A Sense of Persistence
on June 8th, 2022
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” - Matthew 7:7If you want to pray in a way that moves the heart of God, you should look to Genesis 18 where Abraham prayed a prayer that did exactly that. Abraham went to God with a sense of burden, a sense of boldness, and a sense of humility; but lastly, he went to God with a sense of persistence.A... Read More
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A Sense of Humility
on June 7th, 2022
“Then Abraham spoke up again: ‘Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes, what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?’” - Genesis 18:27-28Over the last couple of days, we have talked about the ingredients of Abraham’s prayer in Genesis 18. This was a prayer that moved the he... Read More
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A Sense of Boldness
on June 6th, 2022
“Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked? What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not ... Read More
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A Sense of Burden
on June 5th, 2022
“Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?” - Genesis 18:23It is possible for you and me to pray prayers like Abraham did in Genesis 18 and move the heart of God. If we are going to do this though, we need to pay close attention to the ingredients within Abraham’s prayer.The first thing we discover is that if you want to pray a prayer that moves God,... Read More
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Move The Heart of God
on June 4th, 2022
“Then the men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?’” - Genesis 18:22-23Genesis 18 gives us a dialogue between a desperate man and a determined God concerning the fate of a community that departed from God’s will and God’s way. God revealed His plans to destroy the ... Read More
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A Determined God
on June 3rd, 2022
“Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.’” - Matthew 19:26When you come to God in prayer, He listens to you. When you come to God with a prayer that aligns with His will, He becomes determined to answer your prayer. Have you ever heard that? Not just that God says “yes,” but that He is determined to make it happen?Yesterday, we talked abou... Read More
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A Desperate Man
on June 2nd, 2022
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” - Matthew 7:7-8Yesterday, we talked about the power of prayer. If you have been a believer for any significant amount of time, you have likely seen just how powerful prayer can be, or maybe ... Read More
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The Power of Prayer
on June 1st, 2022
“The men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the Lord. Then Abraham approached him and said: ‘Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?’” - Genesis 18:22-23Gospel recording artist Helen Baylor had a hit song back in the early 1990s that became popular because of the testimony she told about navigating the challenges of addiction, promiscuity, and suicid... Read More
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Are You That Friend?
on May 31st, 2022
“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” - John 15:13Yesterday we talked about what a true friend is, and the value of having even one. A true friend will, as John says, “lay down his life for his friends.” As Proverbs 17 says, they are “born for adversity.” Then we see in Proverbs 18 that, “there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”Finding the... Read More
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A True Friend
on May 30th, 2022
“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” - John 15:13We live in an era of social media where people have replaced real relationships and authentic interaction with virtual contacts—Facebook friends, Snapchat and Twitter followers, Instagram likes, the list goes on and on. While these apps do bring a lot of great things, one thing they lack is the value of true... Read More
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Thank You For Being A Friend
on May 29th, 2022
“One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” - Proverbs 18:24In the late 1980s, there was a popular sitcom about four mature women who shared a home in Miami, Florida. The show starred Beatrice Arthur who played strong-willed Dorothy, Betty White who played spacey Rose, Ruth McClanahan who played the sensual southern belle Blanche, an... Read More
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Do You Want To Get Well?
on May 28th, 2022
“One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” - John 5:5-6When the question is posed the way Jesus said it, it would sound silly to say anything but “yes, I want to get well.” But for many, our actions actually would say, “No, I’m not happy, but ... Read More
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Tap Into Your Thought Life
on May 27th, 2022
“‘Sir,’ the invalid replied, ‘I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.’” - John 5:7If you have stayed with us the last couple of days, we have discussed the man by the pool in John 5. While the story appears to be about the man’s physical condition, what Jesus is trying to do is change the man’s mindset to un... Read More
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Change Your Mind, Change Your Situation
on May 26th, 2022
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” - John 5:6Yesterday, we began unpacking the story of the man by the pool in John 5. A man who had this “condition” for 38 years. We learn that in the Greek version of the text, it just says the man is there. It does not say he has a “condition.” We see the shock... Read More
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Problem In The Body… Or Mind?
on May 25th, 2022
“When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’” - John 5:6It has been said that most battles are won or lost, not on the playing field, but in the mind. If we can conquer the obstacles and strongholds in our thought life, there is almost nothing we cannot do or achieve. I thought about that as I reflected on ... Read More
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Get Up Off The Tack
on May 24th, 2022
“Then Jesus said to him, ‘Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.’ At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.” - John 5:8-9There was a story once told of a man who decided to take a break after a long walk in the park. He found a bench to take the load off his feet, but when he sat down, he sat on a tack which caused him a great deal of pain. After yelling, several people passed by and... Read More
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"This Is Good!"
on May 23rd, 2022
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” - Romans 8:28There was once a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up. The friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life, positive or negative, and responding by saying, “This is good!”One day the king and his friend were... Read More
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God’s Presence
on May 22nd, 2022
“The Lord replied, ‘My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.’” - Exodus 33:14If you have been following along with us over the last four days, I hope you are encouraged. The truth is, life is tough. Some things will be thrown at you—situations, circumstances, even people—that will make life difficult. Trials and tribulations will surely hit at some point or another. And it makes you... Read More
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