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What do I think our biggest enemy is ?I'd say busyness. Because how can you give time to spiritual things if things are always popping up to distract you, or hamper you from proceeding?And it's not as simple as some might reply,"It's up to you to find time". {Except the problem is, we don't have control over every circumstance.}Let's say someone plans to pick up something from the store, then after that do Bible study the rest of the day..But on the way to the store, the car breaks down. You get towed 20 minutes away{lost time},then you have to explain the problem, and they tell you 3 hours to fix it . So you either have to go back there, or wait.{Lost time from Bible study.}Some things pop up , and some things if you put them off you...

This is an update to my other blog post Sexual Sin...ish?. God put this topic on my heart a few months ago, and after some intense research after my original post, this is what weighed on my heart. We all know, as believers, that sex before marriage or sex outside of marriage is a sin. It tells us that in the Bible. But what about the topic that nobody wants to talk about… masturbation? It doesn’t say it in the Bible anywhere, so it must be okay right? No. No no no no. Thinking that is wrong on so many levels. I’ve heard other believers say ‘it’s human nature’ or ‘God did give us sexual desire’ so it must be okay. I’ve heard people say it depends on what leads up to it weather it’s a sin or not. Like thinking lustful...

This is not a popular or easy teaching, but the meat of The Biblical Teaching emphasizes there is a massive purpose for trials. Picture it as if a currency of your country had some tremendous exchange rate in another country: for instance 1 U.S. Dollar is worth approximately 287 Greek Drachmas presently. It says "the sufferings of this present age are producing a weight of eternal glory far beyond comparison" (2 Cor 4:17, see also http://biblehub.com/romans/8-18.htm ). So suffering is worth far more than that in heaven... In the same way, human trials, persecution and suffering "in this present age" is worth "far beyond comparison" of any human exchange rate, and is an eternal teasure in heaven, which neither moth nor rust can destroy...

What is the state of our relationship with God? Are we conformed to the world while yet proclaiming His name? "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him." (1 John 2:15). The Lord addresses this, and many other issues, in Matthew 7:21-23. These Word’s are hard to read as it forces us to evaluate the depths of our hearts. Why is this important? Because too many seek out what they want to hear and follow those who will use this to establish themselves before men. Choosing not to seek the truths from God, but to heave their ears ‘itched’. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will...

I can tell you a lot of similarities between this world and hell,but not many differences.2 differences__living in this fallen world is temporary, until we die or the Rapture.but hell is for eternity.Also, the physical discomfort,the flames and heat in hell. But the similarities are far more. First, hell wasn't created for man,but he went there because of inherited fallen nature from Adam. This fallen world wasn't Gods original plan for man, but we're here because of original sin.Second, Hell is distinguished from Heaven by the fact that there's suffering and we don't have the perfect atmosphere of Heaven. This world is different than Heaven because of the imperfections.Check! In Hell, people suffer.Here, because it's the devils world...

(Please forbear me in any typographical or grammatical errors, I am so not perfect) God is still in the business of “calling.” Just because you don’t understand another person’s call, does not give you authority to speak against them. I would caution you not to judge that which you do not understand. Instead of praying that God deactivate those of His calling, you may ask Him to give you a better understanding of His purpose for your own life, that He may bestow upon you a greater calling. Sometimes God tells us to be still, yet at other times He tells us to speak out, yet, in neither directive, is He first obligated to acquire man’s approval . . . NO MAN. While wasting time trying to determine another’s...

As I read through all the prayers listed, though many are great and pressing needs, I am amazed that more do not consider the glory of God. That is why Jesus taught us first to pray That His Father receive Honor, then his Kingdom would Come, then His will be done. Jesus seemed to have this concern about His Father in Heaven's Name, His Kingdom and His Will being accomplished. Unless we are reminded, we all gravitate toward earth and forget, much less consider or pray about, these first topics contained in Matthew 6:9-10. The secondary part of The Prayer Jesus Taught covers our essentials and our needs -- provision, forgiveness, protection from sin and deliverance from evil (Matt 6:12-14). Every condition mankind suffers from...

I have a belief about something, see who agrees.The devil can mislead people,etc. But some things I don't see the devil as doing ,is,he doesn'tb contact us personally.Like, who of us can say, the devil called or texted us on our cell phone and said, "I'm the devil, and I'm here to harass you."HOWEVER,what I DO believe is that the devil puts some people of his choosing in our lives, to cause us problems..It's happened to me enough times that I don't think it's happening by chance.Like, I used to have a certain schedule and way of doing things,then a while back I started dealing with someone job related who has turned everything upside down on me. This wasn't happening nearly as much BEFORE I started dealing with her,so the closer I look...

Sadly, those who scream “fake news,” the loudest, are most often, the very ones who plant the seeds of such rotten fruit, in an effort to create deterrence from the truth by sowing discord among brethren. We may be able to persuade many men; even the highest of religious men in the land, because they are, yet, but mere men; we can never deceive God. GOD IS OMNISCIENT and He is no respecter of man. He knew us before we were knitted in our mother’s womb. Regardless of how high our office, or how prominent our position, God will deal with us: “Accordingly, according to their deeds, I will repay my adversaries.” We have the option to choose integrity. Not only do we defile our position, we likewise show reckless...

One trick I notice the devil uses{he's done this to me} is that you could be in a situation that's a problem for you,,there's no "gap" in the problem, but then, when you make up your mind to pray about it, lo and behold, all of a sudden the problem "lightens up", so you migh think to "lighten up" in dealing with it{like a troublesome person will be more cooperative}, so you might think "problem solved",BUT JUST WHEN YOU LIGHTEN UP THEN THE PROBLEM COMES BACK AS STRONG AS EVER.So what I think is happening here is ,the devil knows you're about take action on the problem he's sent you,so he'll "roll over",then when you "ease up" and DON'T pray, he lowers the boom. I believe this is a trap. I somehow don't think this is a coincidence,Don't...