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COMPARE OUR PAIN WITH JESUS'S PAIN

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 26, 2015 at 11:07am

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by Sue Darling

Psalm 31:7, I will be glad and rejoice in your unfailing love, You have seen my troubles, and You care about the anguish of my soul.
One thing that I am learning is when I look at my sorrows and never look at God, my sorrows can seem unbearable, but when I look at God I get strength. For example I have just lost a beloved pet, some people might think, only a pet I have lost a beloved person, so have I! But just right now it is a pet and I have been crying uncontrollable tears over
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4 Ways Satan Wants to Destroy Your Marriage before it Begins

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 25, 2015 at 3:23am

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Before I met my wife, I’d never had what I’d call a healthy relationship. I’d bounced around from one to another, getting the most out of them with the least amount of effort. All those years, I absorbed gobs of lies about what “love” really is and what is “okay.”

Detangling all that after Jesus pulled me into life has been—well—difficult. Lots of counseling andprayer went in before I met my wife and lots more has gone in since. I swallowed so much of what Satan is shilling that it’s taken ye

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4 Ways Satan Wants to Destroy Your Marriage before it Begins

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 25, 2015 at 3:23am

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Before I met my wife, I’d never had what I’d call a healthy relationship. I’d bounced around from one to another, getting the most out of them with the least amount of effort. All those years, I absorbed gobs of lies about what “love” really is and what is “okay.”

Detangling all that after Jesus pulled me into life has been—well—difficult. Lots of counseling andprayer went in before I met my wife and lots more has gone in since. I swallowed so much of what Satan is shilling that it’s taken ye

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4 Ways Satan Wants to Destroy Your Marriage before it Begins

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 25, 2015 at 3:23am

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Before I met my wife, I’d never had what I’d call a healthy relationship. I’d bounced around from one to another, getting the most out of them with the least amount of effort. All those years, I absorbed gobs of lies about what “love” really is and what is “okay.”

Detangling all that after Jesus pulled me into life has been—well—difficult. Lots of counseling andprayer went in before I met my wife and lots more has gone in since. I swallowed so much of what Satan is shilling that it’s taken ye

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Leadership Lessons Daily 3

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 20, 2015 at 11:30am

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by Eturuvie Erebor 

 

Scripture Passage: John 8:40-41 and Judges 11:1-10
The Leader's Background is Irrelevant
Jesus did not have the perfect background, before His mother Mary was married, it was discovered that she was pregnant and the Jews one time criticised Him saying, "We be not born of fornication," revealing how they viewed Him. Rahab the harlot and Ruth the Moabitess were also listed in the genealogy of Christ. However, Jesus' background did not stop Him from being the greatest leader th
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Daily Leadership Lessons 2

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 18, 2015 at 1:43am

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The Vision is Accomplished by People
Scripture Passage: Luke 6:12-16, Matthew 12:25, Psalm 133:1-3

No vision can be accomplished without people. Therefore the ability to get along with people is a great requirement for everyone in leadership. The more you get along with people the more successful you will be as a leader. There is a blessing in harmony but disunity fosters stagnation.
Jesus required people to fulfil His vision and I believe one factor that helped Him get along with people was pr
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How To Get "In" With God

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 17, 2015 at 1:45am

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by Abby Kelly

 

I love semantics. As a writer, verbal sparring often leaves me gasping for breath, but, give me a paper and a pen (and a dictionary, thesaurus and encyclopedia) and I'll bury you in etymology.

Recently, I was sidetracked from an entire morning of Bible study by the tiny little word, "in", and more accurately, its absence.

Genesis 15:6 says, " And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness."

Principally, when we're discussing imputed righteousness with other Chris
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God is in perfect control of His creation and your life

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 16, 2015 at 1:36am

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by Michael Hume

 

God said to Job "Can you send forth lightnings that they may go?" Job 38:35. God sends lightning and directs it precisely to a point on the ground to a micro-millimetre of where He wants it.

God continues "Who can count the clouds by wisdom, or tip the water jars of the heavens?" Job 38:37. God knows in detail how many clouds there ever were on earth and how many there will be. He has extremely accurate knowledge of each rain drop, its exact diameter, its weight, and purpose.

It
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Study: Freedom From Sin Part 5. Repentance, Justification and Sanctification

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 9, 2015 at 1:00am

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by Mick Alexander

 

Repentance, justification and sanctification

Being justified means that we are right with God, that is, we are righteous in His eyes. It means that our sins are totally forgiven. A good definition of justified is "Just-as-if-I'd-never-done-it." A person is justified the moment they repent of their sins and put their trust in Jesus and they remain justified by continuing in repentance. 

Personal sanctification is the process of growing in the Lord through the power of the
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Study: Freedom From Sin Part 4

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 6, 2015 at 12:00pm

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by Mick Alexander

 

Our security in Christ

There is no doubt that a believer is secure in Christ but the question is, "Is our security conditional or unconditional?" That is, once we are saved, will we get to heaven no matter what we do or can we lose our salvation? In Luke 13:3, Jesus answered that question very clearly in just three words: "Repent or perish." In the Greek text, these words mean that a believer must continue to repent or he will perish. This simple statement by Jesus has lef
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Study: Freedom From Sin Part 3

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 5, 2015 at 2:30pm

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by Mick Alexander 

 

Living according to the Spirit is the same as walking in the Light, abiding in Jesus and following Jesus etc. It simply means having a relationship with Jesus by listening to and following the Spirit's voice. In John 10:27 Jesus said, "My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me." 
We can see from this verse that there are two things which Jesus' disciples do:
1) Listen to His voice and
2) Follow Him.

To know how to listen to and follow Jesus, we first ne
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Study: Freedom From Sin Part 2

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 4, 2015 at 12:00pm

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by Mick Alexander

  How do we die and become free from sin?

In Part 1, we looked at many verses which show that Jesus came to set us free from sin and, if we are to be freed from sin, then we must die to it. If we are dead to something then it no longer has an influence over us - we are free from it's control. Being free from sin doesn't mean we are free from temptation; it means that we don't give in to temptation. In the same way that a man in the grave is no longer influenced by the world,
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Study: Freedom From Sin Part 1

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on March 3, 2015 at 2:19am

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by Mick Alexander


Jesus came to set us free from our sin.

In this article I would like to look at verses which tell us that Jesus sets believers free from their sin. Being set free from sin does not mean a believer becomes sinlessly perfect. It means that he does not have a habitually sinful lifestyle. At one time or another a Christian may sin because of weakness or circumstances but his sin is not wilful or ongoing. That is, sin is not a part of his normal way of life. 1 John 2:1 tell us that C
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That's Just Me--A Valid Excuse for Bad Behavior?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 19, 2015 at 12:30pm


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Have you ever told someone, "That's just me,"? 

That comment usually follows someone's criticism of our character or a habit. It's a defensive punch, with an implied offensive follow up: "You're being judgmental and unfair." Is this a valid excuse for bad behavior?

Recently, I helped a friend administer the Volhard Puppy Aptitude Test to her newest litter of golden retriever puppies. It was amazing to see their distinct characters come to life in the course of a 15-minute exercise! A neutral
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Are You Sure Of What Is Calling For Your Attention?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 12, 2015 at 1:07pm
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by Ngozi Nwoke
 

What can be the main thing calling for your attention right now? Many things are screaming at you, seeking for your attention and you may have done so many things trying to attend to them, but they seem not to notice your effort at all. Now, you are tired, frustrated and ready for the worst to happen. The problem may actually be that you have not identified the main force calling for your attention. This article aims at helping you identify the main voice to attend to in such si
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Speaking the Word Without Fear

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 7, 2015 at 11:25pm

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by Jerry D. Ousley 

Why is it that we are afraid to speak the word of God? Let's face it; a good many of us are. There have been numerous times in my own life when I was afraid to speak the word of God in a situation. I believe that there are many things bringing on this fear: Speaking in error is one. What if we have it wrong? What if we say something that's going to get us shot down? Then we could be afraid of ridicule. What if after we have spoken the word of God that we get made fun of or la
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Monday Morning Blues on a Thursday Afternoon

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 2, 2015 at 3:15am

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by Pam Ford Davis

 

Multitudes are afflicted with melancholy and mope around on this Monday morning. There are varied reasons. They may have experienced such a nice weekend they hated it to end. On the other hand, they may feel twinges of guilt because they left needed household chores unfinished. 

At any rate, despondency camps on their doorstep alongside the morning newspaper.

I fast-forward to later in the week, when I come down with a severe case of Monday blues on a Thursday afternoon. I alw
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Newness of the Spirit Doesn't Excuse Breaking the Letter of the Law

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on February 1, 2015 at 3:57pm

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by Gregory John Monroe

"But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter." Rom.7: 6

There are Christians who sometimes seem a bit too eager to point out that believers aren't under the Law. They're now under grace. In their minds, the Law has been abolished. I propose that most often this statement is offered as justification for not keeping God's Law in its entirety.

I sense it is for
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