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Watch Your Step… God’s Spirit Will Guide You

  God’s Spirit will never guide you where God’s Word forbids you.  God’s Word trumps our instinct, our feelings, our peace and our conscience. Here are some pointers from Charles Stanley as you explore God’s Word. Caution: It is not a good practice to search Scripture for verses that support “what I believe”…  Rather, we look in the Bible with an open heart that says, “I want to peer into the mind and heart of God… teach me.” With that...

Just Keep Adding. ++++

  I’m baffled as to why Christians and Christian leaders continue to add responsibilities, tasks and rules to the list called “What You Must Do and Not Do If You Call Yourself A Christian.” Were the words of Christ not enough and were the words inspired by God the Holy Spirit not adequate so now we must speak for Him and say things He did not say and demand things He did not demand? Shame on us for making Christianity...

Watch Your Step… Pay attention to His peace

    The Holy Spirit will guide us so we should watch our steps.  Pay attention to the presence or absence of peace because it is the Holy Spirit Guiding your life. The absence of peace is not God leaving you.  It is His Spirit trying to get your full attention and trying to guide or redirect you.  Pay attention. To help you think about your situation, answer these questions related to a decision you are facing: 1. As I...

The Best You…Now: Give it up… It’s An Inside Job

  1 Cor. 6:19     Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself,  for God bought you with a high price. The truth… I can’t change myself… for long.  I can create change for a period of time but eventually I get tired and I revert back to the real me. The truth… Because I am a Christ-follower,...