Monthly Archives: March 2011

Using Prayer Cards to Shape Your Prayer Life

I have heard many people say over the years that they don’t know how to pray, or they don’t feel comfortable praying in front of other people. This is a simple thing to do that will help you to shape your prayer life. Whether you make individual cards or use a journal, the important thing…

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Church Planting and the Great Commission

I. How are we to fulfill the Great Commission? Church planting is the normal means of and result of the Great Commission. II.What is the big picture? God’s revelation of Himself to us. Are we willing to believe and obey? God wanting to be known as faithful and surrounded by a community who praises Him….

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GOD’S PROVIDENCE OVER ALL

Calvin declares that “there is nothing” in the entire dispensation of human events that God “does not temper in the best way” and that God’s glory “shines forth” in all of it in spite of the fact that Scripture does not gloss over our world’s sins and sufferings. In addition to its record of the…

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The Functioning of the Old Man in the Believer

The old nature stirs up to the commission of sin. (1) Sometimes it does so by violent assaults. The lusts are so agitated and are stirring so vehemently that there is no time to think upon the fear of God. Even if the fear of the Lord surfaces, the lusts increase so forcefully in strength…

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Gospel Centric Quote of the Day

I’m addicted to the gospel. It burns inside of me. And it seems to get hotter ever day. I can’t stop thinking about it, talking about it, writing about it, reading about it, wrestling with it, reveling in it, standing on it, and thanking God for it. For better or for worse, my focus has…

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