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No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” (1 Corinthians 10:13) Lord, deliver us from fear, bitterness, the lust of the eye, the desire of the flesh. Strengthen us to overcome and endure temptation. Open our eyes to see your way of escape.  Enable us to, in love, obey your word. Bring to our minds in the hour of temptation the exact bible verse that speaks to ourRead More →

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Depending on whom you listen to, your bible teaches either one of two things: Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world. Or it says: The desires of your heart are given to you by God and you should follow them. So which does the bible actually teach? You may or not be surprised that the first theological position is aRead More →

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In this 200 page Christian living title from waterbrook press, Joni Lamb, Vice President of Christian television’s Daystar Network, takes a half a cup of scripture, a tablespoon of a classic hymn, and three cups of anecdotes, bakes it at 350 degrees, and produces Surrender All: Your Answer to Living with Peace, Power, and Purpose Seriously, quick, concise and thought provoking, Surrender All conveys a central point of the Christian faith that is often missed by Christians engulfed in a self-worshiping culture that demands we be independent and in control at all times rather than God-dependent followers of Christ who take up the cross andRead More →

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The jacket description for Forsaken, a suspense novel by James David Jordan, tells us: When Simon Mason, the world’s best-known televangelist, receives threats from Muslim terrorists, he hires Taylor Pasbury, a former Secret Service agent, to take charge of his security. When the terrorists strike, making a demand of the pastor that would shake the most steadfast saint, Taylor draws on all of her training to save Simon’s daughter. Along the way, she discovers that she is not the only one who has done things she would like to forget—and she is not the only one who understands that some things are more important thanRead More →

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Where we’ve shown ourselves weak in the past, Satan will hit us again–and again. The devil loves to grab us by the ears, turn us around, and rub our noses in the dung of our past sins and failures. Read on for tips on how to keep this sense of shame from interfering with serving the Lord today.