Do we really think there is a character difference between a deserter in the military and a deserter in a family, a deserter of wife and children? A national state of emergency should be declared. Fatherlessness has reached epidemic proportions. 40% of Americans are being raised without functioning fathers. Quietly and insidiously this enemy has…
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The Bible teaches us that followers of Jesus Christ are known as His Church and His Body because they are endowed with natural abilities (spiritual gifts) to represent Him and carry on His work in the world. In the last seven teachings in this series, we have focused our attention on the 7 ways that…
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Jesus defines the Body of Christ as a group of His followers who are loving others and helping others the way He would if He were here in person. If you’re a follower of Jesus, then He has endowed you with an embedded natural ability, a gift, to bring joy to your life and the…
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In the last blog, we covered the gifts given to the proclaimer (messenger) and the server (helper). The proclaimer declares the love of God. The server demonstrates the love of God through the doing of good things for others. This video is about the gift of teaching (explaining), exhorting (encouraging), and giving (providing). In Romans…
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The Church is God’s divine wisdom in gathering a group of people who have spiritual gifts to carry on the work that Jesus would do if He were here today. Every member of the Church has one of these seven gifts, as an embedded natural ability from God, as outlined in Romans 12. This is…
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Did you know you cannot choose your gift? Who chooses the gift? The giver! Let’s look at it. Here it is in Scripture, “But now God has set the members, every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased Him.” God decides what gift to give you. God is the giver. In James…
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When you properly understand what the church is about you will not be bored. The church is not a building or a series of meetings to attend. The church is the vehicle God uses to express 21 supernatural gifts of the Holy Spirit to the world. If you are part of the church, you can…
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In this video, you’ll learn how the three groups of the gifts of the Holy Spirit work together. God doesn’t want you to be ignorant of your spiritual gifts. When you discover the rich deposit of God’s gifts in your life, you’ll learn His will for your life. You’ll see how valuable you are to…
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Where do you fit in the Body of Christ? There are 21 gifts of the Spirit. A proper understanding of them gives us a proper understanding of the Church and God’s working in it. In this teaching, you will discover that there are only seven kinds of members in the Body of Christ, the Church.…
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To be damaged by someone in whom you put your trust is both the height of criminality and one of the most painful experiences of life. Homer, the Greek poet expressed it this way. “Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”…
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