An Overcoming Walk

As Christians, we are to be very careful to watch for our adversary who is continually seeking to destroy us (2). He accuses us day and night (3), constantly setting a net for our feet. “Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me” (Psalm 31:4a)....

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Islands of Hospitality

“And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara” (Acts 21:1). On his return voyage home from his third missionary journey, Paul met disciples nearly...

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God’s Lifestyle

The walk of a believer in Jesus Christ is a process in which he begins to mix faith with what he hears from the Word and it begins to profit his life (2). The apostle Paul communicated this truth in Philippians 4:12, “I know both how to be abased, and...

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Blessed Memories

Memories can be either a blessing or a curse for the believer. The memory of the just is a blessing because it is kept by the Word of God. “Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God” (Hebrews 13:7a). We have...

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Tetelestai!

Let us consider why God did not use nearly all of the 32,000 Israelites in the battle against the Midianites: 31,700 men failed the “water test” in Judges 7. They put the natural desires of the flesh before their desire for God. They were selfish. This is the reason why...

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Near to His Heart

Jeremiah was called the weeping prophet because he wept day and night for his people. The apostle Paul was a brilliant, intellectually gifted and well educated man, yet he, too, wept night and day for the space of three years. Paul served his people with humility and tears that came...

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