A Real Friend Sticks Closer Than A Brother

Prov 18:24 There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother.   Know the difference, acquaintances are a dime a dozen and true friends are few and far between. So let’s use Christ as an example, for he will never leave, cast aside, or judge us. He died for us, which is the ultimate display of love. He accepts us when we fall and picks us up...
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Effect of Sin

Sin is tempting Adam and Eve. In Genesis 3 The devil presented an alluring picture that was intertwined with deception, deceit, and lies. Eve gave in because it looked so good, sounded so good.  It  wasn’t ugly and smelly,  it looked pleasant and delicious. Sin is a box full of decaying carcasses wrapped in a spotless, shiny golden box with a bright red bow on top. If sin looked bad...
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What Is Security?

Job 31:24 “Have I put my trust in money or felt secure because of my gold?”   What is security? Is it abundant wealth? Is it the comfortableness of a large savings? Have you received a salary increase, or perhaps you are able to pay off all your bills… but what happened along the way? Answer: our dependence on God has turned to independence through monetary gifts. See, before we...
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Make His Beaten Tracks Straight!

Mark 1:3,4 3 A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! 4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [obligating] repentance (a change of one’s mind for the better, heartily amending one’s ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order to obtain forgiveness...
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Right Standing With God?

Proverbs 6:9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? When we are physically depressed we want to sleep, the same for being spiritually depressed. Please read all of Proverbs 6. Are you using your gifts and talents for The Lord? Are you physically depressed because things are not going your way? Are you spiritually depressed because you tried to uphold The...
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