Finding the will of God for your life Part 8
Circumstances and events will sometimes indicate God's direction for us. Paul wrote about such a circumstance in his life in 2 Corinthians 2
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 6
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 5
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 4
Today's society is very event led; life seems quite dull unless we are doing something. Recent politics have emphasised performance related
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 3
Understanding God’s will for our lives is not always a straightforward process. As we have seen, we need to have a God-centred perspective,
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 2
Finding God's will necessarily involves having a close relationship with God. This may seem obvious, but many people want to know...
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Finding the will of God for your life Part 1
Almost every Christian would like to know what the will of God is for their lives. What is the will of God?
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Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled (Luke 14:7-11) Part 2
This child was the closest to humility and was used as an object lesson to them because children know little but just trust in God.
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Whoever exalts himself will be humbled (Luke14:7-11) Part 1
Pride comes before a fall. Satan fell because of pride because he wanted to be like the Highest. He forgot that he was a created being.
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Love is a weapon Part 2
How should we use love? Love as a weapon The concept of love as a weapon is not new as was used to significant effect by Martin Luther...
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The dimensions of God's love Part 2
in Ephesians 3:18 we see that there is a supernatural order of the dimensions of God’s love.
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The attributes of God: Grace
Now we can clearly see how we are to live our lives before God the Father.
We are to do so as if we were alive from the dead; in willing,
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The attributes of God: Grace
Many have speculated on the nature of Paul’s thorn in the flesh with various approaches including it being an eye condition etc...
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The attributes of God:
‘His goodness directed toward human debt and demerit. It is by His grace that God imputes merit where none previously existed and declares
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The attributes of God:
We can give one of two responses to the goodness of God, which are 1.the right response, and 2. the wrong response.
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The Attributes of God:
For the purposes of our bible study today ‘an attribute of God is whatever God has in any way revealed as being true of Himself.’
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The Gifts of the Godhead Part 3f
every believer is dealt the measure of faith sometimes when there is a specific need God gives us an extra injection of faith.
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The Gifts of the Godhead Part 3f
The power gifts of the Holy Spirit are the gifts most likely to cause a stir and draw a crowd!
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The Gifts of the Godhead Part 3e
These three gifts often come to believers as a recurrent thought or feeling, or as a vision (picture).
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The Gifts of the Godhead Part 3d
For the purposes of our study the gifts are considered in three groups.
1. The verbal gifts; tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy
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The gifts of the Godhead Part 3a
The verbal gifts; tongues, interpretation, and prophecy.
2. The inspirational gifts;(God shows us something we otherwise could not know)..
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Holding fast to the profession of our faith
We must remember to hold fast to God’s word and his promises which are like an anchor to our soul and keep us fixed and safe no matter...
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Zoe the abundant life of the believer Part 2
Zoe will transform us into sons of God
Bios will transform us into selfish failures
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Zoe the abundant life of the believer Part 1
In the New Testament there is a special Greek word for this abundant Life of God is named Zoe. You may have heard it as a girl`s name;
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Walking in Integrity Part 2
Pray through any major decision that might compromise your integrity. Another time to be sensitive to the Holy Spirit is when we take...
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Walking in Integrity Part 1
Can we say today that we handle God’s word in such a way, uninfluenced by our mood, our health or with respect to who it is the has done..
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A Glimpse of things to come
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Only God can provide total security Part 5
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Only God can provide total security Part 4B
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Only God can provide total security Part 4A
Is it possible for a true born-again believer to lose their salvation and end up in the eternal lake of fire, separated from God forever?
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Only God can provide total security Part 3B
The mighty and holy angels of God are commanded by him to post a special watch over those who under the shelter of Almighty God...
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Only God can provide total security Part 3A
Psalm 91 has been called God’s atomic bomb shelter, but is in fact it is our nuclear, chemical, and biological shelter.
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Only God can provide total security Part 2
we consider the security found in the wisdom of God and then proceed to consider security for life and death.
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Only God can provide total security Part 1
There is something deep in the heart of man that longs for security, a form of security that can protect us from evil, hurt, harm or loss...
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Forgiveness Part 2
Paul reminds us that especially when we are taking communion that we need to keep short accounts with the Lord and with our fellow believers
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The poison seed of ungodly jealousy
Definition: ungodly jealousy is a negative emotion which often involves envy, mistrust , and suspicion. Jealousy is a form of covetousness
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Things to remember in the dry valley
all believers should expect to pass through the dry valley where the only apparent water is our tears.
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The judgement of believers' works
Paul compares the life of faith as though each believer was building a structure. Our materials can be gold, silver, or precious stones ...
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The joy of finding lost valuables
When I was a young teenager, my mother took me aside one day, and entrusted the Churchill crown to my safe keeping, I hid it in an old..
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God can make a little go a long way
This story made me think of a recurring theme in the bible of how God can make a little go a long way. Let us bring these stories to mind…
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The power of encouragement Part 2
Have you ever known someone who believed in you, someone who frequently spoke words of encouragement and praise?
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The power of encouragement Part 1
Barnabas was the nickname given to Joseph because he was so known for his encouragement. What a lovely accolade.
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Aiming for excellence in your service to God
Psalm 8:1 O LORD our Lord, how excellent [is] your name in all the earth! who has set your
glory above the heavens.
The Lord our God has an
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Our Identity is in Christ Part 5
Nicodemus was around 60-70 years old and had a lifetime of personal failures and character flaws behind him. Yet here was Jesus offering him
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Our identity is in Christ Part 4
Jesus marvellous victory purchased us our new birth right.
What does the bible say about the birth-right of new believers?
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God is a name changer
In the bible name changes are highly significant and often reflect a new identity or character.
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The gifts of the Godhead Part 4
The spiritual gifts are given to us by the Father. These are the so-called “motivational gifts” described in (Romans 12:3-8)
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Be clothed with humility 2
This whole area of pride vs humility is rooted in the ‘act of comparing’.
Pride arises when we compare others unfavourably with ourselves.
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The battle between your spirit and your flesh
We need to be able to compare the lusts of the flesh with the fruit of the Spirit to recognise whether we are walking in the flesh or in the
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