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“Help my unbelief!” what an honest prayer! Our lack of belief still amazes the King. “O faithless generation, how long must I be among you? How long do I have to put up with you?”  It is believing that is the greatest hurdle for us, “What do you mean, ‘If I can’?” Jesus asked. “Anything…

John 11:26 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” Jesus asks us to believe the most amazing thing. It seems impossible. His promise defies everything we have ever known about mortality. We can scarcely imagine living forever, and never dying: and yet that is…

John 8:24 24 That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.” Here in one verse lies the chilling reality of rejecting the only begotten Son of God. We are given the choice of whom to serve: a…

1 John 1:7 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. God’s light is not stagnant, it is moving. Our Heavenly Father is teaching us to walk. As new Christians—infants,…

The log in your eye blinds you to your own shortcomings. It is much easier to see the fault in someone else, even if his flaw is merely a reflection of your own. Jesus instructs us to look inward when it comes to judging. There are plenty of things wrong with everyone you see, but…

You are free indeed, “So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.” Nothing could be more to the point than the statement our Lord makes here. He is engaging in a debate that might be ongoing at this very instant. Amazingly, our pride argues that we are not slaves—we are not in…

Righteous living, why is it so hard? Our pride tells us that we are slaves to no one. We convince ourselves that we are free agents, able to do exactly as we please. And then we return to the wretched habit we detest. We try to ignore the obvious: that this detestable habit is slowly…

How many times have you tried to do what is good? How often have you tried to stay on the path of righteousness only to take a wrong turn? Paul talks about this in the Book of Romans. He explains this is what it means to be a slave to sin. Sin and flesh become…

How do we spiritually discern important things? God is under no obligation to reveal anything to the natural man. Moreover, the natural man is at odds with God, and busy indulging himself in the pleasures of the world with every ounce of his selfish lust. From the world’s point of view, nothing seems more foolish…

Jesus asks for “all your heart.” Consequentially, our own understanding of any given situation is abased on a paradigm too often skewed by a flawed point of view. We cannot trust ourselves because seeing, we do not learn anything, and what we hear we do not understand. Moreover, we live under this ancient curse that…