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Welcome to The FLOT Line, with your host, Rick Hughes. For the next 30 minutes, you will be inspired, motivated, and educated, but never manipulated. FLOT is an acronym for Forward Line of Troops. The show teaches principles from the Bible and focuses on God’s 10 unique problem-solving devices. If you choose to learn and apply them, they will act as a main line of resistance in your soul, a FLOT line, preventing the outside sources of adversity from becoming the inside pressure of stress in ...
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To live the supernatural Christian life, you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. You need to learn how to let the Holy Spirit control your life and lead you to the truth. “When He the Holy Spirit has come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:13). The secret to growing to spiritual maturity is staying filled with the Holy Spirit so you have …
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Faith in Jesus Christ as your Savior guarantees you have a permanent relationship with God. You are in the “relationship circle” forever. That’s eternal security. “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:26). Once we are in God’s royal family, He is free to bless us in time and eternity. Fellowship with God depends on havi…
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Self-destruction is not God’s plan for you. “Hear my son and receive my sayings and the years of your life will be many” (Prov 4:10). “The fear of the Lord prolongs days but the years of the wicked will be shortened” (Prov 10:27). Many Christians are not willing to learn. They are not interested in what God has to say. They have turned their backs …
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Don’t deviate from sound doctrine. Don’t drift from grace. Don’t be discouraged with discipline. These are three essential steps if you are going to reach spiritual maturity and glorify God to the maximum. If anyone tells you that you have to do something to be saved other than faith alone in Christ alone, that is a deviation from sound doctrine. “…
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If you’re not content with what you have now, you won’t be content with things you receive in the future. Capacity starts with contentment. If you’re content, God can pour blessings into your life, and they won’t distract or destroy you. The greatest wealth you can ever possess is salvation and divine wisdom in your soul. Click for Full Transcript:…
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No one had greater unfair treatment than our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He endured illegal trials and was sentenced to death even after Pilate proclaimed, “I find no basis for a charge against this Man." Yes, it was unfair but it was God the Father’s plan for Him. “He was despised and rejected of men … we esteemed Him not. He was wounded for ou…
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Unhappy people take their unhappiness with them wherever they go. Satan is a counterfeiter. He promotes the myth that people or circumstances can make you happy. They can’t. Sharing the happiness of God, problem-solving device #9 is what makes you happy. Jesus Christ wants you to be happy. “I have taught you these things so that My happiness might …
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Flaws are things in life that prevent us from taking in the Word of God, understanding it, and storing it in our souls. Flaws are inherent or acquired. It’s hard for a flawed believer to apply God’s Word because of arrogance. Part of the trend of arrogance is self-absorption. Preoccupation with self will stop you from living the Christian way of li…
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Using God’s problem-solving devices gives you the tools for overcoming fear. With a FLOT Line in your soul, you can expect a life of divine advantage over the evils of the cosmic system. “I fear no evil, for You are with me” (Ps 23:4). Fear is a sin. Fear is an emotion out of control and a distraction to your spiritual life. There is a better way t…
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We all have faults because we all have a sin nature. We also have flaws. “There is none righteous, not even one” (Rom 3:10). What is a flaw? It is something that blocks your learning and understanding of the Word of God. Flaws are things that we acquire or inherit. A flawed believer may have a lot of knowledge but applies very little. Often, arroga…
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You can be a dream maker and follow your dreams. Or you can be a risk taker and follow the Lord Jesus Christ. God is looking for risk-takers, not excuse-makers. A risk-taker is dedicated to the mission of growing to spiritual maturity and is prepared to be used by the Lord. “Here am I, send me” (Is 6:8). Stay filled with the Holy Spirit and make le…
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You come to know God’s will for your life as you learn God’s Word. "Happiness belongs to those people who hear My Father's Word and keep it.” (Luke 11:28). There are three sources of naivety in the believer’s life starting with ignorance of the reality of your situation, your circumstances. Another is being influenced or inspired by the wrong peopl…
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The Holy Spirit is your divine mentor. He reveals the plan of God to you as you learn God’s Word and empowers you to live the plan. Perception, metabolization and application of God’s Word are how you change your life. Hear God’s Word taught by a well-qualified pastor, learn it, accept it through faith, apply it and live it. This is God’s plan for …
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The Christian life is a supernatural life lived only by means of the filling of the Holy Spirit and the dynamics of the Word of God in your soul. “They that worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24). Salvation is life-changing because you are now a child of God, a member of the royal family. “To all who have received Him, tho…
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The best father anyone can have is God the Father. “Yet for us, there is only one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.” (1 Cor 8:6). No earthly father can love you as much as your heavenly Father loves you. “God only is my rock and my salvation…
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You are an ambassador for the Lord Jesus Christ in the devil’s world. You are in full-time Christian service as a member of God’s royal family. God gives you the power and the divine provisions to handle the appointment. “We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you, on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to…
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This is how I became an evangelist. Without learning and understanding the Word of God I would have no ministry. God’s plan for you is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ to receive Him as your Savior as I did. “As many as received Him to them He gave the right to become children of God even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12). God’s plan…
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Has anger ever gotten you in trouble? Whenever you get angry you surrender control of your life to the one you’re angry with. Anger is a mental attitude sin and often leads to chain sinning. “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and evil speaking be put away from you …
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When disaster comes, the Word of God in your soul is what will deliver you and allow you to relax. So quit leaning on others. Lean on God and His Word. Understand that Jesus Christ controls history. “Take heed that no man deceives you” (Matt 24:4). To interpret contemporary history, you must be able to apply the Word of God to the situation. You mu…
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Jesus Christ will set you free. Accept His grace gift of salvation. “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” Christ freed you from the slave market of sin through His death on the cross. He redeemed you from the penalty of sin and death. “So the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed” (John 8:36). “Where the Spirit of the Lord …
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Many Christians are dull of hearing. They can’t or won’t concentrate and focus on learning God’s Word. “We have many things to say, but they are hard to be uttered, seeing that you are dull of hearing” (Heb 5:11). You can become dull of hearing from a lack of exercise in your mind. You develop your faith by hearing God’s Word taught and applying it…
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No one knows the date they will die. Are you gambling on your future? “What is your life?” (James 4:13). Life is very valuable and it’s brief. ”Just a vapor, here today, gone tomorrow” (James 4:14). Redeem the time you have left wisely. God has a plan for you. Stay filled with the Holy Spirit and learn God’s Word to understand it and live it. God’s…
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You will never reach spiritual maturity without exercising your soul daily. Spiritual exercise glorifies God. “Bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds the promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Tim 4:8). Godliness is living your life according to God’s plan. Peak…
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In God’s plan, a miss by an inch is as good as a miss by a mile. The only way to get to heaven is to do the will of the Father. “This is the will of the One who sent Me that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life” (John 6:40). Do you believe faith alone in Christ alone or do you add something to it? If you add thing…
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Are you hot or cold, spiritually? Or are you lukewarm, playing at being a Christian? Are you just auditing the Christian life? God wants you to be hot. He wants you to be on fire to “grow in the grace and knowledge of your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 3:18). To be hot you need to use the supernatural powers God has given you—the filling of …
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Legalism is the arrogant pretension of fulfilling God’s plan through your human ability. Legalism and grace are mutually exclusive. Legalism manipulates, controls, judges you, and tries to force you to live a certain way. “Don’t judge lest you be judged” (Matt 7:1). God has provided you with problem-solving devices. When you try to add to them, you…
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Grace is the way to live in Christ. Grace is God’s policy - always free and always based on Who God is, never on what mankind does. “For by grace are you saved through faith. It is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man would brag about it” (Eph 2:8-9). Saving grace. Learn and understand how Jesus Christ functioned when He was on this earth, s…
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“Many false teachers have gone out into the world” (1 John 4:1) Be alert not to swallow false teaching. They are inspirational but they do not function by means of the power of the Holy Spirit. You have only so much time in this life and that’s why it’s so important to redeem the time wisely. The Holy Spirit is your guide, mentor, a tutor and will …
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Forgiveness is a sign of nobility in the Christian life. It's unique to Christianity. “Forgive as Christ forgave” (Eph 4:32). Forgiveness forgets. The two must go together. Justice belongs to God. We are never to retaliate. “For with what measure you measure, it will be measured back to you again” (Matt 7:2). Forgiveness requires the use of the pro…
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You are not saved by repenting your sins. Sin is not an issue in salvation because your sins were paid for by Christ’s finished work on the cross. You are saved by faith alone in Christ alone. “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast” (Eph …
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Forgiveness is unique to Christianity. God never fails to forgive. We must learn to forgive. “If someone says I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar” (1 John 4:20). How often should you forgive someone who has offended you or done something against you? the Bible says always. Retribution and retaliation are sins. Don’t go there. Recall the …
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When you learn the mind of Christ then you can live a Christ-like life. “Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me” (Matt 11:29). You must learn the Word of God. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a worker who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” (2 Tim 2:15). The Bible is God’s living Word to you! Knowi…
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God has a plan for you. He reveals it through the Bible, only through the Word of God. “The Word of God is alive and powerful, sharper than a two-edged sword” (Heb 4:12). That’s why it is so important you find and study under a well-qualified pastor who will teach it to you. Everything you need to know about God is in the Bible. It is the only sour…
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Respect for authority is critical to the survival of any individual and to the perpetuation of a nation such as the USA. God set up a system of authority and it begins in the home. If a child rejects the authority of his parents, he will grow up to be a misfit in society. ‘Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right” (Eph 6:1). The acc…
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Once saved, always saved. That’s eternal security. If you have believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, by faith alone in Christ alone, you have eternal life. God will never take back the grace gift He gave you. Eternal security—knowing for a fact that you are going to heaven despite your flaws and failures—is an unbreakable relationship w…
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Satan will set up roadblocks to your spiritual maturity. “The Holy Spirit says in the latter times some may depart from the faith and give heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons speaking lies in hypocrisy” (1 Tim 4:1-5). Religion substitutes false doctrine for truth and sets up a system of works and rituals to replace the protocol plan o…
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You will encounter users and abusers in life, so you need to beware and be prepared. They will try to distract you from your spiritual life by drawing you into their web of bitterness and human viewpoint thinking. Use impersonal love to pass this people test. “There is no fear in love; perfect love casts out fear … We love because He first loved us…
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People can be a stumbling block to your spiritual growth. Be careful who you take advice from. The Word of God is your best advisor and counselor. Colleagues who don’t know what they are talking about can be hindrances. Jesus Christ said, “Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind and if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the …
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Guilt is a sin. Guilt leads to emotional instability. And if you live by guilt you will lose your perception of reality. Satan uses guilt to manipulate us, to discourage and defeat us. That’s why you need God’s problem-solving devices. Rebound and don’t look back. “Forgetting those things that are behind and reaching forward to those things which a…
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Sin, arrogance and a lack of discernment can destroy us. Sin is something you think, something you say, or something you do. The Bible tells us to immediately name a sin to God the Father. Using rebound is how we handle sin. “If we confess our sin, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to purify us from all wrongdoing” (1 John 1:9). You…
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Laconic means to be of few words. As a Christian, you should be laconic when talking about other people. But when talking about the Lord Jesus Christ you should always be ready! Keep your mouth shut when you are angry. “A short-tempered person acts stupidly and a person who plots evil is hated” (Prov 14:17). Be quiet when you’re tempted to tell a l…
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Faith alone, in Christ alone, is how you get eternal life. “This is the record that God has given to us eternal life and this life is in His Son” (John 5:11-12). The issue is - do you believe in Jesus Christ? “He that believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God” (1 John 5:1). You can express your faith to God by simply praying, “Father, I beli…
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You never need to be lonely. As a Christian, Jesus Christ lives in you. You have the supernatural resources of the filling of the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to live your supernatural spiritual life. Loneliness is a type of arrogance. Preoccupation with friends can cause wrong priorities. Don’t lean on people to solve the issue of loneliness. L…
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Every Christian has faults and flaws, but spiritual growth overcomes them. Faults are our sin-nature trends. You acquire flaws from bad decisions, poor habits, misinformation, and meaningless rituals. Will you allow the sin nature to control your life, or will you choose to be filled with the Holy Spirit so that He can guide you? “I say, walk by th…
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Solomon’s great wisdom, status, and wealth backfired on him because he took his eyes off God. Solomon went into operation boomerang, a frantic search for happiness. Solomon tried to purchase happiness and it didn’t work. It was vanity, emptiness. “Whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought and…
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Solomon had unbelievable wisdom and wealth, yet he was consumed with a frantic search for happiness. The book of Ecclesiastes tells us about it. Human viewpoint says people, things or circumstances can make you happy and it’s not true. What makes you happy is to renovate your thinking. Don’t think as the world thinks—you are just a sojourner in thi…
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“Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27). This is your destiny. This is your empowerment to live your spiritual life. You can’t access this power with unconfessed sin in your life. “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Ps 66:18). You can’t live the Christian life in the energy of the flesh. Sin can be very subtle. All …
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There is no room for bitterness in the family of God. Respond with forgiveness rather than react with bitterness. “We must cease our bitterness” (Eph 4:31). Bitterness is self-absorption and defiles and infects others. Bitter people have few friends because no one wants to be around a bitter person. “A stranger cannot share in the joy of your bitte…
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You can’t be a game-changer for God just because you are enthusiastic or eloquent. You must be accurate. If you’re going to be a winner in the plan of God and be one of the people who hold this nation together, you need to learn the process. You need to learn to think with the mind of Christ. God wants you to organize your thinking. “God has assign…
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Without understanding the process and learning the protocol plan of God, you will drift in time and fail to redeem your time wisely. “See that you walk circumspectly, not as a fool but as a wise person, redoing the time because the days are evil” (Eph 5:15-16). The measure of greatness in the plan of God is to serve and see to the needs of others. …
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