Why are so many Christians overly careful not to offend people? Did we maybe confuse offending someone with being unloving? Are we not, being filled with the Holy Spirit, able to speak the truth in love – even if some are offended by what we have to say? To be…
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Pray, Christian, pray!
At times I might shut up the heavens so that no rain falls, or command grasshoppers to devour your crops, or send plagues among you. Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways,…
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Don’t concede to the fools
When God gave the Ten Commandments to the Israelites (his people), he began by reminding them of who he is. – “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from Egypt, the place of your slavery.” Exodus 20:2 When we come to Jesus and ask him to be Lord…
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Integrity
Sometimes it seems that being someone of integrity is not as important as it once was. Or maybe the definition of integrity is changing. I guess it shouldn’t be surprising. The dictionary defines someone with integrity as someone that adheres to “moral and ethical principles”, and society seems to be…
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Rescuing a sinner
What do we do when someone we love, someone we know has accepted Jesus as their Savior, is allowing a particular sin to become bigger than their relationship with God? What do we do when we see them walking dangerously close to the edge of a choice that will harden…