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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.

God’s grace doesn’t just trickle down; it fills to the brim and overflows!

When we look for signs, we are really looking for searching for hope and a future.

Hope is one of the roots that weaves our lives together.

Tithing really means giving BACK to God.

Our phones expose what we genuinely value.

Christian life is all about loving and serving others enough to tell them about Jesus’ work on the cross.

Just like anything, the more time you spend in the New Testament, the faster you can navigate it.

Just like with anything, the more time you spend with the Old Testament, the faster you can navigate it.

Every person who makes even one step toward God will see, that God has been there the entire time waiting.

We must devote to destruction, or put to death, what is earthly in us:

Before sin even entered into the World, God had made a way of redemption for his children.

The only option that gives all of us the freedom to have peace, hope, and relationships is to forgive.

Only you can decide how Jesus will impact your life.

God wants to use your copy of God’s Word to change your life and eternity.

You can go from having a life that leads to death to a life radically changed by Jesus.

Things rarely improve where grace doesn’t make the first move.

God remains with us and comforts us through it all.

God is all-seeing, all-knowing, and ever present.