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Luke was lost with a false profession that lasted until God stripped everything away from him. Yet even after his traumatic accident, he continued on in his sin and refusal to trust Christ; until God opened his eyes to the finished work of Christ on the Cross.

In Ephesians 3:1-13 Paul, under inspiration, gives a great deal of information about himself. And God has specifically designed us to be impacted by the example of others. Here are notable reflections in the life of the Apostle Paul from Ephesians 3 that can be good examples for us: 1. He saw his whole life in view of Christ, even his imprisonment. 2. He knew that he was in the ministry because Go...

The true test of our love for other Christians isn't so much on how we love other Christians who we agree with on everything, but rather on how we treat and view other Christians who we don't agree with on every area of the non-essentials.

As believers we can be so grateful for the Lord's loving discipline that is bestowed upon our lives. Like a critical surgery that is needed, we've got to have it, and we are grateful for the surgeon. For us, our surgeon is none other than our loving Father pruning us that we might bear more fruit. Question: Could you describe a time in which the Lord disciplined you, and you look back on that time...

This generation of young believers has countless distractions that will rob them of time and keep them from going deeper with God.

We must stay gospel-centered in our marriages. The more the husband grows in the revelation of God's patience towards him, the more he will grow in patience towards his wife and children. Impatience is reflective of our low view of God's patience towards us.

To walk in purity, the believer must not just focus on guarding themselves from the sin; but they must be actively pursuing Christ and being satisfied in Him. Question: As you counsel people on the topic of sexual purity, what advice do you find yourself giving time and time again to help believers walk in purity?

As believers we must be aware of the subtle shift that can happen in which our eyes get off of Christ and we begin to find our identity in other things. One place this can subtly happen is in idolizing pastoral ministry. In this video, Jesse testifies about a time in which this subtle shift happened in his own life and he became burned out, and how the Lord restored him from that season. Questions...

This is a brief testimony of how the Lord saved Jesse and led him to plant the church Grace Life Dallas. In the next few weeks more of my interview with him will be uploaded.

Our great Lord Jesus Christ went to the Cross and completed the work that was started. He made purification for our sins and then He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Christ didn’t do half a job on Calvary, He didn’t do 90% of a job on Calvary. Jesus paid it all, all to Him I owe! Sin had left a fearful stain, He washed it white as snow. He purged our sin. – Geoff Thomas

We must not neglect so great a salvation; a salvation that is so great because of the greatness of Jesus Christ. In Hebrews 1, we see multiple areas of the greatness of the person of Jesus Christ.

John 3:16 is one of the most well known verses in the whole Bible. The reason that verse doesn't stun people like it should is because it's rarely seen in the backdrop of the perfect holiness of God. The Bible has accounts of God completely incinerating people because of their sin against Him. Sinners will perish and go to hell for their sin that they've committed against God. It's in light of thi...

If we only had one more opportunity to speak to our lost loved ones, we should urge them to ask for mercy from God that is only found through Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ wants communion and fellowship with His people. He desires the heart of His people so much that He will even act as though He will leave them in order to provoke them to ask that He might stay with them. May we, like those disciples in Luke 24, urge Christ strongly to stay with us.

How did King David go from being full of fear to being full of praise and adoration to God? It was by seeking the Lord through prayer. May we ever seek the Lord and praise Him whenever we find ourselves full of fear like David was.

In our prayers there needs to be persistence and boldness. God will willingly give us what we ask Him for because of what Christ has purchased for us on the cross.

The Christian has a mighty Savior to rely on and trust in. But for those who do not trust in Christ the only Savior, who will they trust? Who can they look to for what only the Lord Jesus can be and do for them?

Jesus prayed to His Father with reverence, in simple language, in an orderly way, while full of faith and confidence, and having an ultimate concern for God's glory. Ten characteristics of Jesus’ prayer: 1) Jesus prayed with His eyes open 2) Jesus prayed with others 3) Jesus prayed to His Father 4) Jesus prayed with reverence 5) Jesus prayed with simple language 6) Jesus prayed in an orderly way 7...

Two dangers that believers must be warned about: First, don't find your identity and fellowship in something other than Jesus Christ and the Gospel. Secondly, don't fall into having your doctrine right, but lack love for God and for His people. Listen to Jesse's sermons on Maintaining Unity here https://goo.gl/hzWn3a

How open should single people be about their sexual purity to a potential spouse that they are interested in?

What you've done or haven't done, what you've achieved or what you've failed at, is irrelevant in terms of being reconciled to God. All that's relevant is what the Lamb of God did on the cross.

For those who are falling into sexual sin, the root cause is that they've opened a door for it somewhere in their life. They must be violent and close the door they've opened to allow this sin in. They must not be passive when it comes to putting sin to death. In the New Testament; the attitude is a radical, militant killing of it.

If I could speak to a younger version of myself I would say, "Mack, you are not ready to preach yet, don't start.” I wasn't ready to preach, I was a novice. Don't rush into the ministry, instead young believers should seek to cultivate real faithfulness. They should seek to pray and walk with God on a deeper level. While you are single and in your youth, seek to use your time to read and know the...

As a husband, you need to keep dating your wife; that is intentionally spending quality time together in order to maintain the freshness of the marriage.

Pastoral ministry is a very difficult calling. In this interview, Geoff Thomas gives some practical helps and lessons from his 50 years of Christian ministry. Outline of questions and at what time they asked in the video: 00:01 - You pastored one church for 50 years in Wales, what was the most difficult aspect of the ministry for you? 03:19 - If you could do it all over again, what would be the th...