Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:2-3 Have you ever compared how Jesus and the Israelites each handled their wilderness experience? They both experience God in those moments. However, the Israelites complained and wanted to go back to their former lives, while Jesus was humble to the Holy Spirit’s leading. We all face temptation. Temptation comes in all shapes, forms, and sizes. The one thing we must remember is temptation does not come from God. Do not believe the…
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Frienship Beyond Rules
If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by openly declaring your faith that you are saved. Romans 10:9-10 Do you struggle with trying to be a good Christian, never making mistakes? Trying each day to never sin? Did you ever think the moment you choose to follow God, you had to be perfect? Read Romans 10:1- 13. According to this portion of scripture who does Paul, wish would be saved? How does He…
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Seeking Him
Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Matthew 3:2 Where are you at today with repenting? Are you more willing today to be humble and repent or are you still fighting letting go of your sin? Let’s take time to investigate our own heart. Prayerfully and honestly answer the following question. Have I ever experience the repentance that characterize genuine salvation? Does sin in my life bother me? What is my attitude say about my sin, am I ready to forsake sin with what God has shown me? Am I willing to call my wrongaction “sin” or call them other things such…
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Walking In The Light
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us…
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Being Honest With God
.For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long . . . I acknowledge my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity. Psalm 32: 3, 5 How honest are you with God about your sin? Do you try and hide it? Deny our sin whether it is blaming others, or making excuses for ourselves comes naturally to us. We do not need to be taught this. When our triune God is living in us, we still fight the battle to be deceitful. God cannot bless us if we are unwilling to acknowledge the truth of our sin. Read 2 Samuel 11. …
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Don’t Hide The Sin
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Do NOT! Repeat Do Not hide your transgressions. When we deny our sin, we are rebelling against God. When we don’t work with God on our sin, we are going our own way. At this point we are not making any spiritual progress. Therefore, we are not prospering. It is in our nature to hide or overlook our sins. To not let others know our sins or our wrong doing. We all make mistakes. Humans make excuses over their sins.…