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Fear God and Do His Will

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Audio file Text: Luke 12:35-48 Summary: Fear God (or surrender) and do the will of God and you will be saved. What is the will of God? The will of God is to seek His kingdom and to keep our lamps burning so that we can eagerly wait for Jesus. Waiting for Jesus presumes you are meeting Him regularly and He’s not a stranger to you.… Read more

Spiritual Battle and the Necessity of the Holy Spirit

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Text: Luke 11:33-36 Summary: Sadly, there are those in the Church who are worse today than they were when they first came to faith in Christ. How did that happen? It’s because they took on a religious mindset and became vulnerable to demonic attacks. Jesus has given us His power and authority to cast out every unclean spirit from our lives.… Read more

Ask the Holy Spirit for Help to Follow Jesus

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Text: Luke 11:5-13 Summary: There are two times when Jesus asked us to pray with persistence — 1) when asking our Father for justice from our adversary the devil, and 2) when asking our Father for more of the Holy Spirit. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit each day in order to follow Jesus and the example that He set before us in terms of speech, attitude, gratitude, humility and relationships.… Read more

The Will of God

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Text: Luke 10:20-24, 38-42 Summary: The will of God is to give thanks in all circumstances because our names are written in heaven. The will of God is to humble ourselves and remain childlike so that we keep receiving more revelation from the Lord. Lastly, the will of God is to kneel at the feet of Jesus and to listen to Him and Him alone.… Read more

It’s Time to Get Our Heart in Shape

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Text: Luke 6:37-49 Summary: When we are fully trained by Jesus, we will become just like Him. To act like Jesus, to speak like Jesus, to live like Jesus. Luke 6 lays a high standard. Loving an enemy is like entering the CrossFit championships. Let’s start with a beginner class – examining how we speak to those closest to us.… Read more

Moving from Surviving to Thriving

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Text: Luke 8:4-8 Summary: Parable of the Sower. The path-like heart and rocky heart do not apply to believers. It really comes down to a thorny heart and a good heart. God wants our hearts to be good and to bear a hundredfold amount of good fruit. Unlike the world, God is infinitely more interested in the condition of our hearts than He is in the work of our hands.… Read more