People make many decisions at the first of the year to be better people, resolutions to do this or that. In most cases they don’t last. Why? I believe this is because people don’t have the ability to change themselves within themselves, in their own strength. Will power is not enough to gain control over […]
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Romans 8:12-14 – So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh— for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are being
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Last week we talked about some of the wonderful things God has done for us. (SEE ARTICLE). This week we will talk a little about how to apply them to our lives. There are no limitations! Whatever you can see, whatever you can believe – YOU can have! Genesis 13:14-17 – …lift up now your
People make many decisions at the first of the year to be better people, resolutions to do lose weight, exercise more, or other such things to improve their lives. It is like we have a fresh start. But in observing myself and others, I have found that in most cases these resolutions don’t last. Why
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Matthew 22:14 – For many are called, but few are chosen. 2 Peter 1:3-4 – For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). By means
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Last year I uploaded an article on how to keep your New Year’s resolutions. While studying this morning I found some old notes that inspired me on a similar line. Below are the notes and then some facts I drew from scriptures that are at the end of the article. What is will power? It
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People make many decisions at the first of the year to be better people, resolutions to do lose weight, exercise more, or other such things. It is like we have a fresh start. But in observing myself and others, I have found that in most cases these resolutions don’t last. Why is that? I believe
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2 Corinthians 10:4-5 – For the weapons of our warfare are not merely human, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every proud obstacle raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to obey Christ. What is a stronghold? A stronghold is a thought that
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I have been reading lately from Hannah Whitall Smith, a woman who was born into a Quaker home and after marriage got involved in the holiness movement. She wrote many books about how to get the reality of our salvation into our daily lives. The following quote is from her autobiography, The Unselfishness of God:
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2 Timothy 1:7 – For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. Weymouth – For the Spirit which God has given us
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