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The Failures of the Shepherds

Ezekiel 34:2 “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?” God is upset with the shepherd of Israel.  These men were responsible for [...]

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Sitting Out the War

Numbers 32:6-7 “And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?  And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them?” The people of Gad and [...]

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A God Called Leader

Numbers 27:16-17 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which [...]

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The Church Like a Football Team

This illustration comes from here. Imagine that we are TV sportscasters standing on the sidelines of a football game to give the play-by-play. Scene #1: The team nearest us is standing together, heads bowed in prayer, with the coach in the center. Suddenly they give a great cheer, and the coach trots out onto the [...]

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Let Yourself Be Defrauded

1 Corinthians 6:7 “Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another.  Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?” One of the problems in the Corinthians church was that they were taking their problems with each other [...]

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Every Man a Minister

Romans 12:3 “For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath deal to every man the measure of faith.” It is easy to get a superiority complex in [...]

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The Church – An Army

Great quote from the World Evangelism Quote of the Day by BCWE.org: “We ought to regard the Christian Church, not as a luxurious hostelry where Christian gentlemen may each dwell at his ease in his own inn but as a barracks in which soldiers are gathered together to be drilled and trained for war. We [...]

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Don’t Be Caught Unaware

Luke 21:34 “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” Jesus is talking about the end times and His return to the earth. As He describes the state of the earth at that [...]

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A House Divided

Luke 11:17 “But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house faileth.” Wiktionary says that to “divide and conquer” is: “A combination of political, military and economic strategies that aim to gain and maintain power by breaking up larger concentrations [...]

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How to Treat Others

In Luke 6:27-37, Jesus us gives us the proper attitudes and actions that we should have toward others regardless of how they treat us.  Let us examine our lives and see if we are treating others the way Jesus taught we should: Do we love our enemies? Do we do good to those who hate [...]

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