God's Brillant Plan
God Doesn’t See You
God Doesn’t See You, He Only Sees Jesus…Really???? For years I taught what had been taught to me- “When God looks at you, He doesn’t see you, He only sees Jesus”. That may sound sweet in some religious way but it is just plain wrong. And what it really says is this if God did see you, as you really are, He wouldn’t like...
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Have We Completely Misunderstood 2 Chronicles 7:14
Have We Completely Misunderstood 2 Chronicles 7:14? “If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, I will hear from heaven and heal their land.” 2 Chron. 7:14 is used so freely today without even asking ourselves, “Who was God speaking to, what was He referring to and how should it effect us now”. Huge...
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Usama bin Laden is Dead, Republicans and Democrats are Fighting Over the Debt Limit- How Should A Christian React To Civil Government?
Usama bin Laden is Dead, Republicans and Democrats are Fighting Over the Debt Limit How Should A Christian React To Civil Government? This is a very important question in our current political, religious climate and I believe the New Testament clearly gives us answers from a time when the government the early believers lived under, Rome, was extremely...
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Bono of U2 Speaks about “Grace over Karma”
Bono of U2 Speaks about “Grace over Karma” This is a very interesting article taken from an interview with Bono of the band U2. Of course, it’s not entirely accurate in it’s definition of true grace since it speaks more of mercy than true grace. However, I found it to be extremely interesting…and a great way to...
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What Happened To The Justified Wrath of God? -The Heart of the Gospel
What Happened To The Justified Wrath of God? -The Heart of the Gospel The most basic truth of the Gospel is that the righteous judgment and justified wrath of the infinitely perfect God was fully exhausted at the cross. All judgment and wrath was placed upon Jesus when “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become...
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We Could All Do More…If We Just Had More
But What Would We Do With It If We Had It? I can relate to always wanting to do more for the Kingdom but not having the resources to do it all. I am experiencing more of that right now than ever before in my whole life. Our ministry brought in less than $200,000.00 last year; the lowest in several years. And yet, we trained hundreds of leaders around...
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The Gift of Frustration
Here is a critical truth I am learning the hard way Knowing what you are supposed to do and become, does not give you the ability to do and become. But it does create great frustration. I am also learning that this often confusing, and frequently painful, frustration is a gift from God. It drives us to search for something different, something new,...
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How To Respond When People We Love Make Bad Choices
Question – My brother called me to tell me he was getting married today. I tried to show my support by telling him nothing would ever make me stop loving him but that marriage is a huge commitment and something he should be certain of before entering. While I gave my blessing I still have concern. He is 19 and has various issues surrounding him....
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The Promise of True Transformation
The amazing promise of Biblical grace is not behavior modification but true transformation. In fact, the Bible makes it clear that we must fight against “conforming” to the image of this world but we must passionately pursue “being transformed” by the work of the Spirit into the image of Christ. So before we examine the process,...
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Enter In and Enjoy His Love
I fall short of my expectations in many ways. But one thing I have learned is how to regularly enter into, and enjoy, the presence of God. I do regularly encounter God by the Spirit. I can’t always encounter Him exactly when I want or exactly how I would like; and I certainly can’t get Him to do all the things I would prefer He do at...
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God’s Brillant Plan
