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  1. Cleverly Devised Plans

    1 John 3:4-10 ESV Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him...
  2. Seared Consciences

    2 Peter 2:1-3 ESV But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and...
  3. Abominable Practices

    Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ESV “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations… And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your...
  4. Kept From Evil

    John 17:1-5 ESV When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal...
  5. A Clever Performance

    1 Peter 2:1-3 ESV So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation — if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. The Lord is having me to focus today on the...
  6. Why My Church Is Not Growing - Part 9 – Abuse And The Church (mental And Emotional Abuse)

    Why My Church is NOT Growing Part 9 – Abuse and The Church (Mental and Emotional Abuse) Mental and emotional abuse is a much more common and subtle form of abuse found within the church but deadly nevertheless. Could you recognize mental and emotional abuse if you saw it or if it happened to...
  7. How do I just sit and wait for God to fix my marriage?

    Long story short: we’ve been married for a year and a half. I am four months pregnant with our first child. I have been suspecting my husband of masturbating/watching porn for a few months and confronted him several times where he has lied straight to my face. Yesterday I caught him. He turned...
  8. Discerning Error

    Thursday, October 26, 2017, 6:11 a.m. – The Lord Jesus put in mind the song “Broken and Contrite.” Speak, Lord, your words to my heart. I read 2 Timothy 3 (NASB). Difficult Times (vv. 1-9) But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers...
  9. Narsisism. Is this biblical?

    I believe i was a victim of narsisistic abuse in my 11 year marriage. Does it mention anything about narsisism in the bible? It took me all these years to figure out ive been gaslighted and even in the middle of our separation he continues to try to manipulate me. Im naturally an empath by heart...
  10. Piece By Piece

    What is destruction? Taking something apart? Leaving it in pieces? Breaking something beyond repair? More importantly, are you destructive? In what way? To what or whom? Yourself? Your family or friends? Coworkers or strangers? Are you manipulative? Do you play on the emotions of...