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Blog Entries
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Blog Entries
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Advancing God's Kingdom
Matthew 11:12
"From the days of John the Baptist until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it" {NIV 1984}. "And from the days of John the Baptist, until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the vilent take it by force" {NKJV}. What does it means that "The Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing" and that "forceful men lay hold of it?" First of all: To [...]
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Hmm, Interesting
Hmm, Interesting Psalm 4:8
I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety. Okay, that's a nice sentiment, but David didn't have all the fears,worries, concerns, and pressure that I do today; or did he? No, he didn't, at least not the same ones. Many of David's were concerned with matters of life and death; for example: It is believed that David wrote Psalm 4 at one of the most spiritually, difficult and phy [...]
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How Do We Prepare Our Minds For Action
How Do You Prepare 1 Peter 1:13 says, "Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace given you when Jesus Christ is revealed" {NIV} How Do We Prepare Our Minds For Action? First; In Mark 12:28-30 we, read this exchange between a teacher of the law and Jesus, "One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he a [...]
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Life Through God's Eyes
2 Timothy 2:16-17 tells us that "All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, correcting, rebuking, and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
As I spend time in God's Word each day I learn more and more that equips me for the good work He has called and assigned me to. Each day is a day of teaching and training, and at times correction and rebuke. I have come to see that all of this is beneficial t [...]
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To Be a Disciple 2
In the first part of this post I wrote that “we are to follow Jesus — be His disciples — in the same way that we are to love Him — as Jesus says in Mark 12:30 ‘with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’” And, “that it is possible to become this type of disciple — this type of Christ-follower — but not without help. We cannot become this without help.” This is pla [...]
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