How do I know if my life is full of jealously and selfish-ambition? Because your life will be characterized by disorder and every vile practice. James 3:16 – For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
Do you have a tendency to think "God has forgotten me?" John 3:27 says - "A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven." - All that we have has been perfectly crafted by our Father in heaven, may we not doubt the Lord, but trust Him by faith.
God is worthy of us laying down our entire lives as living sacrifices to Him, and He demands such for those who will follow Him.
In this video Paul Washer rebukes twitter followers of his who have sensual pictures, and pleads with them to truly come to Christ. Are you professing to love Jesus Christ, yet are showing your flesh off to the world on social networking web sites? May we repent of any sensuality in our lives and live set apart for God's glory!
Today someone told me that they hadn't read the Bible in weeks, that had to be one of the most depressing things I could ever hear. No food for weeks? I cannot imagine the hunger this person is experiencing. Are you starving yourself from the Words of Life?
Michael Clarke died of cancer on January 14, 2012, just over a year after truly being saved by the Grace of God. These are some short clips from his wedding that was over a month ago, and the testimony that he gave at Grace Fellowship Manchester a year ago. --- Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. - Psalm 116:15
The Lord is not looking for people who are half committed, in 1 Kings 18:21 it says to stop wavering between two opinions, if the Lord is Lord, then follow Him! There is no middle ground, your either on the solid rock of Christ or on the sinking sand. Your either born again and a new creation or an old creation who has no spiritual life.
Tim talks about a girl who did not revile back but rather sought to do good and in the end her father in-law was saved.
But from there you will seek the LORD your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. - Deu 4:29
If your a young person and thinking about marriage, then please hear this clip and don't make a wrong turn and pursue outward beauty, instead of pursuing someone who fears the Lord.
If your in the Word of God today, then you will be seeing Christ as precious today, and in return you will not believe the lies of the devil. The Word shows us that Christ is better then everything else and if we aren't in the Word we will not see that and it will lead us to sin.
The power is in the gospel, it is in the message, not in the messenger.
Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. - Proverbs 13:24
What does the bible say about suicide?
It is very grieving that most Muslims are more zealous for their false religion then Christians are for the truth, for Christ who rose from the dead, and to think that we also have the Spirit of God in us. Where is the zeal to go and preach Christ no matter the cost? We must rise up, be prepared to suffer, and GO!
Romans 5:15 - But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. - Hebrews 3:12
Paul Washer exhorts true believers to seek the face of God and to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit for the sake of the great commission.
...woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born. - Mark 14:21
Compare Christ to whatever it is your being tempted with and you will find Christ to be better.
Are you single and lonely? Don't run to sin, run to Christ, His love and presence is real. The momentary comfort from sin will not last and only leave you empty and barren.
Romans 9:1-3 I am speaking the truth in Christ--I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit-- that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.
"The Great Commission1 is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed" — Hudson Taylor
If you do not have that incredible peace that comes from the Lord, then come to Him now! Do not wait, don't blame God or make excuses, but come to Him and find that all of His promises will hold true for you! Stop trying to save yourself, but rather believe on Christ as your only hope of salvation!
One can easily say "I have schizophrenia and I'm bipolar," and blame their mental health, but doesn't the Bible teach the fault for mans sin is the man? They're guilty.
When a trial enters into your life are you asking God "Why?" or are you trusting the Lord, that no matter how great the storm, He is on the throne.
Isaiah 58:3 - Yet it was the will of the LORD to crush him;
The way to overcome sin is to be overcome by the beauty of Jesus Christ.
Do you say to yourself, “I'm single and God has forgotten me, He has not given me a spouse yet!” If that is you, may it not be so, for God numbers the very hairs on your head, He has not forgotten you.
In this video excerpt Tim Conway exhorts the believer to cry out to God for more humility, to rely upon Christ in every situation. When we do not rely upon God and seek Him first, we are in return dishonoring God.
