WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR GOD?

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH YOUR GOD?

by Bill Elliff March 05, 2025

Every created man or woman must make their choice. What will you do with God? Will you embrace or reject Him? Draw near or run away? Trust and serve Him or doubt God and serve yourself? This foundational choice determines everything.

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ONLY

ONLY

by Bill Elliff March 04, 2025

As you evaluate your faith, is it “God and?” God and others. God and the world’s ideas. God and my best thoughts thrown in. God and some money. God and a clear path. Or simply: God. Are you vainly clinging to the idea that you need more than Him?

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ARE YOU OVERWHELMED?

ARE YOU OVERWHELMED?

by Bill Elliff February 25, 2025

Realize you are surrounded by Him. He is beneath you, beside you, above you. Where can you go from His care? What are stronger than His arms? More sufficient than His supply? What enemy is stronger or threat more powerful than He who sits eternally on the throne? 

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THE SURPRISING, CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHRIST

THE SURPRISING, CONSTANT ENCOURAGEMENT OF CHRIST

by Bill Elliff February 20, 2025

If you have questions about how real, how present, how personal and intimate the Lord is, then just read six words of travelogue in Luke’s journal as he traveled with Paul.

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SETTLING THE ISSUE OF WHY YOU LIVE

SETTLING THE ISSUE OF WHY YOU LIVE

by Bill Elliff February 18, 2025

I have known many people who have had great joy and power in the midst of great suffering. It is humbling that the slightest inconveniences deter many of us from following God. We have not gotten to the bottom—settled the issue. Most often, we live for our comfort, reputation, or gain. When any of those goals are touched, we are troubled and discontent. 

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REPENTANCE IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK

REPENTANCE IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK

by Bill Elliff February 17, 2025

The repentant who finds God gains everything. “He who has God and everything else,” said C.S. Lewis, “has no more than he who has God alone.”

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WE DON’T SAY “STUPID”

WE DON’T SAY “STUPID”

by Bill Elliff February 12, 2025

Repentance helps us. Repentance heals us. Repentance restores us and refreshes us. And these are all the outcomes a loving Father desires for His children.

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JUST THE (LIFE-CHANGING) FACTS

JUST THE (LIFE-CHANGING) FACTS

by Bill Elliff February 10, 2025

But there are moments when we need just the direct facts. This is especially true with the good news about Christ. For there are few who know the real facts, and it is on these facts that our faith must rest.

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GOD, WORKING AT BOTH ENDS

GOD, WORKING AT BOTH ENDS

by Bill Elliff February 06, 2025

When God begins working in our hearts, we often think it is just on our end. But God is not limited by time, geography, or power. He is working all the time in multiple places.

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HOW CAN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST?

HOW CAN WE KNOW THAT WE ARE IN CHRIST?

by Bill Elliff February 05, 2025

Many people struggle with the assurance of their salvation, which is one reason an entire book of the Bible (1 John) is devoted to this theme. Here is John’s statement about why the Holy Spirit wrote 1 John through him.

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THE ROLE OF GOD’S WORD IN A PRESENCE-CENTERED LIFE

THE ROLE OF GOD’S WORD IN A PRESENCE-CENTERED LIFE

by Bill Elliff February 04, 2025

There are adjustments that must be made if you desire to live in the presence of God all day long. There must be a turning from and a turning to.

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WHO ARE THE RICHEST IN THE WORLD?

WHO ARE THE RICHEST IN THE WORLD?

by Bill Elliff January 31, 2025

What is the greatest protection we can possibly have? Where is the wisest leadership? Who can provide for us when no one else is able? Is there one who has an inexhaustible supply? Is there somewhere we can go and be protected in every needed way from all enemies? Where our hearts can be at rest, even as the world swirls around us

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