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Working All Things for Good
- by: Charis Brown
- February 9, 2023
“You intended to harm me, but God intended it all for good. He brought me to this position so I could save the lives of many people.” -Genesis 50:20 Joseph was sold into slavery at about 17 years old. He was sold by his own brothers! But, God had a bigger plan and redeemed this
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Information vs. Revelation
- by: Charis Brown
- February 8, 2023
“I received my message from no human source, and no one taught me. Instead, I received it by direct revelation from Jesus Christ.” -Galatians 1:12 Have you ever gotten a revelation before? A revelation is different from just receiving information. I remember when I got the revelation that God really did love me… my life
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Having a Biblical Worldview
- by: Charis Brown
- February 7, 2023
“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.” -Hebrews 4:12 According to research, the majority of Americans consider themselves Christians. (Seventy-six to eighty percent, respectively.) But, very few of us
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What Is Tithing?
- by: Charis Brown
- February 6, 2023
“Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram, saying, ‘Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth. And praise be to God Most High, who delivered your enemies into your hand.’ Then Abram gave him a tenth of
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Rachel vs. Leah Faith
- by: Charis Brown
- February 5, 2023
“Since Jacob was in love with Rachel, he told her father, ‘I’ll work for you for seven years if you’ll give me Rachel, your younger daughter, as my wife.’” -Genesis 29:18 Do you have a dream? You might be at a stage in your life where you want to do something great with your life,
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Religion Trips Us Up
- by: Charis Brown
- February 4, 2023
“So I say, let the Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of what the Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are the opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two
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Building God’s House
- by: Charis Brown
- February 3, 2023
“This is what the LORD Almighty says: ‘Give careful thought to your ways. Go up into the mountains and bring down timber and build my house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored,’ says the LORD. ‘You expected much, but see, it turned out to be little. What you brought home,
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Remaining Pure
- by: Charis Brown
- February 2, 2023
“Run from sexual sin! No other sin so clearly affects the body as this one does. For sexual immorality is a sin against your own body. 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
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Battleground of the Mind
- by: Charis Brown
- February 1, 2023
“So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the Spirit control your mind leads to life and peace.” -Romans 8:6 Has your mind ever gotten the best of you? Every day, there is a great temptation to believe the worst about someone or something that has happened to us. Even
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No Respecter of Persons
- by: Charis Brown
- January 31, 2023
“…but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favoritism.” -Romans 2:10-11 Sometimes, rather unintentionally, we as the body of Christ can develop a “superstar” mentality. What I mean by this is that we have had a revelation of our identity
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It’s My Problem
- by: Charis Brown
- January 30, 2023
“For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the
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The Eye of a Needle
- by: Charis Brown
- January 29, 2023
“Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” -Matthew 19:24 Once I had a coworker friend when I was a server at an upscale restaurant. For our purposes, we’ll call him Rob. Rob
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In the Zone
- by: Charis Brown
- January 28, 2023
“So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.” -Galatians 5:16,
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Finding God in the Midst
- by: Charis Brown
- January 27, 2023
“Then the LORD spoke to Job out of the storm…” -Job 40:6 We live really busy lives. With work, school, church, social activities, hobbies and family time it becomes more and more difficult to schedule quality time with God. Even if we do have a quiet time, it’s short at the most! On top of
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Getting Rid of Judgments
- by: Charis Brown
- January 26, 2023
“As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” -Ephesians 4:1-3 As human beings, we
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Crowd Approval
- by: Charis Brown
- January 25, 2023
“Your approval means nothing to Me, because I know you don’t have God’s love within you. For I have come to you in My Father’ name, and you have rejected Me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. No wonder you can’t believe! For you gladly honor each other, but
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God is Good
- by: Charis Brown
- January 24, 2023
“Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: ‘Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?’ ‘Why do you call me good?’ Jesus asked him. ‘Only God is truly good.’” -Luke 18:18 & 19 Have you ever said about someone, “She’s such a good person,” or “He’s a good person”? I’ve found myself
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Keeping the Sabbath
- by: Charis Brown
- January 23, 2023
“Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.” -Exodus 20:8 What is a Sabbath? The Israelites in Biblical times were religious about the Sabbath – and for good reason! A Sabbath was a “rest day”, a day of remembering God and honoring Him in that day. It was a day that was set
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Finding Favor with God
- by: Charis Brown
- January 22, 2023
“But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God.’” -Luke 1:30 What does it mean to be favored by God? How do we find favor (preference) with Him? In order to birth God’s plans, we need to be people He can trust. Does God pick and choose
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Provision Follows Obedience
- by: Charis Brown
- January 21, 2023
“The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.” -Genesis 26:13 During the time that Isaac (the son of Abraham) lived in the Old Testament, there was a famine. Isaac decided to go to the king of the Philistines for help. God spoke to Isaac and said, “Do not
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Overlooking Offense
- by: Charis Brown
- January 20, 2023
“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.” -Proverbs 19:11 Has anybody ever made you mad? Like seething, fuming angry? Or has anyone done something to you or someone else that has hurt you? We all have to deal with offenses – we are human! It’s been said before
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The Only One in the World
- by: Charis Brown
- January 19, 2023
“And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all
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Guard Your Heart!
- by: Charis Brown
- January 18, 2023
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” -Proverbs 4:23 Many of us have heard the phrase “guard your heart” before. But what does this mean? Why does the Bible say to guard our hearts? Is this optional for someone who loves the Lord? I would venture to say that
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Women in Jesus’ Ministry
- by: Charis Brown
- January 17, 2023
“So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God He created them; male and female He created them.” -Genesis 1:27 Women had a special place in the Bible. They also had a special place in Jesus’ heart. Consider these encounters Jesus had with women in the Bible: “Anna, a prophet,
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Avoiding Self-Righteousness
- by: Charis Brown
- January 16, 2023
“What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.” -Matthew 23:13 Have you ever been around someone who seemed to exude self-righteousness? Often it’s difficult to respect
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Time to Pray
- by: Charis Brown
- January 15, 2023
“But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.” Luke 5:16 There is no doubt that prayer (or talking with God) is an essential component of a believer’s life. But often we can get caught up in the demands and interruptions of life, and we may or may not spend enough time in prayer. Truthfully,
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Second Chances
- by: Charis Brown
- January 14, 2023
“But He gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” -James 4:6 & 7 Some days I wish I could start my life all over. I feel like I have
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Reaching for the Gold
- by: Charis Brown
- January 13, 2023
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” -1 Corinthians 9:24 Several years ago, a lady at my church had given me a CD recording from a women’s meeting I had missed the week before.
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Fan the Faith, Diffuse the Doubt
- by: Charis Brown
- January 12, 2023
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.” -2 Timothy 1:6-7 Have you ever noticed the dichotomy between faith and
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As One!
- by: Charis Brown
- January 11, 2023
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” -Romans 12:4,5 Dr. Lance Wallnau, a speaker and author on Christian cultural influence, talks about supporting
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Being Aware of Resistance
- by: Charis Brown
- January 10, 2023
“Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy, the devil. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour.” -1 Peter 5:8 Have you ever started something you know God had called you to only to be met with extreme resistance? “Why is this happening to me?” we might ask. “God, all
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