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Are You a Light and Example to the World?
Being a Light to the World May Require Wearing a Lifejacket -- Through spiritual leaders God places in our lives or through impressions we receive during our prayer and Bible study, God may seem to go beyond the requirements of His Word by instructing us to do something or refrain from doing something. Because all things are permissible but not all things are beneficial, God may be protecting us from some permitted things that are not beneficial, which is like wearing a lifejacket while still on dry ground.
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If God Promised It Yesterday, Are You Confident It Applies Today?
Eliminate the Insecurity by Analyzing His Promises With 3 Questions -- We all like the idea that every promise in God’s Word can be counted on and applied to us. But is that true? Can we be confident in every promise in God’s Word?
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What Good is a Dull Sword in Your Hand?
Two Ways to Keep the Sword of the Spirit Sharp -- The apostle Paul taught the church in Corinth that we fight a spiritual war, “casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6.) Our only offensive weapon for fighting the war is “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.” (Ephesians 6:17.) And that word is “quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, . . . and is a discerner of the thoughts and…