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    What Does It Mean That The Day Of The Lord Will Come?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 7, 2024
     | 291 views

    The people of Judah had become prosperous and smug in their relationship with God and it can be applied to believers today.

    What Does It Mean That the Day of The Lord Will Come? Joel 2:12-13, 2:28-32 The book of Joel is one of warning to the people of Judah and can be applied to believers today. The people of Judah had become prosperous and smug in their relationship with God. While underestimating God, they had become ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Can These Dry Bones Live Again?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Jan 1, 2024
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    How many dry bones can we find in our lives and in our churches?

    I have a bone to pick with you. In the valley of dry bones, we can learn something about ourselves and our local churches. Let us take a moment to find out what these dry bones can tell us. Some Bible scholars, theologians, teachers, or preachers may say that the translation of this chapter ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Can We Stand In The Gap?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 27, 2023
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    What is it to stand in the gap for someone else? Is it to stand in the place for another?

    In Chapter 22, we learn why judgment would be placed on Jerusalem (22:2-16), how it would approach them (22:17-22), and who would be affected by it (22:23-31). The Jewish leaders were particularly liable for the ethical environment of the country since God had picked them to lead. Those actions and ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Do We Get Back Up When We Have Fallen Down?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 20, 2023
     | 390 views

    A person may slip and stumble during their spiritual walk, just like a person can trip and tumble during their physical walk. But what happens afterward?

    The genuine soul falls as an explorer may do, by faltering at some stone in his way. However, he gets up, and goes on his way with more consideration and speed. The writer might be utilizing the word “falls” not in the feeling of falling downward into transgression, yet in the feeling of being ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Does It Mean For God To Search Me?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 18, 2023
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    God cannot lie, God cannot die, and God cannot save an unwilling soul.

    David wrote this psalm during a time of hostility. It is comprised of the significant truths that were important to David during his time of distress. In Psalm 139:1-6: David praises God's limitless knowledge. He sees God as having a lot of familiarity with him: when he sits down and gets up, ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Are We Truly In The Hands Of God?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Dec 9, 2023
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    What are our hands good for doing?

    What are our hands good for doing? They can make things. They can comfort and they can chastise. They write words. Hands can make signals and signs. Hands can be on the offense and hands can be on the defense. Without hands we could not eat, unless we put our face down on to a plate of food but ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Are Our Lives A Testimony Of What God Has Done For Us?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 30, 2023
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    Our Christian lives are a declaration of how God has helped us, his continuing assistance from our adolescence to our advanced age.

    Or, we could title this... What Are the Five Arts of Grace? Our Christian lives are a declaration of how God has helped us, his continuing assistance from our adolescence to our advanced age. How are we showing the world what we are experiencing every day? The psalmist was elderly, and he ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Have We Been Chosen For A Specific Purpose?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 27, 2023
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    You may never know when you will be picked, or chosen, to do or be in a position of prominence. The outcome of that said choosing will depend upon the state of your heart.

    In this chapter, the king chooses a new queen. In Chapter 1, King Ahasuerus, had a party to show off his queen, Vashti. She refused so the king banished her and stripped her royalty. After banishing Vashti, the king sent officers out to gather fair young women of all the lands to choose a new ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Do We Have A Prepared Heart That Leads To Honored Praise?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 21, 2023
     | 278 views

    What does a prepared heart have to do with honored praise?

    Ezra was one of three key leaders during the return of the Jewish nation from Babylonian captivity. Zerubbabel was the first to encourage the rebuilding of the Temple. Nehemiah was involved with the rebuilding of the walls. And Ezra was key to restoring the people to worship God. Chapters one - six ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    How Can We Be Blessed?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 14, 2023
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    To be blessed is to have been brought contentment or good fortune. So what is "to be blessed" to us?

    Undoubtedly everyone has heard the story of Jabez. There have been countless sermons, articles, opinions stated, and books covering the topic of the prayer of Jabez. I did not intend to add to that list, but as I was researching for a sermon out of the book of First Chronicles, I landed upon this ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Do We Have A Case Of Spiritual Blindness?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 5, 2023
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    Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us.

    2 Kings 8-23 tells the story of how Elisha captures an army. But what we will focus on today are verses fifteen - seventeen. Spiritual eyesight is needed in our walk with the Lord. We should learn to see the spiritual dangers that are around us. Elisha’s servant had woken up early and saw the ...read more

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    What Is The Reason For Showing Kindness To Someone In Need?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Nov 1, 2023
     | 314 views

    This chapter records a beautiful story of grace that was bestowed upon someone who felt unworthy to receive it.

    This chapter records a beautiful story of grace bestowed upon someone who felt unworthy to receive it. It reveals the virtue of a man who many automatically think of the sin he committed. Although there can be so much good in a person’s life, people will only remember the sin that someone has ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    What Did Boaz Acknowledge That Brought An Alliance?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 17, 2023
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    Ruth follows Naomi's plan, and later Ruth and Boaz are married.

    THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BOAZ Ruth 3:1-18 As widows, Ruth and Naomi could only anticipate troublesome occasions (1:8-9). In any case, when Naomi heard the report about Boaz, her hope for what's to come was reestablished (2:20). As was normal of her character, she considered Ruth first, empowering ...read more

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    How Did The Affliction Of Naomi Cause Ruth To Become Active?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Oct 5, 2023
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    The book of Ruth shows how God used three people to achieve his purpose. It also tells the story of how God’s grace was given during a challenging time.

    THE AFFLICTION OF NAOMI Ruth 1:1-22, (16) The book of Ruth shows how God used three people to achieve his purpose. These three people had character and were true to God. It also tells the story of how God’s grace was given during a challenging time. We can see that Naomi used her life as a ...read more

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    Why Are We To Teach Our Children To Obey God?

    Contributed by Chris Swanson on Sep 27, 2023
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    To enable every age to learn how to obey God and to set their expectations in him, God directed that his laws and acts be instructed to children and that they ought to be passed from age to age.

    Monotheism is the faith in only one God. It was an unmistakable component of the Hebrew religion. Numerous old religions trusted in a large number of divine beings. However, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the God of the entire earth, the only genuine God. This was a significant knowledge ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible