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Podcasts are all the rage these days. Our culture and social media in general are inundated with podcasts galore. I too have a selection of podcasts that I keep up with, but specifically I’m drawn to podcasts who are hosted by former special operators from various military branches. I find their frankness, life experiences, and
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Second, let’s look at the Devil’s schemes. Sinclair Ferguson writes, “As in all warfare, the two essential elements in victory are knowing your enemy and knowing your resources.” I believe that many believers don’t know their enemy and they don’t know their own resources in Christ. You won’t know how to fight if you don’t
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Each time that I study, but especially preach Eph. 6:10-18 I experience a weightiness in the text that burdens my heart. Preaching about standing against the enemy of Christ, the Church, and the Christian’s walk is exhausting. It is frightening. It is burdensome. It is tiresome. But it is necessary. There is a different burden
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All of life is centered around relationships. There is the vertical relationship between God and man. There are horizontal relationships between mankind. Ultimately, everything in life comes down to whether you are right with God or not so that you can be right with your fellow man. The book of Ephesians shows us our
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Second, let’s look at the relationship between you and your bride. If you are a husband, then you have a bride that you are united to. If you are a wife, then you are a bride who is united to your groom. Once again, if you are single, unmarried, or widowed this is for you
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All of life is about relationships. Ephesians has shown that we must understand our relationship with God in order to properly live not only in relation to Him, but to the world around us including both those who are in Christ and unsaved world. God established His relationship with Adam in the Garden, then establishes
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Third, we need to be Spirit filled to worship. Eph. 5:18-20 says, “18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the
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Imagine waking up one morning to the car of your dreams sitting in your driveway. It is brand new. Not just new off of the showroom, but it went from the showroom to the custom shop where it was decked out with all the bells and whistles. Quickly it was then sent over to the
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Now, let’s look at the conduct of our walk. Eph. 5:9-14 gives us what living in the light is to actually look like. These verses say, “9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
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I want you to close your eyes. Keep them closed. If they are closed, then you shouldn’t be reading this. Ok, now open your eyes. What did you see when your eyes were closed? Well, if you weren’t peeking like I’m sure that you were (how else would you have made it this far?), then
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