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‘The blessing of the Lord makes one rich…’ Proverbs 10:22 NKJV Instrument rated for finances. Just when you get ahead a little bit, your car breaks down, your house needs a new roof, and your boiler gives up the ghost. We all experience it. But the instrument rated believer can fly through financial storms because […]

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‘…I am the Lord who heals you.’ Exodus15:26 NKJV Instrument rated for sickness. Many a healthy person has been cut down in the prime of life by cancer, heart attack, stroke or some other debilitating disease. But there’s a way to be ready for this storm, a way not paved with fear, a way that […]

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‘…Bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.’ Ephesians 6:4 NIV Instrument rated for parenthood. Parents today face unique problems that no other generation has. But God’s Word is timeless, so: (1) Enforce discipline. ‘Whom the Lord loves He corrects…’ (Proverbs 3:12 NKJV) Teach your child that every decision has consequences. And […]

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‘Enjoy life with your wife, whom you love…’ Ecclesiastes 9:9 NIV Instrument rated for marriage. Today Christian marriages are falling apart at the same rate as non-Christian marriages. And those who go through it need our love, not our condemnation. But clearly, something’s wrong that needs to be put right! Two of the leading causes […]

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‘Lead me, O Lord…make straight Your way before me.’ Psalm 5:8 NIV Instrument rated for direction. The compass has always been the pilot’s best friend. Most planes are equipped with two. How can you know the will of God? ‘…A man named Agabus, who also had the gift of prophecy, arrived from Judea. He came […]

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‘…The Father is seeking such to worship Him.’ John 4:23 NKJV Instrument rated for discouragement. God has promised to give you ‘…beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness…’ (Isaiah 61:3 KJV) Satan can’t stand it when someone other than himself is receiving praise and […]

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‘…Do not be dismayed, for I am your God…’ Isaiah 41:10 NIV Instrument rated for depression. Depression, if left unchecked, can cause you to do some crazy things, like walk away from a good job or a healthy marriage, or turn to alcohol and drugs. The dictionary defines depression as ‘to be flattened vertically or […]

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‘…In this world you will have trouble…’ John 16:33 NIV Instrument rated for trouble. Pastors and counsellors constantly ‘pick up the pieces’ of the broken lives of those who thought trouble would never come their way, so they didn’t prepare for it. Paul wrote, ‘We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed…’ (2 Corinthians […]

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‘The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.’ Psalm 119:130 NKJV In order for you to be instrument rated, an instructor will accompany you on your training missions. The instructor will place a long-billed cap on your head, so that all you can see is the instrument panel in front […]

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‘The precepts of the Lord are right…giving light to the eyes.’ Psalm 19:8 NIV In their effort to steer around one storm, many pilots end up in another that’s even worse. But the instrument rated pilot can fly directly into it. He can be totally ‘fogged in’, yet watch his instruments and fly without fear. […]