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Why You Should Never Try to Make People Feel Guilty

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After World War 1, 900 German soldiers who had violated international law were summoned to appear before the World Court. Their condemnation was certain. In a dramatic move, however, the former crown prince of Germany volunteered to be their substitute. His offer included taking upon himself both the accusation against them and their penalty. This act, though most noble, was impractical. Although he was royalty, he did not have in his own person the value of the 900.   Our redemption has been purchased by Heaven’s Crown Prince. So don’t depreciate the cross. Don’t underrate Christ’s great sacrifice. It will cost you your soul. It will shut you out from God. It will darken your eternity.  We can lay aside the guilt that drives you to perform because of our royal Substitute! There is no guilt to the person who has come by the way of the cross.  1
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#S3-020: How Jesus Destroyed Demons in One on One Encounters [Podcast]

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A form of exorcism is a daily occurrence at a Miami hospital treating several hundred patients a month who ask to have evil spirits driven from their bodies. “Usually, we treat 600 to 700 a month,” says Dr. Hardat Sukhdeo, director of Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Crisis Intervention Center. “But last month we had 900 people come for help … we worked our tails off—maybe there was a strong pull from the moon or something.” The belief that demons can infiltrate a person’s body is old hat to the Jamaicans, Haitians, Bahamians, Cubans and Puerto Ricans who live in the Miami area, he said. The patients are given strong tranquilizers to calm them; then staff members try to soothe away their fears. 1. Tranquilizers and TLC are not how you deal with demons. It’s the Name of Jesus that get’s it done. What can we learn about the power of the Name by looking at how Jesus dealt with demons?

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Why Your Enemies Can Never Be Ultimately Successful Against You

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In Paul’s final segment which ends at verse thirty-nine, the apostle caps off the entire chapter of Romans eight with the primary motivation for all he has discussed up until now, the love of God. He does it with six power packed questions.

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#S3-019: Why Planting Churches in the Nation of Ghana is A Good God Thing [Podcast]

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In this week’s edition we are going to break into the series we are doing on the Name of Jesus. You know we have engaged this series for many weeks now and we are going to pick it back up next week. But in this week’s Light on Life, we have a special guest in our studio and we are going to be doing a special podcast with our special guest. His name? Maxwell Abishai. Maxwell is a missionary to the nation of Ghana. We are going to interview him. We are going to talk about Missions. We are going to talk about the Great Commission. We are going to talk obeying Jesus words and going into all the world and preaching the gospel and making disciples of all nations. We are going to talk about establishing the gospel among the Muslim people of Ghana. A special Missions podcast. That’s what we are talking about in this week’s Light on Life.

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What is the Believer in Jesus Staircase to Glorification?

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  The Bible speaks of our calling in Christ. What we are called from and called to? We are called from labor to rest (Matt. 11:28); from death to life (1 John 3:14); from bondage to liberty (Gal 5:13); darkness into light (1 Pet. 2:9); from bondage to peace (1 Cor. 7:15) and finally called to the fellowship of His Son (1 Cor. 1:9) 1 But our calling is only one step of a believers staircase. What are some of the other steps? We will take a look at this in this week’s blog as we continue marching through Romans chapter eight.
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#S3-018: How God Reacquired Adam’s Stolen Authority [Podcast]

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In last week’s podcast, we left off with a glimpse at the Divine Council. Today, we are going to tie some things up and give an overview so you can see how all these individual podcasts link together. Also, we are going to look at how God reacquired Adam’s stolen authority.

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How God’s Foreknowledge Propels Us to Be Like Jesus

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A.J. Gossip gave us these words about becoming like Jesus. He said, “You will not stroll into Christlikeness with your hands in your pockets, shoving the door open with a careless shoulder. This is no hobby for one’s leisure moments, taken up at intervals when we have nothing much to do, and put down and forgotten when our life grows full and interesting. It takes all one’s strength, and all one’s heart, and all one’s mind, and all one’s soul, given freely and recklessly and without restraint. This is a business for adventurous spirits; others would shrink out of it.” 1 Paul addressed this issue in Romans 8 and verse twenty-nine. Let’s take a look.

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#S3-017: Why Is the Name of Jesus So Powerful? [Podcast]

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We have taken a look at the Name of Jesus already from several aspects in this series. Today, we are going to begin drilling down into Jesus one on one encounters with demons. It is yet one more reason why the Name of Jesus is so powerful in the realm of heaven and earth.

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How, by the Spirit, All Things Can Come Out Right

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The story is told of an only survivor of a wreck who was thrown on an uninhabited island. After a while he managed to build himself a hut, in which he placed the little that he had saved from the wreck. He prayed to God for deliverance, and anxiously scanned the horizon each day to hail any passing ship. One day on returning from a hunt for food he was horrified to find his hut in flames—all he had had gone up in smoke. The worst had happened it seemed. But that which seemed to have happened for the worst was in reality for the best. The next day a ship arrived. “We saw your smoke signal,” the captain said. If our lives are in God’s hands “all things work together for good” (Rom. 8:28).1 In today’s post, we take a look at this marvelous truth from the Word of God.
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#S3-016: How to Obliterate Temptation in Jesus Name [Podcast]

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Some people fall into temptation, but a great many make plans for disaster ahead of time. “Son,” ordered a father, “Don’t swim in that canal.” “OK, Dad,” he answered. But he came home carrying a wet bathing suit that evening. “Where have you been?” demanded the father. “Swimming in the canal,” answered the boy. “Didn’t I tell you not to swim there?” asked the father. “Yes, Sir,” answered the boy. “Why did you?” he asked. “Well, Dad,” he explained, “I had my bathing suit with me and I couldn’t resist the temptation.” “Why did you take your bathing suit with you?” he questioned. “So I’d be prepared to swim, in case I was tempted,” he replied. 1 Putting temptation in it’s place is what we are talking about in this week’s Light on Life Podcast.

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Why the Holy Spirit is the Great Helper of Our Prayer Life

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Romans 8:26-27 is a mountain of Bible truth and comfort on the subject of prayer. J. Oswald Sanders in his book, Cultivation of Christian Character says these words. “It is worthy of note that the Spirit’s assistance in prayer is more frequently mentioned than any of His other offices. All true praying springs from His activity in the heart. Both Paul and Jude teach that effective prayer is ‘praying in the Holy Spirit,’ which has been defined as praying ‘along the same lines, about the same things, in the same Name as the Holy Spirit.'” 1 In today’s post, we take a glimpse at this all important aspect of the Spirit’s work in the life of a believer.

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#S3-015: How the Mighty Names of God Energize Your Life [Podcast]

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In this week’s podcast, we re-engage the series on the Name of Jesus. We left off, in ‘Why the Name of  Jesus Works for Your Life‘ with a question Moses asked God after He told him to go to Egypt and deliver Israel. Moses asked God for His Name. What was God’s response and how does it help us understand Jesus Name?

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