He’s This… and More!

Some of our favorite teachers may have helped us package our faith in neat little boxes and even handed us the wrapping paper and bows, as if we need not know another thing. We think we’ve got God in those boxes, but we don’t. God doesn’t fit in boxes. However...

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Honor God

The writer to the Hebrews ends this wonderful book of worship and instruction by underscoring to us that marriage should be honored by all. We live in a fallen world, and many have suffered a broken marriage. The whispering that comes from the enemy of our soul does not honor...

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Religious Superstitions

And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Matthew 6:7 Christians can use words and activities superstitiously, especially when speaking or acting without understanding how the kingdom of God functions. For example, some Christians get...

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No Idea

A man’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand his own way? Proverbs 20:24 Some people feel discouraged because they have to struggle to understand what God is saying to them. Even focusing on the Bible requires persistent and energetic work to understand it. But such...

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Jack-in-the-Box Pride

It’s dangerous to become too confident in the maturity of our own faith. Our pride is like the spring of a jack-in-the-box: Just when we think it’s broken or that we’ve gotten the lid on tight, it springs back to life. It rears its ugly head, bobbing around like a...

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What Are You Hearing?

Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 1 Corinthians 13:12 God often speaks to us in obscure ways to allow us the room...

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Life

The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. John 6:63 I’m pretty convinced at this point that I want to live my life believing God. Too much is at stake, and...

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Holding On To What Is Good

As a servant of Jesus Christ, God wants you to bind yourself to everything good, to whatever is inherently right and worthy. That task requires the use of discernment. With the help of God and His Word, you must carefully evaluate everything and thoughtfully decide what to reject and what...

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God Always Answers

I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God. Psalm 38:15 In a conversational relationship with God, God may not give us what we ask for, but he always responds in some way. We commonly say a prayer was answered only when we are granted our...

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