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7 Easy Ways to Please God That Will Make Your Life More Purposeful

One of our biggest mistakes in life is living for our own pleasure. It is not a bad thing (in healthy doses) to experience good feelings, but if selfish pleasure is our main focus, we will deprive ourselves from true joy that comes from pleasing God. God is not that difficult to please. All we need to do is to keep in mind that He created us for His own pleasure. And that is every Christian’s purpose in their life – to be pleasing our Creator while glorifying Him in the process. If you strive to please God, start engaging in the the following: 1. Help those who cannot help themselves On the contrary of the popular belief that “God helps those who help themselves”, God actually helps those who cannot help themselves. Often, He does it through…

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What’s the Big Deal with Sunday and God?

SPENDING A DAY WITH GOD By Debra Lohrere | To be able to develop a close relationship with God, we need to spend quality time with Him. We need to study His Word, and let His Holy Spirit speak to us through it. We require time to spend in earnest prayer, talking to Him, praising and worshiping Him. We need time to look at nature and reflect on all the wonderful creations that He has made. And finally, we need time to spend with fellow believers, to worship together in song and have fellowship with each other, encouraging one another and building up each other’s faith by our testimonies. In this hectic world with our busy lifestyles it is so easy to get so engrossed in other things that we never have time for God. Some of us…

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Did You Know That Failing Is Not an Option for a Christian?

YOU ARE NOT A FAILURE! By Annagail Lynes | God has a purpose for your life. Not many people understand that. Not maybe people comprehend that you were put on this Earth randomly. It wasn’t because your parents got together and created you. No, God picked you out, chose you from the beginning of the world to complete a specific task He had in mind for you. But the task wasn’t tailor made for you. No, you were tailor-made for the task. Not wanting to leave anything to chance, God fashioned you with just the right combination of smarts, talents, abilities and personality to accomplish that task. To Him, you failing to fulfill that task, your destiny, wasn’t an option. But we, His chosen people, have made it an option. No longer is it “I will fulfill my…

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Why Is Sex a Taboo Subject in the Church?

WHY IS SEX A TABOO SUBJECT IN THE CHURCH? By Janice S Ramkissoon | Sex is a gift from God to married people, yet many churches fail to teach on this topic/ subject. They shy away from issues to do with sex and relationship, yet they wonder why the divorce rate is so high, even in the church. If couples go to church to get married, should it not be that pre-marital and marital counselling also come from the church? Just as a new believer is taken through pre-baptismal and/or ‘new converts classes’ so should a couple be given pre-marital counselling. But it shouldn’t stop there. Once you become a believer, you don’t automatically become a mature Christian; knowing how to walk the path of righteousness. For this reason, the new convert’s class; bible study and prayer meetings…

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Reliable Indicators of a True Friendship

Friends are probably the most important part of our lives. All of us have friends or acquaintances. Do you ever take time to consider which are your friends and which are acquaintances. If you do, how can you tell the difference? And what sort of influence do they have on you?

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Powerful Effects of Being Led by The Holy Spirit

SPIRIT-LED By Star Ferdinand | Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area. He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, Because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim release to the captives, Recovering of sight to the blind, To deliver those who are crushed, And to proclaim the acceptable year of the…

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I Messed Up Really Bad, Will God Take Me Back?

IT IS OK TO COME BACK TO GOD By Jaisam Daniel | As the world is going through tough economic times, we see and hear people who thought they are secure, losing their security in a moment’s time. Today I read that a father of five kids and with a wonderful wife shot all his family members and finally killed himself after he lost his Job. Over the past few months we heard that many wonderful lives were taken away by this deep depression which is holding many nations in to a shadow of darkness. If you are not careful this fear will grip even you. As our hearts goes to these precious lives, I want to let you know with love this Good news. There are Lots and Lots of Hope for you and me if we…

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Profound Insight Into the Origin and Purpose of the Universe

EVOLVING LIGHT By Maurice A. Williams | In the beginning, there was nothing, not a single thing, except God. God made light. This “light” should not be understood through the primary definition of “light” because “light,” in its primary meaning, does not yet exist. There is no physical universe, no stars, and no sun to provide “light” in its primary meaning. Consider a secondary definition of light: perception, cognition, illumination, not the luminosity of the physical universe, but something non-material. Consider something spiritual like thought. We all have a spiritual capacity to think, to perceive, to “catch on,” to “see the light.” The first thing God created was the spiritual world, uncountable spiritual beings brought into existence out of nothing, having no mass, no size, occupying no space, suddenly appearing, and appearing before the physical universe was made.…

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3 Commonly Quoted Biblical Phrases That You Will Never Find in The Bible

A 1,000 PAGES RUSTLING By Sandra Snider | “The Lord will never give you more than you can bear,” a sister in the Lord said to me. “Where does it say that?” I asked her. I did not ask this in a snappy way. I understood her kind intentions. She was reassuring me that God’s protective hand was shielding me, yet still allowing a measured amount of mental pain, anguish and struggle to filter through His hands into my life. But I wanted to know where this truth is precisely stated in God’s Word. My eyes needed to be able to gaze upon the ink, the letters, the verse, the chapter. She said she would find it for me. A few moments later she returned and quietly placed a computer printout in front of me. The words from…

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Harsh Old Testament Eye Opener If You Don’t Feel Like Going to Church Today

IS IT TIME TO GO ALREADY? By Jerry Ousley | I read an interesting Scripture the other day and I’d like to share it with you. It says: “Whether it was two days, a month, or a year that the cloud remained above the tabernacle, the children of Israel would remain encamped and not journey; but when it was taken up, they would journey. At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at the command of the Lord they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord by the hand of Moses.” (Numbers 9:22-23 NKJV). When I read this I couldn’t help but think about how inconvenient this would be. Every time the Israeli people stopped to camp they not only had their own tents and households to set up…

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