Thursday September 2, 2021

Fear of God is fear of being fake, of being sinful when delivered from sin, of being ungodly when imputed with His righteousness, of being wicked, disobedient, and unfaithful when made alive in Christ through divine rebirth.

Some Christians live sinful lives and think confession alone solves the problem of...

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Wednesday September 1,2021

Written by CS Lewis in 1948. Very applicable to today:

"How are we to live in an atomic age?' I am tempted to reply: 'Why, as you would have lived in the sixteenth century when the plague visited London almost every year, or as you would have lived in a Viking age when raiders from Scandinavia might...

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Tuesday August 31, 2021

Drawing near to God has a recognizable difference in way of life. God must influence us for good.

The opening paragraph of Jam 4 clearly reveals this truth.

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Tuesday August 24, 2021

Drawing near to God has a recognizable difference in way of life. God must influence us for good.

We must be careful not to mistake intense emotion for nearness to God. It is the inner man that walks with God in life, and that walk will manifest a cleanliness and purity of life, joyfully and...

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Sunday August 22,2021

We have begun a study of wisdom so that when we return to Eph 4 to see the gifts Christ has given us we will know the way and manner to use those gifts.

Our approach to the study of wisdom has led us to see the things that make for wisdom - the fear of the Lord, drawing near to God, faith, and uprightness. Whenever you seek out something with God, He shows you the only way. There is no use trying to find your own way to it. Only He knows...

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

When you feel that you are starting to take yourself a bit too seriously, memorize, or remember:

Psa 39:4-5

Lord, make...

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Wednesday August 18,2021

Reading Psa 37 this morning, I thought it was very appropriate to our current historical situation.

Psa 37:1-19

Do not fret because of evildoers,

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Tuesday August 17, 2021

The fear of God is not drawing away from the unknown, but a search for intimacy with Him, while being small, insignificant, and humble.

We have returned to the subject of fearing the Lord for a brief time. I have been deeply influenced by the multiple passages where God tells His people not to...

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Sunday August 15,2021

Fear of the Lord in Proverbs:

Produces knowledge (3)

Turns from evil (4)

Gives wisdom (2)

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Sunday August 8,2021

Eph 4:7

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.

In his commentary on Ephesians, G. G. Findlay writes:

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