Tag: obedience
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Does it change us?
When it comes to studying the Bible, one of the most overlooked items is that we do not make it personal – but rather, view it as a “loose guideline” of how to live. Now before you say it … this is not an attack, rather, it should be seen as an indication of what…
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Choose to Live
One of the most difficult things that each of us will encounter is being obedient to God when we are faced with the choice of what we “feel” like we should be doing. God has called each of us to a place of choosing how we will live, and since we have a choice, it…
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How do we respond?
When God’s word reveals a truth to us, what we determine in our hearts to do with it is incredibly revealing of what we truly believe; especially if God’s truth threatens our wants, desires, or even our power. The religious leaders in Jerusalem faced the same challenges when it came to Jesus’s teachings that we…
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What do you allow?
Hypocrisy is one of the most repeated struggles that the modern day church constantly endures. However! We are not defenseless and without opportunity to correct it when it rears its head! For example, Jesus showed a great contrast between religious acts and obeying the Law (see John 7:20-24) that we can learn from. In it,…
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Will you Surrender?
When life is good, it is easy to tell people about how good God has been to you, isn’t it? Is the opposite true in those times when life is way more challenging; or maybe when everything in your life seems to be against you and you cannot find your way to experience any peace?…
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Discipleship Forces Change!
When we consider the word, “discipleship”, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Is it more to do? A challenge to your status quo? Perhaps an inconvenience to what you want? Those may very well be the negative thoughts that creep into our hearts, but is that not where the Holy Spirit…
Pastor T.J. Conwell 