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Yes, Dear Pharisee, God Does Respond To The Prayers of Sinners Even When It Is Not A Prayer of Repentance

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This article is not written as an excuse to sinners. If you die without Jesus Christ as your Redeemer, Savior, and King, you will spend eternity in hell, fire, and damnation. This is gospel; this is scripture. There is but one way into heaven, and that is through faith in the finished work of the risen Jesus Christ. Though God the Father may, at times, choose to respond to a given prayer, that is by no means a release from the sure judgment against those who refuse to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior

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Feelings of Worthlessness Hinder Your Ability To Find Your Place In The Body of Christ

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Finding Value in Your Service to the Kingdom of God
At times, Christians endure feelings of worthlessness. Something goes sour at the local church. We try to accomplish a perceived task, but no one backs our efforts. Meanwhile, someone else is elevated, and it seems that everyone rallies around his or her cause. Satan whispers thoughts of envy or jealously into our mind. The hurt accumulates.

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Grace Killers Quench The Holy Spirit Within Themselves And Within The Church

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But sometimes our resistance to the Spirit revolves around not around positive or negative sins, but rather it involves quenching the Spirit through legalist activities. In grieving the Spirit, we act against His holiness and His will. In quenching the Spirit, we refuse to act according to His holiness and His will. Worse, we sometimes seek to prevent others from acting according to the Spirit’s perfect holiness and will.

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Peace, Joy, and Happiness, Do They Exist in This World Outside of Jesus Christ as Savior?

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The Joy of Salvation Exceeds The Common Understanding Of The Unredeemed Soul
As an automated response, most Christians will declare that there can be no happiness within this world without the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They are quick to proclaim that Jesus Christ is the only means that a living person can have peace of mind. Joy within this troubled world, they say, cannot exist without Jesus.

They are wrong.

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Are Fear And Anxiety A Curse Against The Ungodly Or A Punishment Upon The Chosen Ones

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Fear Always Consumes Those Who Fail To Honor The Living God
According to papers released by the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety disorders, in one form or another, affect more than 10 million American adults each year.

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God Supernaturally Orders The Focus of Sincere Prayer So That It Aligns To His Will

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Prayers That Are Spoken From a Sincere Heart Will Be Supernaturally Moved To Meet God’s Will
There are times when our wants directly conflict with God’s plans.
The Lord gave us the gift of pain that we might know and stay away from those things that do us harm.
Scripture says that we do not know for what we should pray.

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Woe and Sorrow Shall Consume Those That Tarry Long At The Wine

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Does God Condemn The Consumption of Alcohol?
This article makes no effort to establish laws on the matter of drinking alcoholic beverages. Men must work out their own salvation with fear and trembling. I am neither judge nor master.

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Woe Unto A Nation That Distains The Name of God

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The Concept That Taking God’s Name in Vain is a Minor Curse Word
When every man does what is right in his own eyes, social and moral decline is inevitable. We are not called to force men to be Christians. Neither are we called to tolerate foul and disgusting behavior.

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Overcoming Personal Insecurities Demands High Thoughts Concerning God

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Are you tired of playing a game? Are you ready to lay down the mask and bear your true feelings to the world? Do you long to step out of your personal little comfort zone so that God can truly apply your talents to His plans?

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Is Truth Relevant To Understanding or is Understanding Relevant To Truth?

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In The Declaration of Independence, Truth Is Held To Be Self-Evident.
Some say that truth is relevant to understanding. If this false premise were so, then truth would be limited to our feeble ability to comprehend the unknowable. How can they determine certain truths to be self-evident?
Perhaps the answer lies in the closing statement within the Declaration of Independence.

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