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Make every occasion a great occasion, for you can never tell when someone may be taking your measure for a larger place" (Marsden)."
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The believer who harbors bitterness and malice in his heart is giving Satan one of his most effective beachheads! These
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Daily I have asked Him to feed me from His Word, and there has always been bread in the cupboard.
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Satan is a destroyer and a divider when it comes to the church; but in his own kingdom, he is very well organized.
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In spite of his painful encounters with the world and its problems, Solomon does not recommend either pessimism or cynicism. Rather, he admonishes us to be realistic about life, accept God's gifts and enjoy them. He advises us to trust God and enjoy what we do have rather than complain about what we don't have.
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the secret of Joshua's victories was not his skill with the sword but his submission to the Word of God (Josh. 1:8) and to the God of the Word (5:13-15).
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Warren W. Wiersbe |
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Isaiah's final announcement was that their confidence that God would not judge them was a delusion (Isa. 28:21-29). "But God defended"
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If our faith in Jesus Christ isolates us from those who need him, there's something wrong with our faith--and our love.
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It has well been said that faith is not believing in spite of evidence but obeying in spite of consequence.
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The only people who really think they have seen something new are those whose experience is limited or whose vision can't penetrate beneath the surface of things. Because something is recent, they think it is new; they mistake now the for originality.
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You, as a church member, can assist your pastor in the preaching of the Word by praying for him. Never say to your pastor, "Well, the least I can do is to pray for you." The most you can do is to pray! Pray for your pastor as he prepares the Word, studies, and meditates. Pray that the Holy Spirit will give deeper insights into the truths of the Word. Pray too that your pastor will practice the Word that he preaches so that it will be real i..
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A marriage may begin with normal, human, romantic love, but it must grow deeper into the spiritual agape love that comes only from God.
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When faith, hope, and love are vital powers in our lives, then no matter what difficulties may come, we'll be able to thank our Father in heaven and bring glory to His name.
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When we suffer in the will of God and depend on His grace, that suffering has a maturing and purifying effect on our lives. Sadly, we have too many leaders today who proudly display their medals, but they can't show you any scars.
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Sometimes the road is level and easy, and the birds are singing and the way is wonderful. But sometimes the road is rocky and bumpy, and we hear no music and feel no helping hand. Then what? Complain? Give up? No, that's the time to remember God's promise: "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways." God's invisible army is at your service, and God can see you through. Charlie" --
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Because He's perfect, God can't change for the better; and because He's holy, He can't change for the worse. We can depend on Him no matter what our circumstances or no matter how we feel.
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The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best strength that he may be able to bear it." --PHILLIPS BROOKS"
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It was bad enough that Judah rebelled against God by trusting Egypt instead of trusting Jehovah, and depending on money instead of on God's power, but they even went so far as to completely reject the Word of God (vv. 8-11). God told Isaiah to make a placard that said, "This is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD" (v. 9). He carried this sign as he walked around Jerusalem, and no doubt most o..
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The I AM statements recorded in Scripture reveal the depths of the Christian life and how God's children can go deeper by living with Jesus in the present tense.
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What we are is God's gift to us. What we do with our lives is our gift to Him. He accepts us as we are. He's not going to judge us on the basis of what He has given someone else, but on the basis of what we have done with what He has given us. Never be discouraged by what you don't have. Having
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Stop having a measuring rod for other people. There is always one fact more in every man's case about which we know nothing.
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The Submissive Mind (Phil. 2). This chapter focuses on people, and the key verse says, "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better [more important] than themselves" (v. 3). In chapter 1, Paul puts Christ first. In this chapter, he puts others second. Which means he puts himself last! The reason people aggravate us so much is usually because we do not have our own way. If we go thro..
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Tozer's sermons often confront us with these questions: Is God real to you? Is your Christian experience a set of definitions, a list of orthodox doctrines, or a living relationship with God? Do you have a firsthand experience with him, or a secondhand experience through others? Is your heart hungering and thirsting after personal holiness?
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Rest in the LORD " (7). Restlessness is an evidence of unbelief. Faith rests in the Lord and enjoys "the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding " (Php 4:7). God sometimes waits in answering prayer so that He might strengthen our patience (James 1:2"
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above all else, we must be willing to obey truth wherever it leads us. It is not enough for your mind to be enlightened, or your heart enriched; your will must be enabled in the service of others. Suffering is not a topic for speculation; it is an opportunity for compassion and involvement. The mind grows by taking in, but the heart grows by giving out.
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To "have the mind of Christ" means to look at life from the Savior's point of view, having His values and desires in mind. It means to think God's thoughts and not think as the world thinks."
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True saving faith involves "the whole personality": the mind is instructed, the emotions are stirred, and the will then acts in obedience to God."
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Whenever my wife and I purchase a new appliance, we add another instruction manual to our collection. We have instruction manuals for the various appliances in our home, for the automobile, and for office equipment such as tape recorders, computers, and copying machines. Someone may say, "I wish we had a manual of instruction for life." We do. It's called the Bible, the Word of God. "Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me underst..
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Everyone has days of trouble. When circumstances entrap you and trouble closes around you, pray to the Lord. He knows how to turn your trouble into triumph. Although He may not answer your prayers the way you expect, He will do what is best for you and for His glory.
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Outlook determines outcome. What you are seeing helps to determine what you are becoming. So you'd better be careful what you look at. It's no wonder that the psalmist prays, "Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way" (v. 37). Worthless things here literally means "vanity." Much of what we see every day in the media, for example, is worthless and false. It doesn't come from God, who is Truth; it comes fr..
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Edwards was never content to have only book knowledge of God. He sought to experience God in his own life in a personal way. He was not an ivory-tower theologian, spinning webs of words. He always centered on the experience of the heart;
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Edwards would never divorce the mind and the heart.
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He read John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding and made an about-face in his approach to the problem of how people think and learn. He came to the conclusion that "knowledge" was not something divorced from the rest of life, but that a man's senses helped to teach him truth. In other words, sensory experience and thinking must go together. Again, Edwards saw the importance of uniting the mind and the heart."
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True religion, in great part, consists in holy affections."[2] However, he opposed emotion for emotion's sake. He carefully explained the difference between shallow emotionalism and true affections that prepare the way for men and women to receive God's truth."
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The gospel, as a glass [mirror], should be kept clean and clear in the pulpit," he wrote, "that the hearers may see the glory of Christ and be changed to the same image."
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Love increases our faith, and when we have faith and love, we will have hope.
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If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here" (Ex. 33:15 NKJV). The"
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Until a person knows he is a sinner, he cannot appreciate the gracious salvation God offers in Jesus Christ.
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Because churches have gotten away from God's wisdom and have substituted man's wisdom, we have serious doctrinal differences among various churches. Men have gone beyond "that which is written" (1 Cor. 4:6), and this has brought division into the church."
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True saving faith results in obedience and godly living, even though there may be occasional falls.
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A faithful parent must discipline his children. It is not enough to teach them and be an example before them; he must also punish them when they rebel and refuse to obey.
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If we are to conquer the enemy and claim our inheritance in Christ, we must have spiritual strength and spiritual courage.
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The secret of joy in spite of circumstances is the single mind. The secret of joy in spite of people is the submissive mind.
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If you are redeemed through faith in Christ, rejoice. Rejoice in your freedom in Christ, and use that freedom to serve others and glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.
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