As Christians, it’s normal for us to desire to make progress in our Christian life. But have you ever considered what the foremost condition for this spiritual progress might be? In a word, it’s hunger. Take a look at Luke 1:53 — “The hungry He has filled with good things, and the rich He has
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There’s a book on my shelf called “How to Read a Book“. Sounds simple, right? That’s what I thought. I was wrong. A better title might have been “How to Understand (and Remember) That Book You’re Reading Way, Way, Way Better”. Here’s something I learned: The first step to reading any book is to come
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As believers in Christ, we should not walk in darkness but have the light of life. In this post, we’ll consider verses on light versus darkness in the New Testament that will help us to: Know God as light Walk as children of light Shine as luminaries in the world
Have you ever felt that your service to God was ineffective? Fruitless? Without direction? I know I have. What’s worse, we may sadly find out one day that all our work for God was presumptuous and displeasing to Him because He was not its Source or Initiator (Matt. 7:21-23). In order to avoid this, we’ll consider in
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Why do so many people who own a Bible read it so infrequently? The answer is often, “I don’t understand it” or possibly, “I don’t get much out of my reading.” In this post, I’ll share twelve practical points that have been the most helpful to me in reading the Bible over a number of
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Do you ever feel that there is some unexplainable lack in your Christian living and service? Possibly a lack of intimacy with the Lord or maybe a lack of purpose and direction in your service to Him. If so, I can share your feeling. I’m not pointing fingers but identifying a common problem. As it’s
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I can’t stop talking about switching on the divine power to live the Christian life! It’s time to get beyond mere Bible teaching into the laboratory of our daily life and practice being a “believ-ing one.” Ephesians 1:19 says, And what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the operation
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The Christian life is not only difficult—it’s impossible! But God commands us to live a life that we can’t live. Does this present a problem? Yes—if you don’t know the secret. What’s worse—people are often taught to live according to the Bible, without the power to fulfill it. That’s enough to make you give up
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Does your Bible reading leave you feeling nourished? Does it leave you inwardly satisfied, strengthened and happy in the Lord? Paul exhorted his young co-worker Timothy saying, “If you lay these things before the brothers you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, being nourished with the words of the faith and of the
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Verse 3 of Matthew chapter 5 uses a peculiar phrase. It says, “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.” After reading this, you may be left wondering, “What does it mean to be poor in spirit? What is this verse referring to?” A response like this is completely
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