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Tag Archives: sanctification
SOAP: Day Eleven – Free Indeed
I don’t think I’m alone in saying that once the newness of relationship with Christ wears down (and ideally that should never happen!) then the old emotional baggage of traumas, negative thinking patterns, fears, and resentments seem to bubble back up from someplace long dead and buried. Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, bible study, encouragement, faith, God's story, gratitude, hope, Jesus, love, my story, Recovery, S.O.A.P, Salvation, The Cross
Tagged baptism, Christ, faith, Free Will, I must decrease, jesus, John 3, John the Baptist, salvation, sanctification
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SOAP: Day Five – Come And You Will See
Many argue that the Bible isn’t relevant any longer, that it is simply a collection of stories from ancient times long past.
SOAP is the answer to that misconception. The Word is alive and if we come to it with a hunger and thirst for finding relevance, we will find it, because it is there. Continue reading
Posted in bible study, conviction, encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, Jesus, love, my story, S.O.A.P
Tagged bible study, Cephas, disciples, Discipleship, John 1, Rabbi, sanctification, Scripture, SOAP, the Lamb of God
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Self-Preservation Often Isnt…
Taking the path of least resistance is the quickest way to pop up on The Enemy’s radar. Satan loves to pile on when he see’s us letting fear, laziness or selfishness choose our path. Continue reading
Posted in bible study, conviction, encouragement, God's story, Jesus, love, my story
Tagged conviction, courage, fear, God, Holy Spirit, jesus, Laziness, sanctification, self-preservation, Warning
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Think About Such Things
Any strongholds that continue to plague us as we press into our shared journey of redemption as disciples of Jesus Christ is not anything that surprises or offends God. Yes He hates sin, but He loves us! It isn’t 3 strikes your out or even 300 strikes your out. Continue reading
Posted in 12-steps, Addiction, alcohol, bible study, Celebrate Recovery, conviction, depression, drugs, encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, Jesus, love, my story, pornagraphy, Recovery, Salvation, sex, The Cross
Tagged battle is in the mind, Christianity, justification, purpose & calling, relationships, sanctification, The Bible, The Cross, The Law
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The Cost of Being a Disciple
It’s easy to call ourselves Christian but what does being a disciple look like? Continue reading
Posted in 12-steps, Addiction, alcohol, bible study, Celebrate Recovery, conviction, drugs, encouragement, faith, God's story, hope, Jesus, love, my story, pornagraphy, Recovery, Salvation, sex
Tagged addictions, calling, Christianity, Discipleship, God, hope, jesus, justification, life's purpose, redemption, salvation, sanctification
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Attitude Check: Am I A Pharisee
Matthew 5:8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. My heart is heavy this morning. It has been for quite some time. There are concepts in God’s word that I’m just not mature … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, bible study, conviction, drugs, hope, Jesus, love, pornagraphy, Recovery, Salvation, sex
Tagged blindness, hypocrisy, justification, Matthew 7, narrow path, pharisee, pride, redemption, salvation, sanctification, sin, The Cross, wide path
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Who Am I To Preach?
for they could see that they were ordinary men with no special training in the Scriptures Continue reading
Posted in bible study, encouragement, God's story, Jesus, my story, Recovery, Salvation
Tagged God, grace, jesus, love, mercy, redemption, sanctification
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What Should I Do?
John 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work. I’ve been struggling with the routines of life lately. Gratefully my natural tendency to live in the extremes is being … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, bible study, encouragement, faith, God's story, love, my story, Recovery, The Cross
Tagged addictions, jesus, joy, mercy, redemption, salvation, sanctification
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Made Right With God
Romans 10:10-13 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 11 As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, bible study, drugs, faith, God's story, hope, Jesus, Recovery, The Cross
Tagged addictions, atonement, born again, Christianity, faith, God's love, hope, jesus, justification, redemption, salvation, sanctification
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Does Our Response Matter?
2 Peter 1:3-11 3 His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 4 Thus he has given us, through these things, his … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, alcohol, bible study, drugs, faith, Jesus, love, my story, pornagraphy, Recovery, sex, The Cross
Tagged 2 Peter, calling, Catholicism, Christianity, election, faith + works, forgiveness, grace, mercy, once saved always saved, redemption, Reformation, salvation, sanctification
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