Category: Spiritual Growth
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New Lessons on Walking in the Fullness of the Holy Spirit
I have just written eight lessons on “Walking in the Fullness of the Holy Spirit.” Here is the link to BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES. You will find them on this Free Resources page. These will become the basis for a new book. I will teach them in August at the Living Streams Chinese Christian Church in Brooklyn.
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Common or Uncommon Sense?
Common sense normally tells us to take the path of least resistance. We think that it would be foolish to endure unnecessary hardships or trouble to get somewhere, when
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Faith is never a Game of Chance.
We take many chances in life. Sometimes we are successful and other times, we are not. We all have suffered the consequences of a failure now and then. This is because
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Unexpected Building Blocks
I recently heard Bishop Tony Miller say that some of the best building blocks in life are the things that seem the most destructive. Bishop Miller caused me to consider the building blocks of my own life.
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Temptation Defined – Temptation Denied
Podcast: Temptation Defined – Temptation Denied Recently, I was proof reading my new book, “Focusing in the Father – the Prayers of Jesus.” I came across the section on Matthew 6:13, in which Jesus teaches us to pray for deliverance from temptation. As I read, I thought of my definition of temptation, and so I…
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The Authority of Love
Have you considered that the authority inherent in God’s love, when working in us, is the authority to control every unloving thought that previously may have controlled us and defined far too much of our daily lives.
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Dogs, Swine and Lovingkindness
I was recently enjoying my weekly phone call with my friend, Pastor Glenn Holderread. He mentioned that he had been meditating on Matthew 7:6. He said, it reminded him of a time when he refused to enable a drug addict to continue in his sin by giving him the money the man asked for. Pastor…
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On the Ocean at Midnight
In 1997, my wife, Nancy and I found ourselves in an open boat traveling between two small islands in the South Pacific. We were on our way to a meeting in which I was to preach that evening. It was an open boat, about eighteen feet in length.
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The Key to Refreshing
I have been thinking all the people I have recently encountered who need a refreshing in their spirits. So many of us can become mentally, emotionally or spiritually fatigued from what our circumstances have offered us.
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