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Healing can come in many forms. Our bodies labor to heal themselves from wounds, diseases and infections. This process can be enhanced with medical help many times. A change of diet or lifestyle can allow healing to take place. We are often suffering from our own neglect or foolishness because of how we care forContinue reading "Divine Healing"

Such a question may cause some to blurt out that they have no value. Others will point to accomplishments, money, titles or degrees. Some may measure their value by their family/marriage/children. For some, being busy identifies them as valuable. But let’s go deeper. If you had no accomplishments, money, titles, degrees or family, what makesContinue reading "What makes you valuable?"

Your present and future depend upon the Word of God. “He sent His word and healed them and delivered them from their destruction.” (Ps. 107:20) Everything you need for a victorious life is found in God’s Word. “For all the promises of God in Him are “Yes,” and in Him “Amen,” to the glory ofContinue reading "Living by the Word Of God"

(worth reading) If sickness and suffering is God’s preordained will, why did Jesus commission the church to go into all the world and lay hands on the sick that they might recover? If sickness is a blessing for God’s children, why does James ask if there are “any sick among you?”, and then give theContinue reading "Sovereignty, Predestination and Fatalism"

It is always fun to buy something new. New things are fresh and hold potential for the future. When we have something new we tend to look ahead, not back. We can see ourselves using that product in the future. A new thing holds no promise for the past. Therefore if any man be inContinue reading "New is Better!"

Faith is the evidence of things not seen. (Heb. 11:1) The ‘things not seen’ with our natural eyes are all the blessings of God that represent His grace. God’s grace is God’s provision for every need we have. Evidence is the proof or conviction of something that has been revealed to our heart through hearingContinue reading "How to Receive What God has Given"

The most important and powerful gift you can give someone is the Word of Life. The Word became flesh to demonstrate God’s love for the world. The Word, Jesus, came with a mission of giving God’s words to His disciples which they would then carry to the world. “For I have given them the wordsContinue reading "The Gift Of Words"

And be renewed in the spirit of your mind (Eph. 4:23) What is the spirit of your mind? It can be understood generally as your approach to life, but specifically it involves what you think about God, what you think about yourself, and how you evaluate the circumstances of life. Our thoughts about God areContinue reading "Toxic Thoughts?"

The biggest roadblock to the power of the gospel is the is the disastrous concept of the “sovereignty of God.” The misunderstanding of sovereignty and the teachings that have come forth in this regard have paralyzed much of the church and substituted fatalism for faith. When the nature of God is described as mysterious, controllingContinue reading "The Sacred Cow of Sovereignty"