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Sacrificial love

“And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men…” 1 Thessalonians 3:12 Believers should be willing to inconvenience themselves, surrender personal preferences and endure hardship for the benefit of others. Christ ‘s sacrifice is the pattern. In ​1 John 3:16 “This is how we know what […]

The Path to God’s Life in You

“Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil.”1 Thess 5:19‑22 The life of God within us is not automatic. It is formed as we yield...

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More Than a Power

“Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?” 1 Cor 3:16 It is remarkable how many Christians speak about the Holy Spirit, yet few truly know Him. Too...

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Why Pray for Jerusalem

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.” Psalm 122:6 Our text this morning can feel challenging for people who are not Jewish or who do not share Israel’s political perspective. When you read the scripture,...

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Keeping Your Faith Afloat

“Holding on to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck with regard to the faith.” 1 Timothy 1:19 Have you ever met someone who once seemed so strong in their faith, but now...

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Walking in the Spirit

“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16 Life sometime feels like a tug-of-war between what you know is right and what your feelings, circumstances, or desires push you toward. Every day...

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Rooted and Built Up

“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding [a]in it with thanksgiving” Col 2:6-7 Relationship with God is...

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Going Forward in Love

“Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.” 1 John 3:18 Yesterday Iain and I were talking about the story of Hosea and Gomer. It is one of the clearest pictures of...

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Eagerly desire

Have you noticed this in the Bible? God is clearly the sovereign distributor of gifts, signs and wonders, yet He also commands us to eagerly desire these things and to pray for them. There is a holy partnership going on....

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Becoming the Person God Meant You to Be

“Train yourself to be godly. Physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:7–8 Have you ever paused in the middle...

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Surrender is freedom

“Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship” Romans 12:1 Every time I read this, I think...

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