Length: 2 minutes
2 Peter 1:3 says that when we received the Spirit of God, we were given anything and everything, that concerns, or is related to, the life of God.
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Your Inevitable Outcome (Slave Means Stuck)
Length: 5 Minutes
When you’ve gone through some addiction, habit, sickness, or pain for a long time, many people, and unfortunately many believers as well, feel sort of trapped or stuck, wondering if this thing will ever go away. I’ve got good news for you. As a believer you are a slave to righteousness and God’s life-giving power. That’s the only thing you’re stuck in. Let’s unpack that.
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Friendships – Part 4: Influence, Family, And Restoration
Length: 11 minutes
It’s true that we should assemble with like-minded believers consistently. It’s true that we should avoid the company of those who scoff at the gospel or aren’t willing to hear. It’s also true that we need to make time to speak with people that may disagree with us now, but are willing to hear. Those are all true statements, but there are some other factors to consider as well…
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Friendships – Part 3: Those In The Middle
Length: 11 minutes
Recently we’ve been talking about two groups of people. There are those who believe and are growing in the same truth that you are. God says to never forsake assembling with these people. On the other hand, there are people who are not willing to hear the truth. After being given ample opportunity, the Bible says to shake the dust off your feet and move on. But what about everyone else in between?
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Friendships – Part 2: Those Who Won’t Hear
Length: 10 minutes
If you have been a Christian for any length of time, you will know how the Bible heavily emphasizes the need to meditate on God’s word day and night. But did you know that God puts the people you hang out with on equal footing with meditating on His word? In fact, He sees them as the same endeavor.
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Friendships – Part 1: Those Who Believe
Length: 6 minutes
As a believer, a top priority for you (aside from spending time with the Lord personally) should be to get together with other believers, who seek the truth.
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There’s Real Righteousness In There
Length: 4 minutes
When you hear that you have been given a gift of righteousness through Jesus, that doesn’t just mean that you are “right in Gods eyes.” It’s not as if you’re really flawed, but God just sees you as righteous. You’ve actually been created in righteousness and holiness, with real godly characteristics!
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Can I Minister To Someone Else, If I Am Experiencing The Same Thing?
Length: 8 minutes
In short, yes, of course you can pray for anyone, at any time, regardless of what you are experiencing physically yourself. Let’s break this down though.
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Your Mind Is Already Renewed
Length: 4 minutes
It is quite common to hear about “the renewal of the mind” at Reform Church. It is necessary that our physical mind be renewed to realize all that we have in Jesus! But you actually already have a fully renewed mind!
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Reality Check (It’s Too Good To Close Your Eyes)
Length: 5 minutes
People without Jesus need constant “escapes from reality.” They try to drown out the reality of their world with things like drugs, alcohol, parties, TV, video games, vacations, and even sleep. They are happiest when they are not remembering the real world, but for a believer, it’s all the contrary. We are happiest when our eyes are opened to our world.
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Don’t Turn Back
Length: 6 minutes
Since Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, God had been teaching the Jewish people the gospel. One of the manifestations of their belief in the gospel was God’s promise that they would inherit the land of Canaan. God had been speaking this promise to them for generations, and when the Jews were enslaved by Pharaoh, God raised up Moses and Aaron to reiterate this promise to the Jews once again, and to deliver them from their slavery to Pharaoh, in a trajectory toward Canaan, the land of promise.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 7: Abraham And Sarah
Length: 8 minutes
We’ve been learning about what it means to have an everlasting, unchanging nature inside of us, that can sustain our bodies in this youth forever! We’ve been learning about how we’ve been redeemed from corruption, because we have been cleansed of sin! Now, let’s see this being used by someone in the Bible.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 6: Old Yet Young
Length: 5 minutes
The Bible describes the Lord as being both young and ancient. So, which one is it? Well, it’s both, if we have some clues about what the word “youth” really means.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 5: Look In The Mirror
Length: 6 minutes
As believers, the Bible says that we are so much like Jesus now, on the inside of us, that when we look at Jesus it’s like looking in a mirror. In fact, Jesus is referred to as our Mirror.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 4: Years Are Not The Problem
Length: 5 minutes
Most people, including believers, believe that advancing in years means corruption for their bodies, but this isn’t true at all. Your years are not the problem in the slightest. God doesn’t want to make you younger in years. Think about how many years God has been around, and I’m pretty sure He’s doing wonderfully well.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 3: Oldness Is For Sinners
Length: 5 minutes
In our last part, we saw that aging, hurt, and weakness is just corruption that came into the world because of Adam’s sin. Everyone was initially born of Adam, and because everyone was born into his sin, they were also born into this corruption. But all of this is old news for a believer. Most Christians overlook the fact that Jesus cleansed us of the very sin which is the root of corruption. Now He gave us His righteousness instead, which only causes life to our bodies!
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Young Like Jesus – Part 2: Life Because Of Righteousness
Length: 5 minutes
Most believers walk around talking about aging just like the world does. They talk about it like it’s part of their nature to age, but Jesus stripped that from you the day you were cleansed of sin.
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Young Like Jesus – Part 1: Everlasting Life
Length: 4 minutes
If you didn’t know, everlasting life is not a reference to heaven; not at all. In the church today, everlasting life has been defined as “going to heaven” or even “having a relationship with God.” But if we look at what the Bible says, neither are true.
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Don’t Forget To Enjoy Him For Yourself
Length: 4 minutes
Sometimes we have family members, friends, and people close to us that either don’t choose Jesus or refuse large portions of the gospel. It is inevitable that certain people are just not open right now to certain truths. Be that as it may, God has provided something special for you and wants you to enjoy it, regardless of what decisions other people are making.
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The Transformation Process – Part 2: Instantaneous?
Length: 6 minutes
In the first part, we explained that all transformation that we personally receive from God is a progression, that keeps pace with what we’ve seen of Jesus thus far. As we grow in our knowledge of Jesus, the transformation increases to our flesh (2 Peter 1:2). So, what about instantaneous healings? Because not only is the Bible full of them, but of course, it’s the will of God for you to be healed and transformed as quickly as possible.
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The Transformation Process – Part 1: Glory To Glory
Length: 5 minutes
When people see Jesus, the apostles, or even another minister laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover instantly, some people might get the wrong impression, that if their healing or transformation doesn’t look like that, then it’s not legitimate, or it’s not happening. But the Bible says otherwise.
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The True Way To Be Led By The Spirit – Part 3: How Do I Know?
Length: 7 minutes
In our last part, we saw that God performs things through us and also desires them through us. Philippians 2 says that God works in us to will and to do. That is the true leading of the Holy Spirit.
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The True Way To Be Led By The Spirit – Part 2: The Desire And The Doing
Length: 4 minutes
In the first part, we established that the leading of the Holy Spirit is not simply the Spirit speaking instruction into your mind. It is the Spirit actually doing the thing through you. That is the leading of the Holy Spirit. But when God does things through you, He doesn’t just act them out, giving you the strength and performance through your body. He also puts the desire in your heart for it.
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The True Way To Be Led By The Spirit – Part 1
Length: 4 minutes
When many Christians hear the term, “the leading of the Holy Spirit,” they associate this with the Lord telling them where to go and what to do. The funny thing is, mere instructions or guidance from the Lord is not what He means when He speaks of the “leading of the Holy Spirit.”
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Steady Emotions – Part 3: Relationships
Length: 5 minutes
Christians tend to be very family oriented, which is a good thing, because we have a responsibility to our family first. But Christians also tend to think that taking joy from your physical family or friends is something of a virtue. This is simply not correct.
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Steady Emotions – Part 2: Manifestations
Length: 4 minutes
The Lord doesn’t want us to take our joy from anything that is changing. In our last part we mentioned the instability and inaccuracy of people’s opinion of us. But did you know that God doesn’t even want us to take our joy from manifestations of the Holy Spirit? That may sound strange, but it’s absolutely true.
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Steady Emotions – Part 1: Acceptance
Length: 3 minutes
Do you know why people’s rejection takes such a toll on us sometimes? It’s because many of us trust in people’s opinion of us when they are accepting us. We value their opinion so much when they compliment us. And so, when people reject us or criticize us, we have trained our mind to value a man’s opinion of our worth.
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His Post For Your Trauma
Length: 10 minutes
There are a lot of different labels that people can give to what is perceived as the aftermath of something traumatic happening. I believe that the biggest reason why the emotional effects of an event linger with people for years, is because they have yet to be given a solution to that initial problem. They have yet to be given an answer to that initial question. And so, when life hits them with a problem, and to this day they still don’t have a resolution, the emotional effects linger. Thank God, there is an easy solution in Jesus.
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Paul’s Thorn In The Flesh (The Truth This Time)
Length: 9 minutes
I’m sure you’ve heard about “Paul’s thorn in the flesh” that is mentioned in 2 Corinthians 12. Even unbelievers will use the phrase “a thorn in my flesh” or “a thorn in my side” for things that are annoying or irritating. But this passage of scripture has been so terribly misinterpreted, and God has been accused of some atrocities that He never committed because of it.
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