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Jesus said to beware the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. A little leaven leavens the whole lump, and then we have become something we never intended to be. On the other hand, the leaven of the Kingdom also can spread throughout us and redeem our brokenness for God's glory.

Diligence means seeing things through, and this quality is required of every servant of God and everyone who would succeed in life generally. Do I have it, or are things around me breaking down from neglect? God will teach us to be diligent just as He is!

Flipping the script just a bit, there are little things we cannot afford to MISS while we live that will actually hinder our ability to be fruitful. Enjoyment of the basic God-given pleasures of life is one of those things. With regard to these, we eat, drink, and are merry to the glory of the God who gave them.

A few little flies in the perfumer's oil, and the whole batch is ruined. That is what the Bible compares foolishness to in a person's heart. What is foolishness and how does just a little of it cause such disastrous ruin? Wisdom, praise God, is His powerful remedy.

We say we would like to serve God, but we can't. Our lives are weighed down with little gods that dominate our attentions and our affections. What does it really mean to fear God and serve Him only?

Fear can lead us to deeper faith or completely ruin us, all depending on where we run when we are in trouble. We have to choose to make the Lord our refuge BEFORE our crisis comes.

All truth is behind a veil. We tell people what is behind the veil, but we cannot overcome skepticism, unbelief, or deception on our own.  Jesus, by the Holy Spirit, must come and remove the veil of mystery so they can see the truth.

What do we do when evil is pressing and even prevailing? Are we powerless to change things? No, we are not! We have authority given by Jesus to bind and loose on earth the things He is binding and loosing in heaven.

Jesus is absolute on authority, ruling over all other authority and powers. When we are in Him, we are entrusted with a measure of authority by which we perform His works. How can we walk and grow in authority?

Faith, like most things God has made, is governed by a set of inviolable laws. If broken, faith seems not to work and we become disillusioned and cynical. But learn to walk within God's framework, and - suddenly!- a whole world of impossible possibilities are opened to us in Him.

From the beginning, God's Word has come down to His people in 2 forms- first, He spoke directly to them, and then He put much of it in writing. Just as in days past, we need both the Law (the written Word) and the Prophets (the spoken Word of God) working together to have a complete and active faith today. 

We all get worn down and need to be rejuvenated, but the normal things like physical rest or entertainment will not lead to what we really need- spiritual renewal. Spiritual renewal takes place only in God's presence where He satisfies us ultimately.

Missionary Daniel shares on the need for the church to come awake. Pastor Joel also shares in this podcast a timely word on why it is so important to not fall asleep and to carry the torch of faith into the next generation.

Each attribute of God is in perfect union with each and every other attribute that God possesses. There is no conflict and no minimizing one attribute in order for another attribute to exist. Therefore, it is important to understand that the love of God does not exist in conflict with God's righteousness nor His immutable quality of being just. To understand the Gospel is to understand that G...

Without holiness, no man shall see God. So how do we become righteous and holy, knowing that in our flesh we are depraved and sinful? We receive the righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ. As Christians, we remember the bad that is in us, and we tend to focus on our past sins, and that is why our minds need to be renewed so that we realize that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesu...

Without holiness, no man shall see God. So how do we become righteous and holy, knowing that in our flesh we are depraved and sinful? We receive the righteousness of God by faith in Jesus Christ. As Christians, we remember the bad that is in us, and we tend to focus on our past sins, and that is why our minds need to be renewed so that we realize that we are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesu...

God is a rescuer. Scripture demonstrates how God has always rescued and delivered His people from slavery and oppression. In Jesus Christ, God's people today are being rescued from the bondage of sin and delivered from the consequences of sin. As people who have been rescued by God, we have a message of reconciliation for the world - given to us by the God who rescues.

There are many things that fight for our attention in life, but, as Jesus said, only one thing is necessary. However long it takes, we must seek God daily until we have a relationship with Him where He is revealing Himself, and we are growing in the knowledge of Him.

God's Servant has God's Spirit and God's Spirit makes us vessels through which God achieves His redemption.  Isaiah 61

What does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit? The life of Jesus is our example in all things, including how we receive power to move in the callings God has for us.

Jesus and the Pharisees studied the same scriptures and prayed to the same God- so what made them different? The answer is in the kind of Spirit that dominated them- one was ruled by the Holy Spirit and the other by a religious spirit. Do we know the difference today?

Conflict is often a necessary way to move forward in a relationship. But what sets us at odds with each other in the first place, and what is the path to peace? God's word leads us through a way to resolve conflict that glorifies Him.