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reasons why to thank God as much as possible throughout the bible, men and women thanked God in the midsts of their victories and defeats. the charge to show gratitude certainly applies to christians today, but why is this so important? |
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God equips you for battle, but He’s your refuge too the new testament depiction of spiritual warfare is that of a constant offensive. but, if we go back to the psalms, we realize another important truth. God is there, standing tall as our fortress. |
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meekness is being a gentleman in the third of seven series, buzz discusses the call of Jesus to become mild-hearted, gentle, and to submit to God by following His will for your life. |
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have you had your check-up lately? people can be pretty good at maintaining their physical health - they’ll work out, they’ll maybe watch their diets, and they’ll do their annual physicals. but how often do we check up on our spiritual selves? |
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you know the truth. will you share it? in her za magazine debut, nichole relates her revelation at a caribou coffee to an important truth: people are sinning and dying all around us, and we choose to remain silent. |
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you wouldn’t be that mean if you took it literally brendan finds a verse packed with meaning, buried in a part of the bible that not a lot of people read. would you shout at a deaf guy or trip a blind girl? then why do christians abuse non-christians? |
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have faith in what is true the bible is full of promises for us, things we can have faith in and believe in. brendan looks at some of the broader ones, ones that get us to God, get us through life, and point us towards heaven. |
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were we really all that bad? not all of us are serial killers, and so it’s tough for us to see ourselves as bad people. but if we don’t we cheapen God’s love. change your perspective to see how God sees/saw you. |
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God likes sorrow? Not exactly. buzz discusses this beatitude, the second of the seven, and explores some of the words and concepts behind it. the reasons for pious sorrow and how Jesus will comfort that sorrow are revealed. |
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what are you hungry for? matt examines the powerful connections between physical hunger and spiritual hunger, and encourages us to get hungry and seek food for our starving selves. |
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the poor should be happy Jesus calls those who are poor in spirit blessed in the first Beatitude. find out what it means to be poor in spirit and why it is such a desired condition, as buzz discusses the first in the series. |
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trees glorify God better than we do the man returned to the woods, this time with a friend. not knowing what to expect, he stumbled into a lesson about the glory of God and the shortcoming of man. |
