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The Ark,
A Type of Christ - Genesis 6:1-14: Noah's Ark is
a wonderful story for children. We love to read about
the animals that went in two by two and by sevens, but many
times we miss out on seeing Jesus Christ in the ark.
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An Army of Rejects -
1Samuel 22:1-2: Have you ever stopped and pondered why God
would save you? or How He could use you to do something? Do
you ever get a desire to do something for Him and then you
remember who you are and all of the things that you need to
straighten up before He would use you? Though it is true that
there are some things in life that we must correct before we can
serve in higher capacities, many a saint of God has let
opportunity after opportunity pass with the excuse of their own
insufficiency. The story of David’s soldiers ought to encourage
you to serve now.
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The Battle
To Go Forward - Genesis 19:1-16: What can we learn
from Lot's failures? Lot faced some of the same trials
that you face. What will you do?
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A Burning
Revival - Acts 19:13-20: Magic and witchcraft are
on the rampage.
Chances are there is magic in your home. What should
we look for and how can we fix the problem if we find it?
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The
Chastening of the Lord - Hebrews 12:1-11: As Christian’s we really don’t enjoy the idea of
chastisement. If I were to ask someone if they want to be more like Christ, it
is an easy yes. However, if I were to tell you that one of the ways to become
more like Him is through chastisement, all of the sudden it doesn’t sound so
good. Perhaps we aren’t as good of Christians as we think ourselves to be.
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Christ Our Life - John 14:6: This world is filled with death.
According to the Bible in Adam we all die. Where can we
find hope? Is there a source of life? The answer is
found in Jesus Christ. Do you know Him?
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Christ Our
Surety - Hebrews 7:14-22:
In
the Bible we find many references to transactions and covenants.
In our passage we find one of those references and it is
found in the usage of the word surety. Now we know
that Christ was made a surety of a better testament, but
what exactly does that mean?
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Christians
and Santa
Claus -
Colossians
2:8:
Many
believers
could be
greatly
offended
that we
would even
deal with
the issue of
Santa Claus.
“It is
innocent”,
you can hear
them say.
Yet a
careful look
into the
scriptures
would deny
that this
lie is
anywhere
near
innocent.
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Earnestly
Contending: Is Jesus Christ and
His blood precious enough for you to Earnestly
Contend for the faith? How are doing? Are you
just going through the motions or have you given
yourself in life and even in death to fighting the
good fight of faith?
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The
Full Gospel - 1Corinthians 15:1-4: Many today
are stopping short on the gospel. The Catholics and
many others have a crucified "Jesus" (another
Jesus) laying around. The problem is that even some
Independent Baptists are heading the same direction.
What does the Bible say about the Gospel?
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Getting Used
to the Things of God - Revelation 3:14-19:
We live in a day when we have all of the resources we need to be
a good Christian. We have multiple Bibles in each home, a
church on every corner, Bible teachers and material at our
disposal 24 hours a day. There has never been a day when there
were so many different ways to serve the Lord by practice,
preaching and publishing. Yet we have allowed the spirit of
Laodicea to deaden us. We like the Laodiceans are “lukewarm”,
growing cold on the things of God.
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God Remembers - Hebrews 6:10:
Are you going through a period of time where you feel that God
has forgotten you? Choose to accept the authority of the
scriptures over your feelings and know God has not forsaken you.
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God's
Dealings With Man Through the Ages - Isaiah 60:20: Picture
in your mind as you look from left to right a shadow, an
image and a sun. This may not mean much to you but
in this very picture is the scope of God's dealings with
man through the ages.
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Jesus Christ as the
Head - Colossians 1:18: In the Bible, Jesus Christ is the
Head of the Body, which is the church. If that is true, we ought
to be able to look at the characteristics of the head in
scripture and find it points to some characteristics of Jesus
Christ. Let’s take a look at some of these and see if we can see
Jesus.
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Lessons
from the
Encampment
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Numbers
2:1-2:
Here is
a group
of
people
who have
escaped
the
wrath of
God by
putting
their
faith in
the shed
blood of
a
Passover
lamb. They
are in
the
midst of
a
strange
place
traveling
to a
land
that
flows
with
milk and
honey.
We find
that God
is
giving
instructions
for how
the
Israelites
are to
camp.
Now we
will
find a
few
principles
that
will
help us
as we
travel
through
our own
wilderness.
Have you
been making light of the details of your life? Have
you been disobedient to God in those areas? Have you
considered what your disobedience in those areas is doing to
those around you?
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Lessons
From the Storms of Life - Luke 8:22-25:
The
storms and trials of life are as sure to come your way as
the breath you just took. We must work not to get bitter in
the storm but, rather rejoice that our Father is allowing us
another opportunity to learn.
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The
Ministry of Barnabas - Acts 4:36-37:
Do you have
an honest love and burden for those who are saved and fallen by
the wayside? According to 1John 4:20, “If a man say, I love
God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth
not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he
hath not seen.” Will you be a Barnabas? Will you give of
yourself to help another?
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The
Ministry of Wisdom - Proverbs 7:4-8:3: On one
side of the street the strange woman is enticing the simple
man to commit sin, but at the same time on the other side
of the street, wisdom is crying out with blessings to offer. Who
will you hear?
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The
Portion of the Wicked - Psalm 11:5-7:
There are
many terrible things in this life that we could experience that
would not be pleasant. Possibly the worst thing that could
happen to a person is to burn in a fire. It only lasts for a
little while and you die, but still that is a horrible way to
die. Imagine for a moment if you were on fire and you could not
die. How terrible! Such is the lot of all those who have not put
their trust for eternity in the finished work of Christ.
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Our Purpose
on Earth - Galatians 1:1-5: Why are we here? What
am I supposed to do? Who am I? Why didn't God
just take me on to Heaven after He saved me?
These questions and many others can be answered by looking
into the word of God.
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Our Spiritual
Warfare - Ephesians 6:10-13:
We are in a war. All of
you may not be hearing the gunfire and seeing the smoke rise as the enemy
attacks but that does not mean that the war has ceased. There are other
people and other times perhaps even now where the sky is filled with smoke
and gunshots are going off left and right. What should we do in such times?
What should we be looking for? Why is the enemy attacking so strong? Who
will help us?
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The
Preeminence of Jesus Christ - Colossians 1:9-18: We
have heard it taught and preached on many times that Jesus
Christ is to be preeminent in our lives, but according to
the Bible the preeminence of Christ has nothing to do with
you.
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Prostituting our
Daughters - Leviticus 19:29: Satan has robbed the church
blind of its daughters. Do names like Jessie Daniels,
Kelly Clarkson, Missy Elliott, Mariah Carey, Shelly King, and
Britney Spears ring a bell? They all started out either
going to Church as children or are in Church now. Who’s
next? It may be that my daughter or your daughter is the
next target of Satan. So what shall we do?
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Serving With Love - Genesis
29:13-20: What is the purpose of your life? Would you serve
the Lord if the only option presented to you was a job that you
did not like to do? Do you murmur and complain in front of your
friends, coworkers, or children about serving the Lord? Is your
heart right in service? If not maybe you should go back to the
example of Jacob and serve with love.
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There
is Still Water in the Rock - Numbers 20:1-11:
The
children of Israel are in Kadesh, the place where they
decided that they could not go and possess the land of
Canaan. The people are thirsty. The Lord has
provided water already out of a rock in Horeb. This
is a chapter of trials.
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The
Work of the Body on Earth - Philippians 1:1-11: The
Book of Philippians is a very practical book. In it
we find many admonitions to the believer of how to carry
out the work of Jesus Christ while on this earth.
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What's Wrong With God? -
Jeremiah 2:4-9: People today have no concept of loyalty. We are
wishy-washy. Today you love something and tomorrow you will hate it. We
make decisions quicker than you can blink and then forsake them just as
fast. The bad thing is that this has rolled over into our relationship
with God.
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Ye are the
Branches - John 15:1-8: God must really enjoy gardens, trees
and flowers. He planted a garden eastward in Eden and walked
there with Adam (Genesis 2:8; Genesis 3:8). The Lord Jesus
during His earthly ministry resorted oftentimes to a garden
place to pray and near the throne of God we find a river and a
tree of life bearing fruit. In John 15, were likened to branches
shooting forth from the vine. This vine represents the Lord
Jesus. God is the husbandman and He cares for the fruitfulness
of the branches. What would He find should He come today?