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The author of the Book of Hebrews makes the case that we simply can’t stay with the basic, elementary teachings about faith and spiritual growth. We must move forward to a deeper and more mature understanding of our life in Christ. This makes sense, doesn’t it?

Main Points:

1. Here’s an important truth: God wants you to grow spiritually. He wants you to mature and develop a strong faith. He wants your understanding of his Word to grow so that you can move past the elementary stages and move on to deeper doctrines.

2. We grow by being diligent in our pursuit of knowing God. We read and study His Word. We develop a consistent prayer life. We grow as we regularly gather with other believers and we share our faith together.

3. If you want to grow in your faith, begin to take small steps of obedience to Jesus. With every step, you move away from the basic, elementary teaching and advance to maturity.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Hebrews 6:1 New Living Translation - “So let us stop going over the basic teachings about Christ again and again. Let us go on instead and become mature in our understanding. Surely we don’t need to start again with the fundamental importance of repenting from evil deeds and placing our faith in God.”

2 Timothy 2:15 - “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

James 1:22 - “But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.”

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Jesus paid our debt on the cross. He bore our sins upon his body. He suffered and died in our place, as our substitute. Jesus took the shame, condemnation, and pain we were to bear. He carried our cross and paid the ultimate price. It was a very high price to pay for our forgiveness.

Main Points:

1. Forgiveness comes at a cost. If you forgive someone, you bear the cost rather than insisting that the wrongdoer does. And that is what Jesus, the Mighty God, was doing when he came to earth and lived as a man and died a criminal's death on a wooden cross.

2. Here is an important understanding about our forgiveness: Jesus didn’t have to do it. He was not obligated to take our penalty. He was not forced to do so. He did not have to love us. We are not worthy of his love. Yet, Christ chose to love us. He chose to take our place. He chose to lay down his life for us.

3. What a great and awful price was paid for our freedom. Let us never forget there was a high cost to our forgiveness, but it was a cost Jesus was willing to pay.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

1 Peter 1:18-19 - “For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.”

John 10:18 -  "No one takes my life from me; I lay it down of my own accord.”

Galatians 2:20 - “The life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me.”

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I’m convinced that most of us listening today would say we have been blessed by God. In fact, many would say that we have been greatly blessed and blessed beyond what they deserve. God has been so good to us. So what do we do with our blessings?

Main Points:

1. Jesus teaches us that the blessing is found in the giving. The blessing is found in the serving. The blessing is found in ministering to the needs of others. 

2. Continually, the scripture speaks to the heart and motive behind our actions. The Bible teaches us that if we give to be seen by others, well, then we have our reward. If our motive in giving is to receive something back, we give with the wrong motive.

3. Remember this truth today: We have been blessed to be a blessing. What are we to do with our blessings? We are to bless others. Proverbs teaches that those who hoard their blessings will no longer be blessed. The blessing is found in the giving.

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Acts 20:35 - “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”

Proverbs 11:25 - “A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.”

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You and I know a powerful truth very well. Words have power. Our words have the power to bless, encourage, inspire, uplift, and bring hope. Our words also have the power to wound, critique, discourage, and cause pain. Every day we get a choice of which kind of words we will use.

Main Points:

1.  What are “reckless words?” How do we know if we are using them? Many types of speech can be considered reckless and potentially hurtful. I think of unnecessary criticism, sarcasm, insensitive comments, blame-shifting, offensive jokes, public humiliation, and personal attacks.

2. Given that our words are so important, how do we guard our hearts against reckless words? How can we make sure our words bless others and bring healing? We begin by recognizing the importance of our words and by asking God to give us wisdom in what we say.

3. When we slow down and when we truly listen to others, we are less likely to speak reckless words. Why? Because genuine listening requires that we care about others. What they say matters. It means something to us. It’s a demonstration of love. 

Today’s Scripture Verses:

Proverbs 12:18 - “The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”

Proverbs 15:4 - “The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.”

Matthew 12:36 - “…every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.”


James 1:19 - “My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry…”

Psalm 141:3 - “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.”

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Episode 357 -  Show Notes:

• What does it mean to pray in Jesus’ name? Is there any significance to this? Are these just words?  Do these words have any meaning? Do they have power?
• Praying in Jesus’ name means praying with His authority and asking God the Father to act upon our prayers because we come in the name of His Son, Jesus.
• Praying in Jesus’s name is not….
  - Merely the conclusion of our prayer time
  - A magic formula
  - A religious ritual or chant
• To pray in Jesus’ name is to submit your will to the will of Jesus, just as He offered His will to His Heavenly Father.  Can we bring ourselves to say, “Lord Jesus, I want what you want”?  The only thing that matters is the will of God.

John 14:12-14 - “Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.”

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Episode 356 -  Show Notes:

• The Bible has a lot to say about spiritual gifts.  There are at least 20 of them listed in the Bible.  You can read about them in these passages of Scripture:  Romans 12, 1 Corinthians 12, and Ephesians 4.  
• It’s important to understand that these gifts from God are different from our natural abilities.  Everyone has natural ability.  But only believers have spiritual gifts.
• Your spiritual gift reveals how God wants to use your life. 
• Ask God to reveal to you your spiritual gift. Ask others to tell you how they see God using your life. God doesn’t want to keep your spiritual gift a mystery. He wants to tell you. Step out in faith and allow God to use your life.

1 Peter 4:10 says, “Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.”

Romans 12:6 – “We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us.”

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Episode 355 -  Show Notes:

• If you are feeling lonely today, I want to remind you of the promises of God. He has promised that you will not be alone, you will not be abandoned. Even if your family and friends forsake you, the Lord will still be with you.
• Though others turn away, He will not. If you belong to Him He has promised that no matter what comes up along the way, he will never leave you or forsake you.
• Despite your feelings and your emotions, determine today to stand upon the promises of God. You might feel abandoned, but you are not. 
• Let’s decide to confront our fears with the truth of God’s Word. We will not let our emotions control us. We will be encouraged by the promise of God to never leave us or abandon us. Let’s thank God for his constant presence in our lives.

Psalm 27:10 says, “Even if my father and mother abandon me, the Lord will hold me close.”

2 Timothy 4:16-17 - “At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.”

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Episode 354 -  Show Notes:

• My heart longs to see the church come alive. I want to see the church awakened to the presence of God. We must come to a place of repentance and surrender before God. I desire to see us filled with the power of the Holy Spirit and reaching our communities for Christ.
• Revival is the visitation of God which brings to life Christians who have been sleeping and restores a deep sense of God's near presence and holiness. It brings sense of sin and a profound exercise of heart in repentance, praise, and love, with an evangelistic outflow. - James Packer
• What could happen if Christ followers like you and I began to diligently pray and seek God? What could happen if we asked God to revive his church and to let it begin with us. What could happen if the church came together in unity of purpose and mission?
• As we study revivals that have occurred throughout history, we learn that are several signs that accompany a true revival. Revival always begins with believers seeking God in prayer. Revivals are accompanied by faithful Bible preaching, repentance of sins, unity of believers, and a commitment to evangelism.

Psalm 85:6 - “Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?”

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Episode 353 -  Show Notes:

• After all the lessons Jesus imparted, he had one more thing to say. After Jesus’ resurrection, he spent 40 final days with his disciples before his ascension back to the Father. He had a final opportunity to give them instructions. What would he say?
• Today we call these verses Jesus’ Great Commission. Jesus had prepared his disciples for three years. Now they were ready. They would take the message of Jesus to their local community and around the world. Just as they had been made disciples by Jesus, they would follow his example and make other disciples.
• After his departure, Jesus would baptize his followers with the power of the Holy Spirit. The task he gave them would be too great for them to accomplish in their own strength. They would need a power that is greater than their own. They would need the power of God.
• But here’s what is truly amazing. You and I have been given the same mission as the disciples. God has called you and I to make disciples of all nations. We are to spread the good news of Jesus Christ locally, and globally. If you feel inadequate to the challenge, you would be right. Like the disciples, you and I need the power of the Holy Spirit as well. 
  
  

Matthew 28:19-20 - “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Acts 1:4-5 - “On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

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Episode 352 -  Show Notes:

• Experiencing God’s love is the most life changing thing a person could ever encounter.  God created us to love us.  Yet, many feel that because of their mistakes and failures God couldn’t possibly love them.  The great news is that God’s love is unearned and undeserved.  
• Human love is generally a response to conditions and circumstances around us.  We love because someone pleases us, or because they seem attractive, or because they pay attention to us, or because they make us laugh, or because we feel fulfilled around them.
• But God’s love comes without human cause.  He loves because that is the kind of God He is.  Nothing in us causes him to love us.  Not our beauty, not our wealth, not our wisdom, not our good deeds, and not our promise to love him back.
• No matter who you are, where you are from, what you have done, how many times you have failed, and even if you don’t love yourself, God loves you!

Psalm 86:15 says, “But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."

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