Monthly Archives: October 2022

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.” (Colossians 3:17 NLT) Charles Finney, in Power From On High, writes that Christians find their highest enjoyment and truest pleasure in pleasing God and seeking good of others. He argues that enjoyment is not about what you seek but what you experience as a result of choices that are wise. [1] Like love is the fruit of…..

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“Instead [of getting involved in foolish, ignorant arguments, that only start fights], train yourselves to be godly.  Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” (1 Timothy 4:8) So how do we train for godliness? The senior pastor at my church recently spoke about this in a sermon.  He said that if you want to win, you have to train.   To train, he noted, one entered…..

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“I ask you again, does God give you the Holy Spirit and work miracles among you because you obey the law? Of course not!  It is because you believe the message you heard about Christ.” At the time that Jesus came, many knew the law.  They followed every detail.  And for every detail they did not know, they had Rabbi’s who would make up additional rules to follow.   They lived in bondage to keeping the law.  One wealthy ruler once…..

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“Whatever happens, my dear brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord.”  (Philippians 3:1); “Always be full of joy in the Lord.  I say it again—rejoice!”  (Philippians 4:4) Rejoice here is the same word that is used in Matthew 2:10 where the Magi saw the star was leading them to baby Jesus and they were overjoyed.   It was the fruit from searching for Jesus and finding Him.   There was joy in standing in God’s will and seeing His purposes divinely unfold…..

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2 Corinthians 5:15-17, “And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again. So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh [human origin and empowerment]. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!” As…..

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