Sometimes when we think of Jesus, we get all warm and fuzzy inside. He’s good and even those who don’t profess Christianity know it. We, His professing people, celebrate Jesus, sing songs to Him, sell Him on mugs, candies and t-shirts. We buy books based on His teaching, join small groups and internet groups to talk about Him and what He has done…for us. We go to church and worship Him while our minds are distracted and divided thinking about our lives. We profess Him…but most of us don’t really…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 16, 2009 at 9:16am —
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Romans 12: 1, 2 “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is–His good, pleasing and perfect will.”
We need to dust off our Bibles and read it (and not just books about it) to find out what God wants from us…how…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 13, 2009 at 11:00am —
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We’re awash in things wearing the name “Christian”…
We have “Christian” magazines, “Christian” books, “Christian” bookstores, “Christian” radio stations, “Christian” television stations, “Christian” mugs, “Christian“ candies, “Christian” t-shirts…
We have “Christian” speakers, “Christian” writers, “Christian” talk-show hosts, “Christian” singers…
We can buy “Christian” books on everything from cleaning your house to saving for retirement…
We can join together and support the latest “Christian” p…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 13, 2009 at 8:30am —
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Dear Man of God,
You’ve been given a great and fearful job by Almighty God. As I sit before you week after week, I hunger for spiritual meat. I can no longer stand a cotton candy diet. Teach me the deep things of God. I want the truth about myself: I am a sinner and all of my “good-deeds” are but filthy rags before the Lord. My efforts are nothing and will never be enough to take me to heaven. I need you to explain what you have spent so long studying. Tell me how to please Him, how to obey Him…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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Deuteronomy 4: 24, “For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.”
Wildfires sweep across plains and through great forests devouring everything in sight. Man-made or God-made, all that is in the path of the fire catches fire and burns up: trees, animals, plants, humans, houses…the fire consumes it all leaving nothing but ashes in its path.
Hebrews 12: 29, “For our God is a consuming fire.”
God is love and He wants me to be happy.
Jesus is cool, you know? He’s…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:59pm —
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What is biblical repentance? It’s hardly ever addressed in our pulpits so most of us don’t even know.
Repentance is not despair over having been caught doing something that I shouldn’t have been doing; it’s not being regretful that since I got caught there is now a price to pay; it’s not disappointment over the discomfort or inconvenience the consequences of my sin is now having on my life.
Genuine biblical repentance is measuring my sin against God’s holiness and being utterly horrified at ho…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:57pm —
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The church in America, as a whole, is more interested in fitting into the world than converting the world. We have become cowards. Those who stand up and declare God‘s ways will find themselves at odds with the very ones who should be supporting them.
The church is failing to live up to all of its holy potential and take hold of all of the spiritual blessings available to her because we are failing to do three things: study God’s Word with an eye towards doing His will, pray that God’s will is…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:55pm —
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In Genesis 3: 15, God said to Satan, “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Enmity: deep seated dislike, hatred, hostility or the quality of being an enemy.
Being in a state of enmity with God is deadly serious. If we choose to love the things of the world, we are choosing to hate the things of God. I John 2: 16 states, “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of…
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Added by Anna Wood on August 10, 2009 at 7:53pm —
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BECOMING A RELEVANT CHURCH IN OUR GENERATION
For the Lord is the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more…
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Added by Bob B on May 15, 2009 at 6:43am —
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Repent - (The School of Hard Nots - 3)
(LUKE 5:32) > I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance [KJ]
(LUKE 13:5) > I tell you, No; but unless you repent ([change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally [Amplified]]
(ACTS 3:13) > Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, Jesus, Christ. [KJ]…
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Added by secondsamuel on July 9, 2008 at 9:26am —
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Arrested For Being A Christian
If you were arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you? I heard this on the radio yesterday and it plunged me into deep thought. Would there be enough evidence to convict me? And to what degree would I be convicted? Would there be enough evidence to convict me of "first degree Christianity", second degree, or maybe a misdemeanor charge? If the Holy Spirit was the prosecuting attorney, seeing all_knowing all that we do in deed or i…
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Added by secondsamuel on June 4, 2008 at 2:39pm —
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Even though I have been subjected throughout life to the darker side of human nature, it still never ceases to stun, shock, hurt, amaze, bewilder and frighten me. We are all human. We are all capable of hurting one another in very deep and permanent ways. It is through the grace of God that I am promised eternal life and through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, I am able to resist some pretty ugly things.
Today, I was faced with a challenge that sadly I have had to deal with a lot because of…
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Added by Munchiesmommy on February 19, 2008 at 12:30pm —
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Warm Fuzzies For Jesus
BECOMING A RELEVANT CHURCH IN OUR GENERATION
Repent or Perish
FACING HUMAN NATURE ISN'T ALWAYS EASY 
