Losing Your Life to Find It

"Whosoever seeks to save his live will lose it, and whosoever loses his life for my sake will find it." By kenedy Jagaji       These words of Jesus are familiar words. But like so many of the familiar passages of the Bible, the real meaning often gets lost in the familiarity. We can get...

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The Path of Victory: Part 3

You Can Be Right Without Feeling Right! Christ’s followers are alluded to as ‘soldiers’ (2 Tim. 2:3). So we should not be surprised when we find there are wars to fight. One of the great battles in the Christian life is coming to grips with the issue of our emotions, or feelings. The proper order in navigating the Calvary Road is: Fact, Faith, and Feeling. Too often...

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The Path of Victory: Part 2

You must Choose to Lose your Life Daily William Graham Scroggie said, “In some people’s lives Jesus is present; in other lives he is prominent; but still in other lives, He is preeminent. We all must allow Jesus to be preeminent in our lives.” Center stage can only be occupied by one person at a time. If Jesus is to be magnified in my heart, then my “flesh” must be mortified! The...

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The Path of Victory: Part 1

  Act on the Fact! Are you repeatedly triumphant and rarely trounced in your spiritual life? Or, are you repeatedly trounced and rarely triumphant? If you are one who has found a consistent “abundant life” to be a bit elusive, but still believe it is possible, then this series of articles may be helpful to you. To enforce the full victory of Calvary we must understand...

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A Season of Heaviness

Life is all about seasons. Ecclesiastes Chapter 3 tells us there is a “season” (appointed occasion) for everything—“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…A time to get, and a time to lose…A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.”  It seems that countless believers are...

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"INNER MAN" PRAYER

By Harold Vaughan I have seen hundreds of church prayer lists over the years. One thing stands out: the vast majority of the Prayer Requests concern the OUTER MAN (the physical body). Beyond question, Scripture addresses the physical concerns. For example, "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth"...

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A Horrible Destiny

Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come. (1 Thessalonians 1:10) Do you remember the time you were lost as a child, or slipping over a precipice, or about to drown? Then suddenly you were rescued. You held on for “dear life.” You trembled for what you almost lost. You were happy. Oh, so happy, and thankful. And you trembled with joy. That’s the way I feel at...

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The Heart of True Repentance

Few things in the life of a believer are as disheartening as the long struggle with persistent sins. This is particularly true when we have experienced victory over sin in other areas of our life. We know God has the power to get rid of our sin, so why won’t he? It may sound counterintuitive, but sometimes victory over some sin tarries because God desires to teach...

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