Suffering Teaches Obedience

Some of you may not know my story…this will be a quick witness: I had always believed in God, but He was up there, in Heaven somewhere and didn’t really have too much to do with “my life” here on earth. Oh I prayed to Him, but then went about my own thing …I knew where He was if I “needed” Him, but pretty much…

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Disobedience Invites Suffering

When both Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command, they invited suffering into our world. They were separated from God in their spirit, but by God’s Grace, they could still use their soul to discern good from evil. You see that second tree, the forbidden fruit they ate, was what I call…

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Do you know WHY you believe?

I have said this so many times, and by God’s Grace I hope to say it many more times, but focus right now because this is WHY we believe what we believe: a Christian is not someone who believes in Christ. A Christian is someone who…

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Do you know WHAT you believe?

We said yesterday that we are safe when we know what we believe…but really the question is: do we know WHAT we believe? I comes move number two from the enemy in this Game of Destruction: “Do not pray, and certainly never read the Bible! After all, you won’t…

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Divide and Conquer

Sometimes I wonder if the enemy is the only one who realizes, divided they will fall. (Mt 12:25) And so he gets us to doubt God and fills our mind with these questions for us to think about…by ourselves of course! He never even gives us the option to…

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Did God really say?

While I do not promote it, I think one of the reasons the Game of Thrones was so popular is because this is our daily battle too. It is still the game the enemy plays on us every day, all day long. Who will be on the throne of my life today? Will I listen to…

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