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Bumps

‘These trials will show that your faith is genuine…’ 1 Peter 1:7 NLT It is impossible to tell by looking at a person how much faith they have. Compare your faith to a covered bucket of water; you only discover how much is inside when somebody bumps it. Likewise, when life bumps you, you spill […]

Winning Your Personal War With Satan (5)

‘…Wash your hands, you sinners…’ James 4:8 NIV James continues, ‘Wash your hands, you sinners.‘ The moment you ‘come near to God,’ you become aware of your condition. Notice, God doesn’t demand you wash your hands before He will respond to you! All your attempts at selfimprovement won’t work. Why? Because His grace is the […]

Winning Your Personal War With Satan (4)

‘Come near to God and He will come near to you…’ James 4:8 NIV Resisting the devil is imperative, but it is not the endgame. This is: ‘Come near to God and He will come near to you.’ Satan’s goal is to drive a wedge between you and God, so how do you keep him […]

Winning Your Personal War With Satan (3)

‘…Resist the devil…he will flee from you.’ James 4:7 KJV Once you become self-controlled, alert, and submitted to God, your next step must be to: ‘Resist the devil…he will flee from you‘ When you are properly aligned with Jesus, His power and authority are behind you and at your disposal. Then when you act or […]

Winning Your Personal War With Satan (2)

‘Submit yourselves therefore to God…’ James 4:7 KJV Being ‘self-controlled and alert‘ to Satan’s strategies empowers you to be proactive in your personal war with him (1 Peter 5:8 NIV). But your next step is crucial. The art of war follows set rules of engagement. If you’re losing more than winning, then you may have […]

Winning Your Personal War With Satan (1)

‘Be self-controlled and alert…’ 1 Peter 5:8 NIV When nations decide to end a conflict, their leaders sign treaties that allow for the restoration of peaceful relations between them. Christ’s death and resurrection defeated Satan fairly and squarely. Then Christ the victor ‘…ascended up on high, [and] He led captivity captive…’ (Ephesians 4:8 KJV) He […]

Give Them Another Chance

‘…Mark…is profitable to me for the ministry.’ 2 Timothy 4:11 KJV Paul, who demanded 100 per cent commitment from himself and those he worked with, was angry with Mark for wanting to take a break. Paul and Barnabas split up over Mark’s return. But later, after reconsidering the whole thing, Paul gave Mark a second […]

Let It Go

‘Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God…’ Psalm 143:10 NIV When God promises you something and it doesn’t happen right away, it’s easy to get impatient, start doubting Him and think He needs you to go to work and make it happen. Abraham did that. God promised him children ‘…as numerous […]

The Touch of the Master’s Hand

‘Jesus…touched him…’ Mark 1:41 NKJV Myra Brooks Welch wrote: ‘It was battered and scarred and the auctioneer thought it hardly worth his while to waste much time on the old violin, so he held it up with a smile. "What am I bid for this old violin? Who’ll start the bidding for me? A dollar, […]

Handling Criticism

‘…Judge nothing before the appointed time…’ 1 Corinthians 4:5 NIV Someone once quipped, ‘Every footie team could use someone who knows how to play every position, is never off-side and never makes an error. The only problem is; it’s hard to make him put down his burger and come out of the spectator stands!’ All […]