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Training to Persist in the Faith (Hebrews 12:1-13)
We desire comfort in our Christianity while God desires transformation. Because internal transformation only occurs with difficult training, look to the…
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Grace Empowered Generosity (2 Corinthians 8:1-15)
Problem: Humans prove that we are not inherently generous. Big Idea: Because God’s riches of grace have overflowed toward you, you should overflow with…
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How Do I Handle Conviction?
In 2 Corinthians 7, Paul helps us understand God's purposes for conviction. God designed sin to bring conviction God designed conviction to lead to repentance…
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Hebrews 10:1-18
Many priests have stood, but only one has sat down because of his finished work!
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The Priest and His New Covenant (Hebrews 8)
You can feel that you don't have the power to obey the Lord. If you were under the Old Covenant, that would be true! However, since Jesus has established the…
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Patience for the Promise (Hebrews 6:13-20)
When we have to wait for God's promises to be fulfilled, we can doubt the promises and the one who gave them. But because the unchanging God gave the promises…
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Immaturity and Apostasy (Hebrews 6:1-12)
Spiritual immaturity is unbefitting of a Christian. Because prolonged spiritual immaturity signifies unbelief, you must press on to a mature spiritual walk…
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Called to Life (1 Corinthians 7:17-24)
You might assume that your life situation makes you useless to the cause of Christ. You might assume that because of the hand that life has dealt you, Jesus…
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I Will Give Thanks (Psalm 138)
How can we ever give enough thanks to the God who deserves all praise? David shows us that God strengthens our hearts to make bold prayers of thankfulness!
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Unequal Yokes - 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1
There are certain things that we invite into our lives that hinder our walk with God. In 2 Corinthians 6 and 7, Paul tells the Corinthians that one of those…
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Vain Grace - 2 Corinthians 6:1-13
You can experience God’s grace and refuse to let it affect you. That’s not what Paul wants for us, and it is definitely not what the Lord wants for us, so 2…
Thirsting SoulsDecision Time - Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9 gives us a theoretically easy choice. We can choose wisdom or we can choose folly. Making the “right” choice is theoretically simple. We need…
Thirsting SoulsHow Wisdom Helps Us - Proverbs 3:1-8
In this section of Proverbs, Solomon is coaching his son on how to live life at its best. By extension, Jesus is telling us how to live our lives at their…
Thirsting SoulsThe Foolproof Life - Proverbs
God desires for you to have a foolproof life—to live with perpetual wisdom that draws you closer to him. you must die to yourself. You must forget yourself and…
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Meat Doesn't Come In Baby Bottles
Hebrews 5:11-14 issues a stern rebuke to the author's readers. They have grown lazy and are avoiding the deep things of God's word. They need to mature and…
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Grief That Proved Love
Mark 15 tells a horrifying story—one filled with more grief than we can imagine. And yet it was that grief that proved the love that Jesus has for those he…
Thirsting SoulsReconciled to Declare Christ
As believers who have been reconciled to God, what is our new purpose in life? The reality that Jesus has taken away the strife in our relationship with God…
Thirsting SoulsThe Resurrection Changes Everything
2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10 shares some inspiring truths about the resurrection. The resurrection changes the way we see suffering. It gives us hope as we approach…
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Pursuing Faithfulness
Revelation 3: 7-13 contains jesus's words to the church in Philadelphia. It is a blameless church, one that had been faithful even despite incredible…
Thirsting SoulsMagnifying the Glory of Christ
The Ministry of the Gospel is a wonderful privilege. As Christians, we get to display the glory of Christ. That entails many rich privileges as well as some…
Thirsting SoulsUnveiling the Glory of God
As ministers under the New Covenant, God has granted us the privilege of beholding His glory and then unveiling it before our world. Unfortunately, we often…
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Should You Be Afraid?
1 Kings 22 gives us a glimpse an overview of Ahaziah's life. If anyone should have been afraid of Yahweh, it was Ahaziah, but he flaunted his sin instead. Are…
Thirsting SoulsEverywhere, Always Ministry
God has called each of us to be ministers of the gospel wherever we go. He has also ordained away for us to fulfill that calling! Follow along as we unpack 2…
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Great (De)feats
Judges 15 shares part of Samson's life with us, and it is supposed to make us laugh at the Philistines. The laughing helps us digest the truth from the…
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Trusting the Character of God
What do you know about your God? What is it about Him that makes Him worthy of trust? Listen to these truths from Psalm 115 as we discover the character of a…
Thirsting SoulsIs Jesus Enough?
When you consider the claim, "Jesus demands you submit everything to Him," it can lead to some incredibly difficult decisions. It can feel like you are giving…
Thirsting SoulsLord of Technology
If you live in the real world, it's safe to say that technology plays a significant role in your life. If it's not a smartphone, it's medicine. If it's not…
Thirsting SoulsLord of Unusable Me
Do you ever feel like God gifted you with interests and abilities that are totally useless? You're not alone, and as you look at Scripture, you find that when…
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Finding Grace that Produces Godliness
Titus 2:11-15 helps the Christian understand that the grace that is needed for live transformation is found by devoting your mind to understanding doctrine.
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Hope For Desperate Families
When your family life reaches the point of desperation, it is often only the beginning of God's glorious plan for your life. Follow along in 1 Samuel 1 as we…
Thirsting SoulsThe Sacrifice God Requires
In Malachi 1, the prophet rips back the curtain to expose the sinful sacrifices of the priests, and in the process, he reveals a great deal about God's…
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Understanding Church
When we overlook definitions of familiar concepts like church, that leads to imprecision. Unfortunately, imprecision can lead to apathy, and when apathy…
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When You Trust Yourself
What happens when you trust yourself? Our culture preaches that trusting yourself, having self-confidence, is crucial. However, Jesus contrasts that view in…
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Serving in Community
As a Christian, when you isolate yourself from God's people, you wreck your usefulness to God. God has called His people to serve in community rather than to…
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To Pergamum: Called to Live for Christ Where Satan Dwells
In His letter to the church in Pergamum, Christ both commends and condemns the church regarding separation. The Christian life demands that you separate form…
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A Prayer for Evangelism
When you misuse a tool, it loses its effectiveness. Often, Christians misuse prayer and destroy its effectiveness. It is easy to find ourselves using prayer…
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New-Creation Relationships
Paul wrote to the church in Colossae to instruct them on how new-creation character should impact their relationships. As Christians, they did not get to…
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Dad, Listen Up!
Colossians 3 primarily consists of applications. The last few verses of the chapter place an emphasis on how new-creation character should transform your…
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New Creation Character
Colossians 3:12-17 teaches that Christian is not only to put off the old man with its sin but also to put on new creation character. This call requires that…
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The Mindset of a Christian
When Christ enters your life everything must change. In order to successfully live through this massive change from death to life, the Christian must put on…
Thirsting SoulsJoy in Advancing the Cause of Christ
Colossians 1:24-2:5 shares a secret for having a joy that is solid rather than fragile; link your joy to advancing the cause of Christ. Those whose joy comes…
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Celebrate Fullness in Christ
Colossians 2:6-23 teaches that there is an unprecedented fullness that believers have in Christ. Religions of the world seek to add to that fullness, and by…
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The Center of Everything
What happens when you orient your life around secondary issues? You end up hopelessly lost. Paul's letter to the Colossians teaches that since Christ is at the…
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Prayerfulness Building Thankfulness
In Colossians 1 Paul gives us the secret to a thankful heart for all that God is doing for the church. The secret is to pray deeply for the church so that you…
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Lazy Students of the Law
In Mark 11-12 several groups try to trap Jesus as they as loaded questions. The Sadducees are among them, but their absurd question had one problem; it…
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Overcoming Through The Overcomer
Jesus sends a special message to the church in Smyrna in Revelation 2:8-11. Because of His nature, He enables you to overcome even death itself, and the…
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Humble Service Even in Anguish
John 13 tells the perplexing story of Jesus washing His disciples' feet. We are left a bit unsure of what the meaning of this act of service is, and we can…
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Following the True Shepherd
In John 10, Jesus not-so-subtly veils a jab at the Pharisees for how they are false shepherds. Using two metaphors, Jesus contrasts Himself from these false…
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Condemnation Before Hope: The Beginning of Gideon
Judges 6 introduces the same cycle of rebellion and oppression as the rest of the book, and we expect God to immediately save His people when they cry out to…
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The Unavoidable King
Many things in life are entirely unavoidable, but human nature is to attempt to avoid them anyway. In Matthew 2, two groups attempt to avoid the unavoidable…
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Sardis, the Church in a Spiritual Stupor
Revelation 3:1-6 holds a haunting reality. Your spiritual life can be in grave danger, and you can be totally unaware. At that moment, you are in a state of…
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Gospel Enthusiasm
Do you ever feel ashamed of the gospel or simply fearful to share it? In Romans 1:15-18, Paul reminds the church that the very nature of the gospel should…
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Three Ways to Run
The Christian life resembles an unconquerable marathon. There are twists and bends, uphill climbs, and deep valleys that all pressure the Christian to give up…
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The Supreme Worth of the Lamb
Revelation 5:8-14 depicts a glorious worship scene that continually broadens until every living thing is involved in worshipping the Son. Creation's worship of…