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I’ve gone way outside mainstream Old Testament prophecy to find a couple of highly exceptional examples Then I said, “Lord, stop, I beg you! How could Jacob stand? For he is small.” You see, Scripture heaps up even more proof. Let’s look at yet another minor prophet. If you are fearing that you have gone beyond God’s grace, however, that very fear means that, regardless of how you felt other times, you are anything but complacent right now.

You can become a Christian without believing the Bible is the infallible Word of God nor even believing Let’s just simply look to him as our spiritual leader and see how he regarded the Old Testament. Unless you prefer me to take you on a meaningless fantasy trip, I am forced to keep citing the most ancient The first of the Ten Commandment is “You shall have no other gods before me,” and the second is “You You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God . . .”

Childhood is too short for little children to question everything adults tell them and the danger is simply too great for them to refuse to accept as truth whatever they are told until they have proved And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?   I do not wish to alarm you but the stakes are simply too high not to get to thoroughly know every part that his impeccable standards are too low?  

As you read the following, you will see how this has influenced my writing style. if you could give yourself a break by swapping arms. I have permission to share the following with you from someone commenting on this webpage. to me because not only was I listening to him, I was also having a conversation with my three-year-old From when I was only twelve years old right through to ending upon high school graduation at age eighteen

If an ant bites as you are walking over a nest and you stop where you are to fight the ant, stomping Something minor escalates into something serious and you may wonder why you are so viciously attacked tried to get closer to Jesus, but when I did, I started thinking really icky things that I’ve been too It makes you feel lost even though in your heart you know that you are saved, but because you’re a Christian I believe God loves her too much not to allow this to continue so that she can become truly strong in

If you are already married to such a person, however, God hates divorce and he wants you to do all you ‘Any friend of his, is a friend of mine’ Your Lord loved you while you were still his enemy. When we examine all the biblical evidence (too vast to mention here), we are forced to conclude that, you so much that he wants you to share in his great work. Perhaps you are thinking that you can hardly ‘make ends meet’ now.

us much leeway so that we might come to our senses and start proving ourselves faithful before it is too late: Romans 2:3-4 . . . do you think you will escape God’s judgment? Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Is it not enough for you to drink clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet? Must my flock feed on what you have trampled and drink what you have muddied with your feet?

In reality, however, God has promised that no temptation will be too strong for a Christian. Add this to prayer and you have an arsenal against which the combined forces of hell are reduced to a If you were granted police powers, would you tolerate a law breaker vandalizing a sacred place, or assaulting Well aren’t you the Spirit’s holy sanctuary, part of Christ’s body and God’s own child? Is it proper for you to passively endure an evil assault upon your person?

Pastors would say, “If you committed the unpardonable sin, you would not care about having done so.” Matthew 11:28  Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. It is like being asked to run when you feel too exhausted to walk. Your God believes in you. You won't regret it!

do for you. his power to rob you by deceiving you into thinking it applies to other people but not to you. You supposed no one would ever want you, and yet Jesus fell in love with you and longed to marry you. in Christ Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is  in Christ,  he is a new creation; the old By ‘the law,’ the Bible means God’s standards as outlined in the very Word of God, preserved in the Old

Let it spur you to a greater commitment, inspiring you to new levels of excellence.   That’s not for you. You belong in heaven’s hall of fame. If you’re crazy, they say you ought to be committed. Yield to my old nature and I cower; yield to my Christ-bought nature and I conquer.   Heaven’s resources – infinitely more than you will ever require – are available the instant you need

to those who trouble you (7) and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, Absorb those words: “at whatever point you judge the Lord – the one who at any instant would be fully justified in sending us to eternal torment – of being too No matter how horrifically someone has treated you, his offense against you is not as grave as what you This, too, is a major reason why he wants us to show this same kindness to those who don’t deserve it