Crime. Financial hardship. Chronic diseases. These are some reasons many people today are anxious, or they worry about life. We are prone to anxiety and worry whenever problems or challenges in life cause us to feel overwhelmed. Christians can find themselves following the world in this regard. But that’s not the will of God for…
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“People don’t attend church like they used to.” Have you recently heard that? Perhaps it seems that way to you as well. A church pastor recently said those words to me. It was when I asked him if they were ever going to build their sanctuary, in accordance with their master plan. Currently, the congregation…
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I know this post has a kind of preachy title. But hopefully the content will help some churchgoers who disrespect legitimate church leadership. I have pastored churches for decades. And I talk with church pastors of other local churches. Those who have been there know that pastoring can be challenging. One main challenge of pastoring…
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In this post, I want to introduce you to an excellent ministry of Christian discipleship called Mission Teens, Inc. The organization’s ministry is not limited to teens as the name implies. Mission Teens, Inc. has twenty centers around the country. For twenty-four years, I volunteered to minister the Word of God weekly or monthly at…
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It’s a natural desire to want to succeed in what you do. Who wants to fail at what he does? Show me somebody who does, and I will show you a person who needs some help. There is absolutely nothing commendable or holy about being disinterested in achieving success. The desire to succeed in life…
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We know the devil is our enemy. He goes about seeking whom he can devour (1 Peter 5:8). But we are not helpless against his rage toward us. We can and we must contend with him. And faith is one of our most potent weapons we have against him. During Jesus’ public ministry, the devil…
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We worship God and Him alone. This is clearly taught in the Scriptures. Jesus said, “For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only’ “(Matthew 4:10, NASB). This is how Jesus replied to the devil when the devil asked Him to worship him. But what constitutes acceptable worship? How…
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Contrary to what some people believe, Jesus did not come to deprive us of life. He said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10, KJV). The fact that Jesus came so we might have life suggests that without Him, we don’t have life. That…
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At times, I hear someone say, “We are all God’s children.” But that is not true. God created us all; we are all His creation, but we are not all His children. Paul writes, “Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his” (Romans 8:9, KJV). One day Jesus…
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Has it ever seemed to you as if God was taking you around the world just to cross the street? Or that He majors on making simple things complicated? We may be tempted to entertain thoughts like those because our perspective pales in comparison to God’s. I am convinced that if we knew what God knows,…
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