January, 2016

• 29 January

  Plucking Out and Cutting Off: Is It Worth the Pain?

  

   If your right eye makes you stumble and leads you to sin, tear it out and throw it away [that is, remove yourself from the source of temptation]; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be ...

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• 27 January

  Appearances Can Be Deceiving

  

  I know it sounds like a tired old cliché, but the fact of the matter is appearances really can be deceiving. Ask the children of Israel as they stared at the wide expanse of the Red Sea. It appeared that there was no way across, but there was. Ask Daniel ...

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• 27 January

  America Needs To Accept The Prince of Peace

  

  Impromptu statements made by politicians in response to questions say much about candidates’ beliefs and character. The following examples are not meant to single out or endorse any particular candidate, but they serve the purpose of pointing people to the truth. It was reported that Governor John Kasich stated on ...

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• 26 January

  10 Proclamations Based On My State of the Spiritual Union

  

  Upon entering this new year, like opening to a new chapter so to speak, I decided to take an account of my own personal “state of the spiritual union”.  In other words, based on His word, I looked at how close I was walking in accordance with God’s desires for ...

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• 24 January

  America: God Is Calling Us To Prayer

  

  We have come to a pivotal time in God’s Kingdom. God is calling America into a renewed spirit of prayer. You see, prayer begins in our own backyard. In our own heart and in the larger scheme of things in our church. The Lord is knocking on the hearts of ...

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• 23 January

  You Have To Work On Sunday?

  

  I came home from work exhausted and fell asleep, after working my job at a retail store all day. It was a Sunday, a day which many Christians reserve for rest, reflection, and going to church. Is it sinful to work on Sunday if a job requires it? Before answering ...

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• 23 January

  The Problem With “I Did It My Way”

  

  I’ve been haunted recently by a fresh perspective of the Gospel. Don’t worry, that’s a perfectly fair use of the word which dictionary.com defines as: “preoccupied, as with an emotion, memory, or idea; obsessed.” So, I’m perfectly happy to have this Gospel ghost invading my thoughts, permeating the atmosphere of ...

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• 22 January

  The Solution to Porn Addiction

  

  In his book the Metaphysics of Sex, the Italian philosopher Julius Evola wrote: “In periods of decadence such as the present one, sensuality develops in the dissociated form of simple pleasure. As a result, sex becomes a kind of drug, and the addiction to it is no less profane than ...

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• 22 January

  Got an Enemy? Let God Win the Battle for You!

  

  Has there been a time when you would have welcomed a mighty force coming to your aid and defeating an enemy? We all feel the need for rescue at one time or another, and we all face enemies in many forms:  the people who seek to do us harm, afflictions or ...

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• 20 January

  Overcoming Vain Imaginations

  

  Vain imaginations come through our minds and present all sorts of worst-case scenarios as well as fearful, worrisome and anxious pictures in our minds. The enemy wants to use your imagination to present to you, “What if?” and, “I should have … ” scenarios hoping you will agree with the ...

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