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Even Paul struggled to understand Old Testament scriptures.

In football, running the right direction
is crucial to victory over an opponent.

Growth requires intentional care for and commitment to what you love.

Break the cycle of discontentment and change your self-powered desires.

God is at work creating a thing of beauty, so trust him and let him work.

The world will never understand the radical concept of surrendering your life to Christ.

You’re right. Christians aren’t perfect and sometimes they act like the world . . .

You’re not the only one who will suffer because of your own spiritual dryness.

Living for Jesus, with his spirit as your guide, is the most beautiful life.

Are you giving God the praise He deserves?

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade.

Let us reflect Jesus to this lost and broken world.

As far as His will goes, God just wants a chance to speak to you, and He’ll do the rest.

Are you content with milk or do you want meat? It’s a decision that determines your growth.

Who’s really in charge of your words? the holy One or the greatest liar of all time.

There aren’t many trustworthy things in the world, but God sent his Son to be one of them.

God will use our circumstances to mold us and to shape our character to draw us closer to Him.

God was intimately involved in the process of determining the canon of the Bible.

Suffering produces endurance and character in a Christian’s spiritual training.

They wanted their independence from Rome, and they would do anything to get it.

Truly knowing who God is affects your prayers, your worship, and your spiritual growth.

Instruction for knowing God’s will has been there the whole time.

You can’t have an encounter with God and not be changed.

A life of fulfillment starts and ends with the decision of your life: following Jesus.

Paul made sure his message was clear to believers: Spreading the gospel is up to you.

Larry Barker
healthy church podcast

God is knowable, seek him now before it is too late.

Nothing compares to the loving embrace of Jesus.

Fear is a thief, like a runaway train, it steals our joy, our peace, our contentedness.

Jesus chose to die on the cross so that we could live, and it all begins with the choice to accept that truth.

God speaks in all sorts of way, but the best way to hear from God is through his Word.

Teach your people strategies to help them cope with their own anger, and practice ways to react gently.

God is a much better master than money.

You can engage with your Bible with more confidence when you know what all the little words mean.

Don’t think you can lie to God and lying to yourself doesn’t do you much good either.

The sacrifice that Christ made on the cross isn’t so trivial to be shrugged off at our convenience.

Gentleness is talking and acting in a way that shows respect for God and respect for others.

Because Jesus left His home to live with us, we now have a home to live with him.

A small seed of faith planted in God’s power produces the impossible.

We can rest in whatever God has for us because His plan is perfect, even when it doesn’t feel that way.

By dying to self and putting others before ourselves, we can live a transformed life.

His greatest work is not only done in the big things, but in the midst of a day’s ordinary struggles.

The idea is to remove anything that competes with the Holy Spirit for control of your life.

Jesus loves us enough to not stop trying to reach out and help change our lives.

Accepting Christ is necessary, but it is not the full picture.

None of us can stand before God’s judgement and blame our sin on Satan.

The more we surrender our heart to Jesus, the more compassionate we become.

True significance can be measured by the scope of the search.

Jesus is alive, and he defeated death, he defeated sin, and he rose triumphant!

Anxiety often comes as a result of our fear, specifically the fear of what should happen in the event that we fail.