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Help From The Holy Spirit
Being a faithful Christian is not easy; there is much that God expects me to do. I am to worship God; I am to pray; I am to preach the gospel; I am to keep ourselves pure; I am to love my brother and my neighbor and my enemy. The list continues. However, I don’t […]
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Put Off And Put On
When we become Christians, there are many things we need to put off and put out of our lives if we are to be pleasing to our God. Ephesians 4:17-22 “This I say, therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you should no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles walk, in the futility […]
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Don’t Forget The Put On
Let us look at a few of the things we as Christians are to put off with the corresponding things we are to put on. Ephesians 4:29 “Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.” It is obvious that […]
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Respect For God
God is the God of the universe and the creator of all things; there is none greater than He. Hebrews 10:26-27, 30-31 “For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which […]
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Edification Of The Body In Love
Those of us who are parents can remember when our children were born. When we first looked at our baby, we marveled at how wonderfully made he or she was. We may have counted the toes and the fingers to make sure there were the right amounts. We examined the eyes, the nose, the mouth, […]
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One Body
Multiple times, the scriptures describe the church as a body. Ephesians 4:4-6 “There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. ” The […]
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Hope
We all hope for things to be better in the future than they are now. We may hope that a loved one will change his or her ways and give up sinfulness. We may hope to get out of debt. We may hope for better health and freedom from pain. We may hope to have […]
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Walk Worthy of Your Calling
As a Christian, you have been called by the gospel to obtain the glory of Jesus Christ. 2 Thessalonians 2:14b “He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.” It is important for you to consider how you should walk in a way that is worthy of […]
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Prayer For Indwelling and Comprehension
The apostle Paul prayed the following prayer for the Ephesian brethren: Ephesians 3:14-19 “For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with […]
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Led By The Spirit
I see a process in our spiritual lives. We start off being fleshly minded, thinking and doing the things of the flesh. Then, as Christians, we crucify the flesh, with its passions and desires (Galatians 5:24). We seek to walk according to the Spirit, with our minds set on the things of the Spirit (Romans […]