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      • Want Happiness? Don't Live for It.
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      • Observe Samson But Learn from Christ
      • How Can We Remain Calm in All Situations?
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      • Why Are We Blessed?
      • Could We Be Good by Following the Ten Commandments?
      • How to Deal with Our Ego?
      • Do You Know an Arrogant SOB?
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      • Surrender
      • Can Your Decision Ruin God's Plan?
      • I Need It. Without It, Life Is Not Worth Living
      • Christ Loves Sinners, So Why Stop Sinning?
      • Money: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
      • The King and the Furnace
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      • Christ Crucifixion and Resurrection
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      • Judas Who Betrayed Jesus
      • Esau I Hated
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      • A Faith that Handles Wealth Wisely
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      • Why and How Should We Work to Improve Things on Earth?
      • Could Our Work Be Joyful?
      • Dignity in Work
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      • The Excellence of Christ
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      • Why Giving Ourselves to God Isn't Stupid?
      • Worship Gives Us Peace and Rest Even in Great Adversity
      • Mark of Deep Spiritual Experience
      • What Does the Benediction Mean?
      • The Importance of "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
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  • Categories
    • Anger & Forgiveness >
      • Hope in Lamentation
      • How to Resolve Conflict and Restore Relationships
      • How to Resolve Intense Anger?
    • Baptism & Communion >
      • What Does Baptism Symbolize?
      • Does the Cross Show a Very Weak Christ?
    • Christian Community >
      • A New Community
      • Hope for the Christian Community
      • Christian Community Is Not Self-Centered
      • Be Involved in the Christian Community
    • Confession >
      • If It Isn't the Consequences of My Own Actions
      • Are You Ready to Meet God Today
      • Confession
    • Coping with Suffering >
      • Everyday Trials
      • Finding God in the Desert of the Soul
      • When Your Plan Doesn't Match God's Plan
      • Trusting God in Difficult Times
      • The Cure to Burnout
      • How to Live in Suffering?
      • The Pain of Not Knowing Why We Suffer
      • His Punctured Palms
      • What Should We Pray for When We Suffer?
    • Courage >
      • Be Still. Be Quiet.
      • LIVE. You May Be Dead Tonight
      • The Hidden Tapestry God Weaves
      • Fear Not
      • Get Up and Claim the Land
      • When You Need a Fresh Start
      • Fearless Living
    • Divisive Culture >
      • How God Heals Broken Nations
      • Use Your Privilege
      • Can "Loving Christians" Be Irrational Bigots?
      • Different Races, Cultures and Religions Live in Peace?
      • Christians, the Counter-Culture Community, Build on Christ
    • Experience Change >
      • What You Sow You Reap
      • A Fool Repeats His Folly
      • How God Wakes Us Up?
      • Secrets to Lasting Improvements
      • How Christ Changes People
      • Focus on Christ, Not on Others or Ourselves
    • Faith >
      • "Why Me," We Wept!
      • How to Please God
      • God Works for Those Who Wait for Him
      • How Can I Walk by Faith?
      • God Glorified in Man's Dependence
      • Facing the Uncertain Future
      • Accept Your Confusion
      • Fools Focus on Money. Why?
      • Abraham Doubted God?
      • Abraham's Thousand-Year Promise
      • An Immigrant's Courage
    • Family & Friends >
      • You are My Friend
      • Accountability
      • Spiritual Friendship
      • DISCIPLINE Your Children
      • Friendship
      • Parents and Children
    • Grace >
      • What's So Amazing About Grace
      • Our Wonderful Salvation
      • God Wants All People to be Saved
      • The Sovereignty of God in Salvation
      • Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
      • True Grace Distinguished from the Experience of Devils
    • Holiness >
      • Be Disciplined But Don't Worship Discipline
      • How Can a Holy God Have Pleasure in Sinners?
      • The Way of Holiness
    • Holy Spirit >
      • On Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit
      • Who is the Holy Spirit?
      • How to Seek the Holy Spirit
      • The Indwelling and Outflowing of the Holy Spirit
      • Living from the Spirit and Not the Soul
      • The Power of the Holy Spirit
      • Filled by the Holy Spirit
      • Why is It Called the Fruit of the Spirit?
    • Hope >
      • Wow! Our Wonderful End Times!
      • God's Blessings and Curses: Examples Upon Examples
      • Our Hope Shapes Us
      • Living Hope Eclipses Suffering and Pain
      • In Tragedy, Grief with Hope
      • New Hope That Gives Us New Life
    • Humble >
      • Charity and Its Fruits
    • Identity >
      • The Jekyll and Hyde in Us
      • The Lie of the Grind
      • Is It Prudent to be Selfish?
      • Born Again? What Are You Talking About?
    • Joy >
      • God Brings Us into Everlasting Pleasure
      • How God Made Me Happy in Him
      • What Is It Like to Enjoy God
      • Joy in a Painful Life? How?
      • Suffering Amidst Joy
    • Leadership >
      • Getting People to Work Together
      • Making a Plan to Improve Your Life
      • Enlisting Support for Your Dream
      • How to Earn Respect
    • Love >
      • You Can Never Understand the Cross
      • Christ's Life Elucidating God and Us
      • The Secret of Loving God
      • The Most Important Commandment
      • Hospitality to Strangers
    • Marriage >
      • Eve from Adam's Rib?
      • Hope for the Family
      • Cultivating a Healthy Marriage
      • Marriage as Commitment and Priority
    • New Peace >
      • The Babel Incidence
      • Why Do We Feel Insecure?
      • Can You Force Yourself to be Happy?
      • How to Fight Fear and Anxiety?
      • Peace in a World Gone Mad
      • At Peace Amidst Turmoil?
    • New Purpose >
      • Sex, Power, Riches, and Materialism
      • The Mortals Walking with the Almighty?
      • Do You Really Want to Live in Heaven?
      • What is the Purpose of Living?
      • Seek the Things That are Above
      • How to Know the Will of God
      • Don't Waste Your Life
      • Why God Made You
      • Redeeming the Time
      • Romans 12
      • The World's Salt and Light
      • Want Happiness? Don't Live for It.
      • What If Our Lives Have No Meaning?
      • Observe Samson But Learn from Christ
      • How Can We Remain Calm in All Situations?
    • Perseverance >
      • How to Thrive in Our Suffering?
      • Why Did Christ Leave Us?
      • Pressing into the Kingdom of God
      • Are You Putting GOD in a Box?
      • How to Deal with Depression
    • Pray >
      • God Knows and Controls Everything. Why Pray?
      • Pray, Always Pray!
      • The Holy Spirit's Intercession
      • The Secret Power in Prayer!
      • How to Pray Throughout Your Day
      • The God Who Hears and Answers Prayer!
      • The Right Way to Pray
      • God Centered Prayer
      • Prayer
      • Why Pray?
      • Prayers for Christians Who are Suffering
    • Questions On Christianity >
      • Reject Christ, Grim Future
      • Who is Jesus?
      • Christ's Resurrection Same as Lazarus'?
      • The Senselessness of Suffering
      • Old Testament Laws?
      • Was God Cruel in the Old Testament?
      • What Are We to Make of Christ?
      • How Do We Know Christianity Is True?
      • Violence and Killing in the Bible
      • Christian Apologetics
      • Answers to Some Questions on Christianity
      • From Stardust to New Creation
      • Does God Exist? How About Evolution?
      • Experience the Trinity God
      • Is God Anti-Sex?
      • Why Does God Allow Suffering?
      • Is Christianity Intolerant to Other Faith?
      • Is Christianity Anti-Woman?
      • Is Christianity Irrational?
    • Repent >
      • Have You Gone Too Far, America?
    • Sermon on the Mount >
      • Sermon on the Mount: Law and Grace
      • What is God's Kingdom
      • Self-Defense and Retaliation
      • Understanding the Sermon on the Mount
      • Who are the Blessed?
      • New Attitudes in Life
      • What and Where is God's Kingdom?
    • Sexuality >
      • Sex and LGBTQ+
      • What Does the Bible Say About LGBTQ+
      • Date, Just Do It, and Get Married?
      • The Married, the Single, and Sex
      • Sexuality and Christian Hope
      • Love, Lust and Liberation
    • Stewardship >
      • We Are Not Our Own
      • Why Should We Care About Our Environment?
    • Strong Foundation >
      • The Most Important Lesson I Could Ever Teach
      • What We Need to Know About Demons
      • Christianity According to Paul
      • The Thorns that Choke the Word
      • Study
      • Choose Our Foundation Wisely
      • What is a Solid Foundation?
      • Want a Fulfilled Life?
      • Why Are We Blessed?
      • Could We Be Good by Following the Ten Commandments?
      • How to Deal with Our Ego?
      • Do You Know an Arrogant SOB?
    • Submission >
      • Surrender
      • Can Your Decision Ruin God's Plan?
      • I Need It. Without It, Life Is Not Worth Living
      • Christ Loves Sinners, So Why Stop Sinning?
      • Money: Good, Bad, or Ugly?
      • The King and the Furnace
    • The Cross >
      • Christ Crucifixion and Resurrection
    • Wealth >
      • Judas Who Betrayed Jesus
      • Esau I Hated
      • Giving Back
      • A Faith that Handles Wealth Wisely
    • Wickedness >
      • The Heart of Man is Exceedingly Deceitful
    • Witness >
      • Old Testament People Living for What?
      • The Great Commission: Key to Spiritual Growth
      • Being a Witness to Satan
    • Work >
      • The World is Dying. What's Your Role?
      • Our Mission in Life
      • Light of the World
      • Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts
      • How to Balance Work and Rest
      • How to Maintain a Healthy Work-Life Balance?
      • Why and How Should We Work to Improve Things on Earth?
      • Could Our Work Be Joyful?
      • Dignity in Work
    • Worship >
      • The Excellence of Christ
      • How We Worship in Everyday Life
      • Why Giving Ourselves to God Isn't Stupid?
      • Worship Gives Us Peace and Rest Even in Great Adversity
      • Mark of Deep Spiritual Experience
      • What Does the Benediction Mean?
      • The Importance of "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
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