In Philippians 1:9, Paul told the church, “And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment.” Now, he acknowledged that, as believers, they already had love; that’s a fruit of the Spirit. But he prayed their love would abound—that it would overflow—still more and more.Romans 5:5 says, […]
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Founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth, once reminded new officers that, just as a fire naturally dies without attention, our spiritual lives require constant stirring and feeding, lest the fire go out.In physics, the second law of thermodynamics says that the entropy of a system tends to increase over time—things move from order to […]
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Worship is something not everyone agrees on—in some places, it can even be divisive. Some gravitate toward certain styles and techniques, while others are drawn toward something else.But, at its core, worship is the cure to one of our biggest problems: selfishness. When you worship, you’re taking all the focus off yourself and putting it […]
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Jesus said, “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).When I was a brand-new believer, I heard this clever but simple statement: “Seven days without reading the Bible makes one weak.” I’ve been preaching and teaching a long time, and I consider a […]
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Mourning and rejoicing belong together.“And Nehemiah, who was the governor, Ezra the priest and the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, ‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn nor weep.’ For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the Law” (Nehemiah 8:9).The […]
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