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Man of the Red Earth
We all need encouragement. I want to encourage you, but not with the latest psychology, or self help program; but from the Word of God.
The simple Gospel message is the foundation that all of Christianity is built on. Without that, everything else in vain. God challenges us to believe, apart from our experience this life changing message.
Life will be a lot less disappointing when you stop expecting God to do what you can do for yourself.
Three of the most difficult words that any of us have ever had to learn to say are, "I Am Responsible."
Every day, whether you are a new believer, or have been saved for years, you will be faced with a choice; do I believe God, or believe my experience?
Do you ever feel condemned? What about if you are a believer; do you still sometimes feel that way?
In any battle, the fight is hottest at the front; and that's where more soldiers are needed.
God doesn't look at us and say "let's make a deal." He says "this is the deal!" He alone set the terms on how we come to Him.
Does the Bible teach that the Holy Spirit is just God's power? How about just a manifestation of spiritual gifts?
Do you use glasses to read? Maybe all the time, just to see? We all have read the Bible with glasses (denominational glasses, cultural glasses, etc.) But if you want to know what God says, not just what you THINK He says, you will have to take those glasses off, and let the scripture speak for itself.
For everyone who knows someone in recovery (and we are all recovering from something). Addicts and alcoholics DO recover; and if it's going to permanent, then it takes God to recover us from the enemy.
When reading the Bible, instead of asking what does this passage of scripture mean to me. Ask what does this scripture mean? And how do I apply it?
What does God see when He looks at you? If you are going t enter into heaven, he is looking for ONE thing. Not your good works, family name, or the church that you belong to; He is looking for the blood. That blood is the Blood of His Son.
“My faith rests not in what I am, or shall be, or feel, or know l, but in who Christ is, what He has done, and what He is now doing for me.” - Charles Spurgeon