Eph 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
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Many right now are rushing to purchase last minute Christmas gifts. It is as if the holiday has surprised them even though they know it has been coming for three hundred and sixty five days. They waited until the very last moment and now they can’t find the gift […]
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John 10:27-30 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
30 I and my Father are one.
KJV
We have been looking at unused Christmas gifts all week […] -
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Heb 5:13-14 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
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Another gift so many seem to neglect today is the ability, because of the Holy Spirit within, to discern good and evil. The word means to make a distinction between […] -
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Jer 33:1-3 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
2 Thus saith the Lord the maker thereof, the Lord that formed it, to establish it; the Lord is his name;
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
KJV
Another gift so often neglected is the gift of prayer. The […] -
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1 Cor 2:12-13 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
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Another gift that we are given this morning that many do not use. The Holy Spirit within so that we […] -
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2 Tim 1:6-7 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
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The Bible tells us to stir up the gift of God. The word means to cause to flourish, to put to use again. It is as if that gift […] -
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Prov 16:7-8 When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.8 Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
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So thankful for the little things that our God gives us that are in fact great blessings in our lives. I received such a little thing yesterday of which I will not share the details here. To those looking from the outside it would not seem like much, […] -
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Isa 30:18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
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We know that we are to wait upon the Lord. (Ps 27:14 Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.) But very few […] -
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1 Kings 10:1 And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions.
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The queen of Sheba came to Solomon to prove him with hard questions the Bible tells us. What she came to do was prove what she heard of Solomon was a lie. She came to prove that Solomon was not what he was held up to be nor was his […] -
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Ps 52:1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.
Rom 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
KJV
I was thinking during our service last evening in church just how good God is. How good God is to all and just how good God is to me. There are many problems in this world today […]