence? Yet that's how we treat the Lord when we fail to pray. If we communicated with our friends as infrequent..
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Children used to be unknowing and innocent when it came to certain issues in life. But that innocence has been lost in today's electronic environment. Kids are exposed to ideas and content their minds and emotions are not ready to handle. And under the onslaught of this corrupt world with its wrong concepts, wrong desires, wrong deeds, and wrong attitudes, children come under all sorts of negative influences that end up bringing serious pro..
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Psalm 147
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The kind of praise the Father seeks is not a cacophony of mindless pandemonium.
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By the end of his life, Parham openly endorsed the Ku Klux Klan, publicly praising the organization in 1927.
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Because He has heard the voice of my supplications! 7The LORD is hmy strength and my shield; My heart itrusted in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart greatly rejoices, And with my song I will praise Him. 8The LORD is 2their strength, And He is the jsaving refuge of His 3anointed. 9Save Your people, And bless kYour inheritance; Shepherd them also, lAnd bear them up forever.
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People attend religious services and say they believe in God, but at best they adhere to a practical atheism and situational morality. Whatever vestiges of Christian religion still remain in our culture have become weak and compromising, if not cultic and apostate.
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In the Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic papacy developed into an abusive, corrupt, autocratic, totalitarian system by claiming apostolic authority through a supposed line of succession back to Peter.
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for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones;+++ Praise is bbecoming to the upright.
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Jesus reacted to the most difficult circumstances of unjust persecution with perfect dignity and humble composure.
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21"I do not nullify the grace of God, for aif righteousness comes through 1the Law, then Christ died needlessly."+"
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Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God."1"
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it is not our responsibility, neither should it be our goal, to change the culture by trying to establish God's kingdom on earth. Neither are we to rid our culture of its evil practices by using civil disobedience to rebel against it.
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If we claim allegiance to the Reformers, we ought to conduct ourselves with the same level of courage and conviction they displayed as we contend earnestly for the faith.
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God" (Heb. 10:31). The third member of the Trinity is dangerous to anyone who would offer Him strange fire!"
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The real challenge of Christian living is not to eliminate every uncomfortable circumstance from our lives, but to trust our sovereign, wise, good, and powerful God in the midst of every situation.
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His sinless life furnishes the perfect righteousness we lack.
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Confronted by God's law, the sinner's rebellious nature finds the forbidden thing more attractive, not because it is inherently attractive, but because it furnishes an opportunity to assert one's self-will.
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God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are, that no flesh should glory in His presence" (1 Corinthians 1:27-29)."
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Asking God for the discernment to understand the suffering's purpose and how it contributes to placing us in the center of His will is something we ought not overlook.
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