by Bill Elliff
August 13, 2019
If you are a follower of Christ, God has called you to a great work. He has more to accomplish through you than you can possibly imagine. Your enemy knows this and is in the business of throwing thousands of distractions in your path over and over again to detour you so God’s work will be delayed and ultimately thwarted. Remember, he is not after you, but the work of God (which he hates) through you. Understand the power of an undistracted life.
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by Bill Elliff
August 12, 2019
What do you do as a leader when you see your people gripped with legitimate fear? A fear that is stopping the work of God they are called to do? Here was Nehemiah’s response when enemies were rising against his workers who were rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem (
Nehemiah 4).
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by Bill Elliff
August 09, 2019
We are in an unbelievably precarious position as a nation. The recent mass shoots are the rumblings of the volcano before the eruption. They are warnings of revolt. We have been here before, but we are now reaching a political and ideological division that could easily and quickly lead into civil war that could ravage our nation and cause irreparable damage across the world.
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by Bill Elliff
August 06, 2019
We can know the mind of God because He now lives in us! And we can speak the truths of God to others because He can speak through us! This is being “conformed to the image of His Son” and the greatest joy of the Christian life!
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by Bill Elliff
July 29, 2019
As we live in this fallen world, we encounter all kinds of sinfulness and its effects, both within and without. If we are not mindful, we lose hope as we suffer difficulties and trials. If we lose hope, we quit praying, thinking there is no use. And, if we stop praying, we are not entering into the presence of the only One who can help us.
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by Bill Elliff
July 24, 2019
Just think of glorious mercy of this! We are burdened and humanly incapable of knowing how to even pray. The Spirit picks up that burden, takes it to the Father on our behalf and the Spirit prays that prayer perfectly because He is going to bring it in accordance with God’s will.
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by Bill Elliff
July 23, 2019
This God has not changed. He has not lost any strength through the ages. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He can make YOU strong enough for any experience and enemy you face. He can give you sufficient grace for literally anything. There is no demand made upon you that is not made upon the Christ who is within you (if you know Him).
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by Bill Elliff
July 19, 2019
All of us get hurt in life. It is not a matter of being hurt, but how you respond to hurt that determines whether or not you will become an angry person. Don’t let hurt harbor in your heart unchecked. You may think you are justified in your responses, but YOU are the one placed in a prison of unforgiveness. You will be the one who suffers the penalty. Instead of your life carrying the sweet fragrance of God’s forgiveness and grace, you will project the acidic odor of bitterness to every life you touch. It is an unmistakable smell.
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by Bill Elliff
July 15, 2019
Uncontrolled anger is never helpful. It will do nothing but further complicate the problem. Realize that every time we respond in anger, we are not promoting God's righteousness, but aborting it, for the “anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”
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by Bill Elliff
July 09, 2019
Every day we make manifold decisions based on what we believe to be true. We must decide what voice we think offers the greatest reality: God’s Word or man’s?
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by Bill Elliff
July 08, 2019
We all know it, but we rarely stop to think before we speak. The tongue is powerful. With it, James said, we can bless God and curse men. Our speech today can lift people up, bringing life, or tear them down, bringing death. It can bring life or death to others and to us.
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by Bill Elliff
July 05, 2019
He lifts our heads. He reaches down to the one who is “downcast” and gently lifts our head. How He does this, only He can know.
And when we look up, we see the face of Him who is always there. The One who never sleeps nor slumbers. The Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Our shield, our glory, our Rock, our Defender, our Comforter. The very sight of Him is all we need for we quickly realize that our problems are not beyond His reach and our illness is not beyond His healing. Whatever we face, He will provide sufficient grace.
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