Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 10, 2008
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Understanding Mortification
Romans 8:13 says, "For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live." (King James)
Mortification is the special ministry that enables the child of God to overcome those evil desires that could
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Chris Kelly on Sep 28, 2010
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OBEDIENCE, NOT UNDERSTANDING
Our denomination has a Pastor’s Retreat every year up in the mountains of S. Cal. As I was walking to breakfast one morning, I came across a monument that explained that when Billy Graham first started preaching, he was confused and had some doubts about God’s Word.
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Wesleyan
Contributed by Bret Toman on Jan 3, 2011
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LIMITED UNDERSTANDING
Suppose I take my 2 year old to the doctor and he gets a shot in the arm and it really hurts. He doesn’t understand that the shot is to help him get better. All he knows is that shot hurt. And daddy just stood there. Doesn’t dad know how bad a shot hurts? Was he unable to
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Baptist
A "stronghold" is a mind-set that holds you hostage. It makes you believe that you are hopelessly locked in a situation, that you are powerless to change.
That’s when you hear people saying, “I can’t, I can’t, I can’t.” The only reason you say, “I can’t,” when God says, “You can” is
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Richard Tow on Apr 3, 2023
There was a young soldier in Napoleon’s army who committed an offense worthy of death. The day before he was scheduled for the firing squad, the young man’s mother went to Napoleon and asked him to show mercy for her son. Napoleon harshly replied, “Woman, your son does not deserve mercy.” “I know,”
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Charismatic
Contributed by Kenneth Squires on Oct 23, 2002
"Failure to understand elementary insights
about how to engage the enemy will leave gaping holes in our defenses, thus allowing Satan to
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Pentecostal
Contributed by Paul Fritz on Mar 13, 2002
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Faith understands that God intervenes in the natural course of events; on the other hand, if the natural course of events should happen to answer prayer--that which we call a
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 9, 2006
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"Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that thou mayest believe, but believe that
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Contributed by John Shearhart on Mar 11, 2007
“…worship originates in the understanding of God as creator and redeemer.” (“Worship” 1993, 982)
“Worship.” Dictionary of Paul and His Letters.
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Contributed by Doane Brubaker on Apr 1, 2007
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You understand the relationship of cause & effect. If that happened, then this results.
When you enter a dark room and flip a light switch you expect the room to brighten. If you flip that switch and the windows open, you’re pretty surprised because the two aren’t related.
When you get in your
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Mennonite
Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom; the music is nothing
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 10, 2007
Authors sometimes understand their side of the question but this is rare; none of them
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
The understanding that underlies the right decision grows out of the clash and conflict of opinions and out of the
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
People will understand as much of the love of God as they see in our own lives. The first Bible many
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Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 11, 2007
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by
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Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Nov 23, 2007
“It is important that you understand that the term life can be just as broad and ambiguous as the term happy. Thus, for you to say, “I want to be happy in my life” is so broad as to be completely meaningless. You must be
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Salvation Army
Contributed by Richard Goble on Dec 29, 2007
Someone Who Understands
A farmer made a sign advertising some puppies he had for sale. As he was nailing the sign to the post in his yard, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked down and saw a little boy with a big grin and something in his hand.
"Mister," he said, "I want to buy one of your
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Baptist
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Dec 30, 2007
Here is an ancient Jewish understanding of the Star, 21. Trumah : 86. The stars
Verse 860. "Then the seventh window will be opened to the whole world, and its star is the star of Jacob. This is what Bila’am said, "There shall come a star out of Jacob" (Bemidbar 24:17), and this star will
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Nov 16, 2008
The British have a clear understanding of these matters when they say, "There is no accounting for tastes." We like what we like, we gravitate toward what we gravitate
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Independent/Bible