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6 days ago
2 min

Prayer against pride

One of the greatest struggles with which every Believer will wrestle is the sin of pride. Here is a specific prayer for our consideration...

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How does the Lord’s return make you feel?

mcoker7

Nov 20
1 min

How does the Lord’s return make you feel?

Does the Lord’s return excite you or scare you? Here are Biblical examples of people who were ready to see Jesus: 1. They showed evidence...

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mcoker7

Nov 18
1 min

Speak up for Christ!

There are 3 examples of people in this passage who remind us to speak for Christ when given opportunity. 1. Paul Acts 18:9-10a “Then spak...

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mcoker7

Nov 17
1 min

ALL RISE!!

There is an appointed day for God’s judgment! Are you prepared to stand before Him? Things you need to know: 1. God’s patience towards ou...

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mcoker7

Nov 10
1 min

Are you neglecting God?

Acts 17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. ...

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mcoker7

Oct 29
2 min

Do your goals include winning the lost?

Are you making a difference for eternity? 1. They had a specific plan of action for reaching people for Christ. Acts 17:1-6 “Now when the...

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mcoker7

Oct 27
1 min

Why the Cross?

Why the Cross? 1. The Person of the Cross. - The main reason for everything is to bring glory to God, and to his son Jesus Christ, who ha...

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Your sin nature should not be 2nd nature!

mcoker7

Oct 21
2 min

Your sin nature should not be 2nd nature!

1. Sin is a choice. We are FREE! Gal 5:1 “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled ag...

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mcoker7

Oct 17
2 min

Free indeed!

We are free because of Grace!! 1. Hagar pictures mankind as slaves to the Law, Sarah pictures Christians free because of grace. Acts 4:21...

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mcoker7

Oct 14
1 min

What motivates you?

The just shall live by faith! 1. If a person desires to earn his way into heaven, he must do so utilizing God’s standard which is PERFECT...

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mcoker7

Oct 9
1 min

Holiness > morality

Christ-likeness is a matter of holiness, not morality. 1. Morality is law based, often pride centered, rules driven, will empowered, and ...

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mcoker7

Oct 8
1 min

Free indeed!

Christ came to free us from sin. Gal 1:3-5, 22-24 1. The plan Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Chri...

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mcoker7

Oct 7
2 min

Good Christians ARE good citizens!

1. People in positions of power have a tendency to often overstep their authority. Acts 16:36-39 “And when it was day, the magistrates se...

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mcoker7

Sep 16
2 min

The change that salvation brings!

Notice the transformation that occurred in the life of this jailer when he came into contact with men who were genuinely godly. 1. He inf...

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mcoker7

Sep 15
1 min

Please don’t move that!

Beware traditions which may become sacrosanct. Be careful of that which you may have the tendency to call “holy”. Acts 15:24, 28 Forasmuc...

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mcoker7

Sep 11
1 min

What’s your word worth?

Do you have integrity? James 5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any o...

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mcoker7

Sep 10
1 min

You’re on the clock!

Make the most of the time you’ve been given! 1. Live on God’s agenda, not yours. James 4:13-17 “Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morr...

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mcoker7

Sep 8
1 min

Winning The War within

We ALL have an internal problem. The following passage identifies it. We still struggle with that old man, our sin nature we received fro...

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mcoker7

Sep 4
2 min

Our speech is a gift of God, for God!

Why did God give us the gift of speech? James 3:6, 9-13, 17-18 “And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our...

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Intellectual assent does NOT equate to salvation.

mcoker7

Sep 1
1 min

Intellectual assent does NOT equate to salvation.

James 2:18-20 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith b...

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mcoker7

6 days ago
2 min

Prayer against pride

One of the greatest struggles with which every Believer will wrestle is the sin of pride. Here is a specific prayer for our consideration...

12 views Write a comment

mcoker7

Nov 20
1 min

How does the Lord’s return make you feel?

Does the Lord’s return excite you or scare you? Here are Biblical examples of people who were ready to see Jesus: 1. They showed evidence...

22 views Write a comment