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God's call to real worship, to an experience of transformation, is a call to dangerous and costly Christian living.
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Joys are always on the way to us. They are always traveling to us through the darkness of the night. There is never a night when they are not coming. " Amy Carmichael"
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Action without promises is presumption, not faith, but when you have God's promises, you can go forward with confidence.
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Jesus Christ is the Conqueror, and all believers share in His great victory.
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The spiritual blessings that we need are not abstractions that elude our grasp; they are all in a person, Jesus Christ. He is our wisdom (Col. 2:3), our righteousness (2 Cor. 5:21), our sanctification (John 17:19), and our redemption (Rom. 3:24).
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What was Paul's secret of victory when he was experiencing pressures and trials? His secret was God. When you find yourself discouraged and ready to quit, get your attention off of yourself and focus it on God. Out of his own difficult experience, Paul tells us how we can find encouragement in God.
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To walk by faith means to see opportunities even in the midst of opposition. A pessimist sees only the problems; an optimist sees only the potential; but a realist sees the potential in the problems.
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Warren W. Wiersbe |
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David Dickson, whose commentary on the Psalms has been reissued by Banner of Truth and is worth owning.
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Praise Him because He is the God of all comfort! The words comfort or consolation (same root word in the Greek) are repeated ten times in 2 Corinthians 1:1-11. We must not think of comfort in terms of "sympathy," because sympathy can weaken us instead of strengthen us. God does not pat us on the head and give us a piece of candy or a toy to distract our attention from our troubles. No, He puts strength into our hearts so we can face our tri..
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No human teacher can take the place of Christ; no book can take the place of the Bible. Men can give us information, but only the Spirit can give us illumination and help us understand spiritual truths.
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Warren W. Wiersbe |
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Judgment begins with the people of God, not with the godless pagans (1 Peter 4:17-19), and it behooves believers and congregations today to walk in the fear of the Lord
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We can't nourish and support ourselves; we need to be rooted in Christ and drawing upon His spiritual power. To meditate on the Word (v. 2) is one source of spiritual energy, as are prayer and fellowship with God's people.
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We must remember that the tree doesn't eat the fruit; others eat it. We must also remember that fruit isn't the same as "results," because fruit has in it the seed for more fruit. Fruit comes from life, the life of God flowing in and through us."
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When circumstances become difficult and you are in the furnace of testing, remain where God has put you until He tells you to move. Faith moves in the direction of peace and hope, but unbelief moves in the direction of restlessness and fear. "He that believeth shall not make haste" (Isa. 28:16). In times of testing, the important question is not "How can I get out of this?" but "What can I get out of this?" (James 1:1-12). God is at work to..
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No problem is too large, when Jesus is in charge. No gift is too small, if you give Him your all.
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When we lose our desire for God's Word, then we are vulnerable to the substitutes the world has to offer (Isa. 55:1-2).
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If we focus more on the gifts than on the Giver, we are guilty of idolatry. If we accept His gifts, but complain about them, we are guilty of ingratitude. If we hoard His gifts and will not share them with others, we are guilty of indulgence. But if we yield to His will and use what He gives us for His glory, then we can enjoy life and be satisfied.
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Even if we can't respect the person in the office, we must respect the office (Rom. 13:1-7; 1 Peter 2:13-17). "You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people" (Ex. 22:28 NKJV)."
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The way you look at your ministry helps to determine how you will fulfill it.
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God balances our lives by giving us enough blessings to keep us happy and enough burdens to keep us humble.
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The emphasis in the epistle to the Hebrews is "Don't live for what the world will promise you today! Live for what God has promised you in the future! Be a stranger and a pilgrim on this earth! Walk by faith, not by sight!"
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If we delight in the Lord, and seek to please him in everything, then something is going to happen to our own desires. His desires become our desires.
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I hear Christians complaining about the moral and spiritual darkness in the world, but if there was more light--Christian light--there would be less darkness. Experts say that things are decaying in our society, and I believe it; but if we had more salt--Christian salt--we would have less decay.
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A discouraged Methodist preacher wrote to the great Scottish preacher Alexander Whyte to ask his counsel. Should he leave the ministry? "Never think of giving up preaching!" Whyte wrote to him. "The angels around the throne envy you your great work!"
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The conversion of a soul is the miracle of a moment," wrote Alan Redpath, "the manufacture of a saint is the task of a lifetime."
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A discouraged Methodist preacher wrote to the great Scottish preacher Alexander Whyte to ask his counsel. Should he leave the ministry? "Never think of giving up preaching!" Whyte wrote to him. "The angels around the throne envy you your great work!" That was the kind of reply Paul would have written, the kind of reply all of us need to ponder whenever we feel our work is in vain. It"
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the more we live in God's Word, the stronger our faith will become.
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The book of Psalms has been and still is the irreplaceable devotional guide, prayer book, and hymnal of the people of God. The Hebrew title is "the book of praises" (tehillim)."
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But in His grace, He has given us the privilege of prayer so that we might share in His great
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what life does to us depends on what life finds in us.
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Paul's epistle to the Romans is still transforming people's lives,
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