by Bill Elliff
February 01, 2021
God has made promises to His followers (over 7,000 in His word). We may doubt it during dark times, but those times may not be hindrances to the fulfillment, but the pathways. Don't doubt in the darkness what God has told you in the light. He cannot lie and is always faithful to His promises to us!
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by Bill Elliff
January 28, 2021
We are notorious forgetters. God moves and provides for us daily. And then, there are those extraordinary moments when He encounters us. But in light of this growing number of experiences of God’s goodness, is there ever-increasing gratitude and worship?
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by Bill Elliff
January 27, 2021
Your conscience is that part of you that knows you deeply. The word "conscience" means a "knowing with" or "self-knowledge." This is the part of you where God convicts you of sin and need.
When we have sinned against someone, the Bible has a very clear process for resolution. Jesus commanded this in Matthew 5:23-24, and the account of Jacob in the Old Testament illustrates the beauty and rightness of this approach.
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by Bill Elliff
January 22, 2021
God will meet us where we are. When we doubt and struggle in faith, God is gracious to come and remind us (again) of His promises. And He is faithful. Promises He made to our ancestors that involve us will be fulfilled! God has rich, personal promises He longs to make and accomplish in our life as we look to Him. He is not limited by time or history. What He has said, He will accomplish.
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by Bill Elliff
January 21, 2021
Perhaps you are being called by some naive friend (or demonic enemy in disguise) to fall back into the familiar old ways. Old habits, old pleasures, old relationships, old doubts, old disobediences. Do not give in! Stand strong and firm following Christ into the new ways and lands He has taken you. The lands that were gained by faith.
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by Bill Elliff
January 18, 2021
Like a frog in growing hot water, we become de-sensitized to the immorality and the pervasive philosophy of the world around us. Parents increasingly compromise with their children and bow to the "everybody-is-doing-it" complaints. We will never be perfect as parents, but if we sow moral compromise, we will often reap moral confusion.
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by Bill Elliff
January 15, 2021
God specializes in promising the impossible. He asks us to believe Him for things we cannot see—things beyond belief. This creates a dilemma that is only solved by faith, and it is this faith that He is after.
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by Bill Elliff
January 13, 2021
The fundamental flaw in man is as old as the Garden of Eden. We were made by God and for God. But in our rebellion, we want to live by ourselves and for ourselves. It’s the misdirection of our hearts that causes all the problems.
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by Bill Elliff
January 12, 2021
The world is filled with people who supposedly speak for God. They were present in Job’s day, and they are everywhere present today. But are they telling us the truth?
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by Bill Elliff
January 11, 2021
It is one of the most amazing things about our existence as humans. If we are in a position to hear, God speaks to us.
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by Bill Elliff
January 08, 2021
How do you respond to God when difficulty comes? In your mind, you know that God could have prevented suffering from touching you. And yet, He has either caused or allowed a hard thing to come your way. And now, what are your thoughts about God?
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by Bill Elliff
January 07, 2021
There is something extraordinary about you. Whether you realize it or not, you were created in God’s image. As the apex of creation, God designed you to be the highest expression of Him.
Sin has distorted this image in us all. We have all “sinned and fallen short of God’s glory” (Romans 6:23). But God sent His Son to redeem us, to restore us back to the Designer’s original intent. And for those who believe in Him, He will completely accomplish this. This completion begins on earth but is finalized in eternity with Him.
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