You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct towards you believers. 1 Thessalonians 2:10 What is one thing that is hard for you to make a commitment to Jesus when you look at other Christians? Is that the way they conduct their lives? What do you witness when you observe of how Christian conducts their lives? Do you get confused, frustrated, or angry? If you do, why? Let’s take a look at two Words. The first one is witness. The meaning of the word witness is a person who sees an event, typically a crime or an accident, that takes place. It…
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When We Are Hindered
because we wanted to come to you- I, Paul, again and again- but Satan hindered us. 1 Thessalonians 2:18 Be careful of accusing people of things when in reality they may be having a spiritual battle. I do not believe, we Christians put a lot of stock in the spiritual realm. Christians go through a lot when they choose to be obedient to God. There are struggles that we do not see. Satan did at times put obstacles in Paul’s way of his missionary endeavors. There are three biblical truths concerning Satan’s opposition to faithful Christians. The first opposition is God allow Satan to war against us. Satan is…
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Power of the Gospel
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 1 Thessalonians 1:5 The gospel is powerful. The power of the Bible comes from the Holy Spirit. The apostles that were commissioned by Christ to share the gospel. First, the apostles proclaimed “the gospel of God, and Christ, and to others. They not only were changed in the mind, but they were changed for the heart. The apostles were convinced of its truth. The Holy Spirit is accompanied by God, the…
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Chosen by God
For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 1 Thessalonians 1:4 God chose you! Say that to yourself looking in a mirror. Do you believe it? We all at one point struggle to accept that God loves us. He loves us unconditionally. Keep telling yourself that. God Loves Me. Jesus loves me until you believe it with your whole heart. God has taken the first step in renewing our relationship with him by sending his son Jesus Christ. Jesus, by paying the price of our sins, bridged the gap between God and us. Paul describes God’s chosen people by those who have accepted his invitation of forgiveness…
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Reflection Day
Good Morning, Friends! Today his Reflection Day! I really love reflection day. It’s a time for me to go back and reflection on what God has spoken to me about. It gives me time to pray and seek God about what he wants to speak to change in my life. It gives me time to make a game plan of putting an action to what God is telling me and asking of me. So!! get our your journals, pens, and bible and spend time with God. Listen to him and obey him. When you get uncomfortable with the quiet, just stay there and give God time to do what…
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Be On Guard
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to the human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. Colossians 2:8 Paul was in tuned to God and had wisdom. In this verse, Paul is warning Christians to be on guard against philosophies, religions, and traditions that teach being independent from God and his ways. One of the greatest philosophy threat, today, is secular humanism. Humanism is any thought system based on values, characteristics, and behaviors that are believed to be best in human beings rather than any supernatural authority. Philosophy is an idea, view,…
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Discerning False Teachers
But test everything; hold fast to what is good. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 How do you discern false teachers? Do you find it easy or hard to discern false teachers? Today we are going to learn how to test the false teacher/teaching. Discerning is recognizing and taking time to evaluate. First, we must discern their character. As humans, we can assume that all people who say and act like a Christian, do all that they are suppose too. What I mean by this is do we as Christian pray as we should? I have experienced this. People assume that I have an awesome prayer life. Don’t get me wrong, I do pray.…
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False Teachers
And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. Matthew 24:11 Be careful! God has warned all of us to be careful of false teachers and preachers, especially in the last days. They will gain influence in the church by saying they have new revelations and solutions to sermon problems. The key to knowing if you have false teachers is to know your bible and know God’s voice. False teachers will not show evidence from the bible to back their claims up. They may preach according to God’s word, but inside they are as corrupted as in the days of Jesus. there are Christians writers, missionaries, pastors, evangelists, teachers, musicians,…
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Be Ware!!
To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and from God our father. Colossians 1:2 Are you in tune to God so you can discern imposters? God never promised that following him would be easy. However, he does protect us. Along with him keeping his promises we have to do our part. We have to make our Tryon got top, number one priority in our life. This means spending time in prayer, studying your Bible to really know it and understand it, apply all that we learn, to worship and praise God. Here I would like to talk about being biblical literate to discern…
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Maturing In Christ
. Let those of us, who are mature think this way, and if in anyway you think otherwise God will reveal that also to you. Only let us hold true to what we have attained. Philippeans 3:15-16 Running the race of our lifetime to meet our goal to be with Jesus. As we make progress in our spiritual growth , we must not allow ourselves to be lacking in our dedication to God. We must hold onto what we have attained. Mature Christians are those who continue to grow in their relationship with Christ. We continue to grow the good times and bad times. We don’t walk away from God…