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HELP THOU MY UNBELIEF

“And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief. ” (Mark 9:24).    I don’t know about you, but many times I have found myself praying this same prayer that the distraught father in Mark chapter 9 prayed.   I find that it is easier to believe that God will help others who are going through struggles than it is to believe for myself.   It is also easier to believe for generalities than it is to trust God for one specific and very desperate need.   I can say I believe that God will meet all my needs, heal my body, and protect me from harm, and I can really mean it, but until my finances are threatened, my health is compromised, or danger is looming near, it is all theoretical .   When these things touch my life, I must learn to apply God’s Word in practical ways.   It is no longer a matter of what God could do, but a matter of what He wants to do right now for me.   This is whe...
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WALK IN THE SPIRIT

“If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.” (Galatians 5:25).   “This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” (Galatians 5:16).   Walking is one of the most natural things that we can do.   Usually, it is employed just to get us from one place to another.   It is also recommended as an easy form of exercise, and we are all urged to get our 10,000 steps in daily.   The Bible has some very important things to say about walking, but especially about walking in the Spirit.   The Apostle Paul put great emphasis on wanting believers to learn to walk in the Spirit.   In several of his letters to the churches Paul makes a clear distinction between walking in the Spirit and walking in the flesh.   There are many Christians today, however, who are confused about what it means to walk, or to be led, by the Spirit.     To begin with, let’s answer this basic question: “Who is the ...
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BRINGING EVERY THOUGHT INTO CAPTIVITY

“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ .” (2 Corinthians 10:5).    “For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct Him?   But we have the mind of Christ .” (1 Corinthians 2:16).   The mind is truly the command central of every human being.   It is the seat of all our thoughts, feelings, and emotions.   It is where our creativity, calculation, passion, reasoning, imagination, judging, surmising, emotion, perception, logic, expression, discernment, and so much more originate.   The mind is also the gateway of our bodies and our souls.   This is where the real spiritual warfare takes place in our lives.   Our enemy, Satan, will lie to us, using reason, deception, and even the truth in a twisted form to weaken our resistance and get us to agree with him.   Once our guard is down, we are op...
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