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Book: How To Love God, chapter 8 victory
Chapter 8 Victory “This is the victory that overcomes the world – our faith.” 1Jn5:4 After the prior couple chapters I sense you are ready for me to quit beating around the bush the tell you what you want to know, how to get the victory. The secret (if you want to call it that)…
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Book: How to Love God, Chapter 7 endurance
How To Love the Lord thy God With all your heart, soul, mind and strength Chapter 7 Endurance Hebrews 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised. Hebrews 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,…
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Reprobates
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 2 Cor.13:5 KJV Reprobates! Who uses that word anymore?…
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Uncomfortably Empty
“Is there anybody in there? Just nod if you can hear me Is there anyone at home? Come on, now I hear you’re feeling down Well I can ease your pain Get you on your feet again” Uncomfortably Numb by Pink Floyd I don’t know about feeling uncomfortably numb, that is not what us Christians…
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The Two Stages of Salvation
Two Stages of Salvation Stage One We are saved by grace through faith at the time that (1) be believe in Christ, (2) repent of our sins, and (3) are baptized. In referring to it as “stage one”, I am not implying that we are only half saved at this point. We are fully saved,…
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Chapter 6, The Point of Tension
The tension we experience is all about the temptation that we get ourselves into. We have repented, we want to serve the Lord. We have made resolutions, promises etc. But now we are faced with another path to take, “at least temporarily”,we say to ourselves, certainly not permanently. “Why not give in this one more…
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Book: Loving God, chapter 5 The Temptation and the Test
How To Love the Lord thy God With all your heart, soul, mind and strength Chapter 6 The Temptation. The Test In the course of time (and this is not going to take long) after you have told the Lord that you have truly and sincerely repented of your sins. And this is especially true…
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The Cheap Grace Dumpster
Ever heard of “cheap grace”? It is a term thrown around in Christian circles that refers to someone who claims to be a Christian but their live style tells a different story. We all sin somewhat but these folks don’t seem to restrain themselves one bit. Well, perhaps a little bit but not enough in…
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Book: How to Love God, chapter 4 What Did You Miss?
Okay so why aren’t you loving God with all your heart again? Wasn’t this supposed to automatically happen? After all you did everything they told you to do to become a Christian. Loving God is part of the package isn’t it? Maybe in time it will happen… but its been time enough and still…nothing. So…
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Book: How To Love God, Chapter 3 Go back to the start
Now you say you already repented back in the beginning when you received Christ as your savior. So let us go back to the beginning and review your christian start. You were told that to become a christian you must first believe that Jesus is the Son of God that He was born of the…
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