Best Christianityworks Podcasts (2024)

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The Goodness of God Revealed // When God Speaks, Part 3 23:59

4d ago23:59

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Sometimes it’s hard to remember that God is good, when life simply isn’t. In fact, sometimes it’s downright impossible. That’s why God is revealing His goodness every moment of every day, through His Word. God is Good So life is going along ok I guess, with its ups and downs, but something doesn’t quite feel right. You’re not completely happy with …

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Christ on the Inside // Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ, Pt 4 9:35

8h ago9:35

9:35

Imagine having a job where you had to try to convince people of something you yourself didn’t really believe. That’d be a tough gig don’t you think. And yet that’s how many a Christian feels about telling others about Jesus. Because they themselves haven’t been convinced that He really makes a difference in their lives – on the inside – how can the…

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Have You Ever Wondered, Why? 2:30

3h ago2:30

2:30

Have you ever wondered why sometimes the joy you once had, the joy you believe God wants you to have, seems to have evaporated? Poof, gone! It’s almost as though God’s deserted you. Look, sometimes He will take a step back to give us what feels like the rather dubious honour of having a wilderness experience – because that’s where our character is …

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Does the World Really Want to Know? // Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ, Pt 3 9:38

2h ago9:38

9:38

Most of the people who believe in Jesus have a sense that part of that involves sharing their faith – sharing their Jesus – with other people. That somehow we’re meant to be Ambassadors of Christ. But you look around at the culture in which we live, and you have to ask yourself – does anyone really want to know? How do I share the Good News of Jesu…

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A Cleansing from WIthin 2:30

3h ago2:30

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When you stop and think about it, we know instinctively that our actions flow directly out of what’s going on in our heart. The problem is, all too often, we don’t stop and think about it. So, when was the last time you were cranky. Why? What triggered it? Doubtless some stupid little thing that really didn’t matter, but still you reacted to it bas…

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Be Open to God 2:30

4h ago2:30

2:30

When we head down the wrong path, when we know that what we’ve done is wrong, we instinctively want to run and hide from God. Crazy, right? Yet that’s exactly what we try to do. You’ve been there, I’ve been there – we’ve both had that instinctive reaction and so we know that trying to sweep things under the carpet, hoping that God won’t notice, onl…

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Did He Really Mean That? // Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ, Pt 2 9:38

1h ago9:38

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Many a Christ follower has this feeling that something is missing. Oh – they may well be warming a pew on Sundays … but is their life really making an eternal difference here on earth? Jesus said something outrageous – He said that we would end up doing things even greater than the things He did while He was on the Earth. Question is: Did He mean t…

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When Will Evil End? 2:30

11h ago2:30

2:30

With all that’s going on around the world, many of us are asking ourselves – when is all this evil going to end? And that’s not, by any stretch, an unreasonable question. When will it end? Why does a God of love allow all this warmongering with so many innocent victims, many of them children, being killed, maimed, traumatised? Why are the rich gett…

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First a Citizen, then an Ambassador // Living Life as an Ambassador of Christ, Pt 1 9:37

4h ago9:37

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Most of us are immersed in the cultures in which we live. And that’s as it should be. But there’s a risk for the person who believes in Jesus, in getting to thinking that they’re a local … a citizen of this earth. They’re not – they’re a citizen of Heaven and what’s more, an Ambassador of Christ. Right now and depending on how you count some of the…

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The Power of Words 2:30

2h ago2:30

2:30

If only we realised the power of our words. I heard someone say once that words are containers of power. The things we say to others can either bring life or death, truly. I was watching a speaker on YouTube recently talking about this very thing. He told the story of his best friend who’d always sought his father’s approval. But Dad was a hard tas…

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You Can Rely on God's Integrity 2:30

2d ago2:30

2:30

What do you do when you find yourself in a tough spot feeling completely alone? Come on! What do you do? Do you just suffer your way through it alone? Or do you reach out to God? That feeling of loneliness when you’re down in a deep dark hole is way more common than you’d think. R.C. Sproul was a prominent 20th century theologian, pastor and broadc…

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Let's Get Things Straight // When God Speaks, Pt 10 9:31

3h ago9:31

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Have you ever found yourself in two minds over something. Perhaps this, but on the other hand, that. Hmm. This or that? This or that? Will I or won’t I? Sure, it’s good to way things up, but sometimes, we can take procrastination and turn it into an art form. Okay, today it’s time to call a spade a spade. Fact: Most of the people who say that they …

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When Problems Become Miracles 2:30

6d ago2:30

2:30

Life is mostly just about doing the same things day after day. As a wise mentor of mine likes to say, some days you just have to plod for God. But every now and then, you hit a brick wall. So what do you do when that happens (and not necessarily some great existential crisis, but just some practical problem that you don’t even imagine God would be …

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A Powerful Word // When God Speaks, Pt 9 9:53

36m ago9:53

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So, here’s a question? Would you like to be wiser than your enemies? Oh, you do have enemies. We all do. But do you want to have real wisdom in dealing with them; God’s wisdom; more wisdom than them? If so, you’re in the right place. I remember back in the days when I worked as a consultant in the corporate world, the brutality of office politics w…

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The Dividends of Discipline 2:30

5d ago2:30

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I have yet to meet someone who enjoys being disciplined; who loves it when someone else pulls them up for how they’re behaving. How about you? A good many people – and I number among them – are self-disciplined. We somehow have this knack of reigning ourselves in, in certain areas of our life. I, for instance, am good at getting up very early each …

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The Evidence of Your Faith 2:30

7d ago2:30

2:30

Have you ever wondered whether people notice that you’re different? With a gentleness perhaps, kindness, humility, warmth … wisdom. Or don’t they get that vibe from you? That’s challenging, especially if you call yourself “a Christian”. After all, you should be different. And that difference comes down, let me say it even if you don’t want to hear …

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God's Work Takes Time // When God Speaks, Pt 8 9:39

2h ago9:39

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Sometimes other people seem to want to do things in their own good time, a time that doesn’t fit with our timetable. It’s incredibly frustrating isn’t it? And sometimes, sometimes God wants to do His things in His good time too. Then what? Waiting for something that you really want, waiting and waiting and waiting, is incredibly hard. Particularly …

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God Has a Good Plan for Your Life // When God Speaks, Pt 7 9:39

5h ago9:39

9:39

Whenever you or I feel pain, our immediate response is to do whatever we can to stop the pain. It’s natural response. It’s the way we’re programmed. But just as an athlete improves stamina and performance by pushing their bodies beyond the limit, so God sometimes does that with us. Let me be perfectly honest with you. I hate pain: Physical pain, em…

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Dying to Christ Daily 2:30

8h ago2:30

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If we’re going to be completely honest with ourselves, a good many of the things we desire in this world are selfish, misguided … just plain wrong. And come on, that selfishness is hard to put down. Have you ever wanted to get the better of someone, simply because they annoyed you? Or wanted more money, when, really, you have more than enough and s…

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God is Good // When God Speaks, Pt 6 9:43

3h ago9:43

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When you picture God, what is it that comes to mind? What’s He like? If you had to rattle off three adjectives to describe God, what would those three adjectives be? The reason I ask, is that our impression of God, your impression of God, has a lot to do with how you live your life. So life is going along ok I guess, with its ups and downs, but som…

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Radical Surgery is Required 2:30

3h ago2:30

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Most of us have a pretty good sense of the difference between right and wrong. And so we set about trying to do more right than wrong. Just a little bit more right. Just a little bit less wrong. Hopefully, that’ll do it. Imagine for a moment that you have to have a cancerous growth removed. So, would you like the surgeon to remove part of it or all…

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God's Solution in the Tough Times // When God Speaks, Part 2 23:38

5h ago23:38

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If only the going was always easy. But life’s not like that. Sometimes we have to travel through difficult times. Times that test our patience, our endurance and our faith. And it’s right in the middle of those times that God’s Word holds the answers that we need to make it through. Life Wasn't Meant to be Easy These days, it’s a bit unpopular for …

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The Recipe for Peace (5) 2:30

4h ago2:30

2:30

Peace is about more than dealing with the stuff that happens to you – the people, the circumstances, the challenges … all those externalities. It also involves being comfortable in your own skin; understanding and relishing your place in the universe. Self-worth is an essential part of experiencing the peace that God wants to give you. And yet, whe…

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The Recipe for Peace (4) 2:30

4d ago2:30

2:30

Okay, so how do you actually experience the stillness, the calmness, the peace of God – which He absolutely wants you to do – when the hurly-burly of life constantly crashes over you like waves along a shoreline? How do you do that for real? I’m a rubber-hits-the-road kind of guy. The reason our ministry is called “Christianityworks” is that Christ…

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The Recipe for Peace (3) 2:30

3h ago2:30

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Day-to-day, let me ask you, what drives your thinking? What causes you to do what you do; to be who you are? Most people, if they’re honest, would have to say … their circumstances, the people around them, the places in which they find themselves. All too often we become who we are because of the things we’re reacting to. Think about it. If you gre…

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A Heart for God's Word // When God Speaks, Pt 5 9:43

5h ago9:43

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So often we struggle to do the right thing. Or is it just me? I see people try and try and try to honour God and fail. Trying just isn’t going to do it. What we need first, is a change of heart. If I were to ask you today, what is the one thing that you’re focussing on at the moment, what would that be? What’s the biggest thing going on in your hea…

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The Recipe for Peace (2) 2:30

4h ago2:30

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Here’s a blunt, inconvenient truth: your attitude towards the difficult people in your life can either maintain your sense of God’s peace or rob you of it. No, your peace isn’t contingent on their behaviour. Rather, it depends on how you choose to respond. Blunt yes, but absolutely true. That may or may not be what you want to hear. It’s so easy to…

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Life Wasn't Meant to be Easy // When God Speaks, Pt 4 9:38

9d ago9:38

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It’s one thing to obey God when everything’s going along just fine, but it’s another thing entirely to live a life of obedience when you’re under pressure. And yet, it’s in those difficult times that the power of God’s Word has its greatest impact. These days, it’s a bit unpopular for someone like me to be talking about obedience to God’s Word. It’…

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The Recipe for Peace (1) 2:30

14d ago2:30

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So many things in life can rob you of your peace. But right up there at the top of the list are our relationships. Those difficult people. The conflict. A sharp word, or even a sideward glance, can shatter your peace in an instant. You know how it goes. You roll out of bed with all the best intentions of having a good day, of living in the peace an…

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Get a Revelation // When God Speaks, Pt 3 9:44

3h ago9:44

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Sometimes, let’s be honest about it, we can be incredibly spiritually thick. God puts something right under our noses and we miss it completely. Come on, it’s true isn’t it? So perhaps it’s time to get a revelation of the blindingly, glimpsingly obvious. You know, it never ceases to amaze me how easy it is to ignore the things that we’re taught. I …

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In the Eye of the Storm 2:30

12d ago2:30

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The stuff that life throws at us sometimes can be downright terrifying. Other times, it just seems to grind us down. Either way, what we really need is peace. Where, pray tell, do you find that? When the stuff of life attacks the very fibre of your being, peace seems impossible to lay hold of. How can you have inner peace when your finances are cru…

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Make Your Heart a Healthy Heart // When God Speaks, Pt 2 9:36

8h ago9:36

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Heart disease, in most countries these days, is the number one killer. But as much as our physical heart can fail us, what’s going on in the heart of your soul – well, that can either fill you with life, or rob you of it. So let me ask you, today, right here, right now, what do you have going on in your heart? If you’re a parent, you’ll know what i…

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How to Recognise a Lie 2:30

16d ago2:30

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Deception is all around us these days. Whilst editors and journalists have been putting their own spin on the so-called news for years, these days, because fake news is rampant, it’s becoming more and more difficult to spot the truth amidst all the lies. And it’s not just in the world of news and information that we have this problem – it happens i…

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The Way to God's Blessing // When God Speaks, Pt 1 9:41

1d ago9:41

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How many times have you heard, “read your Bible more”? Well? You know you should, but, hey … life is busy. It’s hard to understand. You have enough to deal with … without someone heaping another burden on your back, right?! I know you’ve heard it all before. You should read your Bible more; we get that, but for many people, it’s a chore. When you h…

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How Much Do You Complain? 2:30

19d ago2:30

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There’s nothing worse than a whinger, is there? Someone who’s constantly complaining about everything as though the world owes them. Nothing’s ever good enough. No one’s ever good enough. Life just stinks. So let me ask you, how much do you enjoy being around someone like that? If you see them heading toward you, you try to cross the road to avoid …

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The Obvious Isn't Always that Obvious // When God Speaks, Part 1 23:49

2d ago23:49

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Sometimes the blindingly, glimpsingly obvious isn’t all that obvious, but here it is anyway: Men and women of God’s Word, men and women who actually read their Bibles, end up living a much more powerful, much more victorious, much more fulfilling life than those who don’t. It’s obvious, you’d think. The Way to God’s Blessing I know you’ve heard it …

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Unrealistic Expectations 2:30

8d ago2:30

2:30

So, what are you hoping for in your immediate future? Doubtless some good things, yeah? And perhaps a blessed release from the pressures and problems of today. But things don’t always work out that way, do they? You have to laugh sometimes. People get suckered in by scams on social media that promise to predict their future. I saw one posted recent…

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Go Fast Or Go Far 2:30

10d ago2:30

2:30

Teamwork is lauded everywhere you look – in successful companies, winning sporting teams, churches, families. It’s a great concept, but man, those other people can be such a pain in the neck! The problem with teamwork is that we all come at things from different perspectives. We can all be looking at the same issue and yet interpret it in completel…

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Worship with our Hands // How to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life That Counts, Part 10 9:33

12d ago9:33

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There is one sure fire way of dealing with pride - and that is worshipping God, not just worshipping him with our lips but worshipping him with our lives, worshipping him with our hands. Yesterday on the program we talked about what was, I guess, part one of a sure fire method for overcoming pride and selfishness and arrogance. And it was simply th…

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What God Won't Bless 2:30

22d ago2:30

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There are times when God feels a million miles away. And that’s rather an unsettling feeling. Even if you don’t love God, if you’re not there yet… still, you know something’s missing. Perhaps today you’re wanting me to talk about God’s blessing, the great future He has planned for you, the good things He wants to drop into your life. And whilst all…

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Worship with our Hearts // How to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life That Counts, Part 9 9:35

18d ago9:35

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Sometimes – sometimes we just need to hear it straight. Come on – tell it to me the way it is. And sometimes what we need to hear – like it or not – is that it’s time for us to get over ourselves – and God has a sure fire way of making that happen! Now it never ceases to amaze me how many things we can find to be proud of, at least I can. I used to…

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Why The World Doesn't Owe Us a Living // How to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life That Counts, Part 8 9:27

6d ago9:27

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We’ve all had a chip on our shoulders at some point in our lives – you know when you just feel that you’ve been dealt a bad hand and the world – well, the world owes us something. Problem is – it doesn’t and the longer we sit in the corner and sulk, the worse it’s going to get. There's an advertisement running on TV at the moment where I live for a…

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Why Bother With Holiness? 2:30

12d ago2:30

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Being good, doing good, can be hard going. When everyone else is behaving badly – and how often does that happen?! – going against the flow is tough. Is it really worth it? Should you even bother? Think back to the last time you found yourself swimming against the tide – against social norms, peer group pressure, family conflict – by trying simply …

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A Still More Excellent Way // How to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life That Counts, Part 7 9:34

7d ago9:34

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There are so many gifted and talented people on this earth. Take you and me – we both have gifts and abilities that other people don’t have. But there’s something else. something more that we need, to make those gifts and talents count for something. The biggest problem with other people is that they seem to be everywhere in this world. You just ca…

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Is the Bible a Fairy Tale? 2:30

17d ago2:30

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Let’s be honest, this thing those Christians call “the Bible” contains some very strange, very difficult-to-believe stories: Jesus turning water into wine; walking on water. Really? Maybe it is just a fairy tale. According to the global ministry to persecuted Christians, The Voice of the Martyrs, bibles are either difficult or dangerous to obtain, …

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Why People Don't Have to Be Like Us // How to Get Over Yourself and Live a Life That Counts, Part 6 9:37

10d ago9:37

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You know – life would be so much easier if everyone saw things my way and did things my way – don’t you think? Problem is that the world’s just not like that – and if we’re not careful, that can drive us nuts! Great to be with you again at the beginning of a brand new week. There's something about Mondays you know. People talk about Mondayitis as t…

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When Brokenness Becomes Blessing 2:30

18d ago2:30

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Do you mind if I ask you today, have you ever felt broken? Have you ever had this sense that something’s not right; that you just don’t have what it takes to deal with all the stuff that life’s throwing at you anymore? We don’t talk about it too much … but more and more, my newsfeeds are filled with articles like “Thirteen Ways to Wake Up with More…

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When the Time Comes 2:30

19d ago2:30

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We all have hopes and dreams. One day this … one day that … And that’s a good thing, a very good thing. God works mightily through those dreams. But one day it comes time to put them into action. The thing about dreaming is that it’s such a great place to be. You set your imagination free to roam, to dream about all the amazing things you’ll do … o…

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Wisdom That Works (2) // Wisdom to Transform Your Life, Part 4 23:30

19d ago23:30

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The thing I love about God is that He doesn’t just send Jesus to save us and then leave us dangling to deal with all the things we have to deal with. He gives us His Spirit and his Word, to pour His wisdom, godly wisdom, powerful wisdom, wisdom that works – into our hearts. WISDOM AMIDST CONFLICT One of the reasons that we have conflict in our live…

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Serve God with a Pure Heart 2:30

20d ago2:30

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Have you ever had someone do something for you with a bad attitude? It kind of robs you of the joy of what they did, because they didn’t do it with a willing heart. The truth is, you and I, we’re capable of exactly the same thing. We might do what’s required of us, but under our breath we’re complaining. It’s not fair. I shouldn’t have to do this. …

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