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All have fallen short of the glory of God. There is nobody outside the influence of sin. We all feel temptation. We all feel the struggle to hold the line in the sand. Continuously choosing to do right is a difficult proposition. Abram takes his wife and his possessions to
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Abram walks by faith. Abram knows God has a plan, but Abram doesn’t know the plan. Abram knows a few generalities of the plan, but he doesn’t see the whole picture. When Abram moves, he moves with intention. He moves with an intention of following. God is in
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All we need to do is to hear His call and be willing to follow. That sounds so easy, until we realize God may call us to give up what we have and know and go do something else. It is a relationship built on trust. God calls; we trust
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All who walk with God can live forever with God. That is God’s big promise and it is the underlying reason for the entire message contained within the Bible. If we trust in Him, if we live according to His righteousness and His faithfulness, if we repent of our
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Society works best when we allow God to make it is His image, not when we make it in our own image. Our hearts don’t always focus on what is good for us or what is good for each other. Our hearts sometimes focus on what feels good in
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Life is best lived when we seek God’s purpose for us rather than expecting God to conform His will to our sense of purpose. I’ve walked this lesson the hard way many times in life. Rather than seeking God and waiting on His will, I forge ahead and
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All things are under the dominion of God. There was an old TV show called The Facts of Life. The lyrics of the theme song started with “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both, and there you have the facts of life.” The good events
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Our love for one another corrects sin and prevents sin from growing more predominant within the community. Time and time again in the New Testament we are encouraged to hold one another accountable and forgive one another. Love bears with one another while helping each other stay on the path
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We only understand why we need God when we can honestly see ourselves without Him. This is true in so many areas of my life. I need to stumble over my pride before I can really see its effect in my life. I needed to experience the devastation lust can
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The result of a single righteous person can outweigh the result of a multitude of evil. We see this often in life. Ever have a horrible day until a single person comes alongside you and does something to make you smile? Ever feel the world close upon you until a
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Faithful people don’t just act; they patiently wait for God to reveal His way. Think about stories where godly people get into trouble. Those stories are either about a person intentionally choosing sin (like David and Bathsheba) or about a person impulsively acting thinking they are doing God’s
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Only God can shut us in and deliver us from His judgment. He is the all-knowing, all-seeing, and all-powerful Holy One. He is the source of all strength and all wisdom. All that we have that is good comes from Him. The flood story is a tale