I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship (Romans 12:1, ESV). The Gallup Poll began tracking U.S. adult confidence in the church as an institution in 1973. According to their numbers, the church suffered a five percent
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But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires (Romans 13:14, NASB1995). Yes, you can literally think yourself out of lust, temptation, anger, and discouragement. Negative thoughts wire your brain for negativity while scriptural thoughts wire or rewire your brain for holiness. The more that you allow godless
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Note: This Interruption will make better sense if you read #701 first. Remember, eliminating confusion is not necessarily an objective of Interruptions! But we do try to be helpful in clearing mental cobwebs. Okay, now begin #702… And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand
Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years (Revelation 20:1-2). I recently read a book entitled… well, I’ll just show you the cover… What’s The
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Psalm 92 has a simple success formula for living life. Worship! This Psalm describes life with God… But the godly will flourish like palm trees and grow strong like the cedars of Lebanon (v. 12, NLT). Also, Psalm 92 depicts life without God… Though the wicked sprout like weeds and evildoers flourish, they will be
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It is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent (Philippians 1:9-10, ESV). The evil spirits of this age specialize in confusion and distraction. Guaranteed, if you have something important to do today, even knowing that you have a task assigned by
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How are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach good news!” (Romans 10:15, ESV) During a recent trip to the Philippines, I was talking to Pastor Philip Lim, and he said, “Yeah, the village that we visited was 11 river crossings away.” In
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Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come boldly and confidently into God’s presence (Ephesians 3:12, NLT). Christianity is the only religion that invites us into an active and engaged relationship with God. This relationship manifests as the presence of God! It is not a relationship of sight but of faith. Soon
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He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away (Revelation 21:4, ESV). Our Father in heaven will wipe our tears away. That is the perspective through which He works in our lives. On the
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My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me (John 10:27, ESV)! All followers of Jesus are called “sheep” by Jesus Himself. It is not a flattering description. Sheep can be stubborn, independent, easily getting themselves into trouble, and often ignoring their shepherd who tries, often desperately, to keep them out of trouble.
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