Top Ten Most Powerful Things in the Universe

Scripture References: 2 Timothy 1:7, Luke 10:19; Ephesians 1:18-20; 1 Peter 1:18-19; Ephesians 1:7; Acts 4:10, 12; Philippians 2:9-10; Romans 1:16; Romans 6:6; 1 Corinthians 1:18; John 1:1; Hebrews 4:12-13; 2 Corinthians 10:5; 1 Corinthians 4:20; Matthew 6:13; Acts 1:8; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 Peter 1:3; Mark 9:29; Matthew 21:22, Hebrews 11:6

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10 Ways to Describe How Big God is to Your Problems

We serve a God who is bigger than any problem, frustration, challenge, trial, attack, hardship, sickness, injustice… THIS list goes on!

Sometimes, life can hurt so bad that we forget how BIG God is. Well, here’s a gentle reminder for all of us. Once we stir up the BIGness of God in our hearts and minds – here’s what we can tell that ol’ ugly problem.

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Fighting a Winnable War

Scripture References: Romans 8:35-38; John 10:10; Proverbs 15:1; Luke 6:38; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Ephesians 5:1; Matthew 4:4; Deuteronomy 32:46-47; James 1:22; Ezra 7:10; Psalm 1:3

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Shaking Off Some Lifelessness with the Psalms

Sometimes we can drift through life, just going through the motions. We are passive more than active. Distracted—waiting to be entertained—instead of engaged and proactive. Jaded and not alive to the spiritual possibilities in front of us. We can feel like the functioning depressed.

I noticed this recently when I was reading Scripture. I was in the early chapters of Acts, which are some of the most exciting stories ever, but I was just. . . going through the motions.

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Be Encouraged

Scripture References: Deuteronomy 3:28; Joshua 1:6-9; Acts 18:9-10; Acts 28:15; 2 Timothy 4:16-18; Acts  4:36; Acts 9:31; Acts 11:23; Acts 13:15; Acts 14:22; Acts 15:31-32; Acts 16:40; Acts 18:27; Acts 20:1-2; Acts 27:22-25; Acts 28:2-10; Genesis 45:27; Genesis 45:28; Psalm 42:5; 1 Samuel 30:6; Mark 14:72; John 21:3; Exodus 14:15; Job 23:10; John 21:4-15; Psalm…

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Faith-Sized Requests

Few things are as fixed as mountains. But, on the day after Jesus cursed the fig tree, He declared that they can be moved.

“Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him.” (Mark 11:23)

Did Jesus mean this?

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A More Excellent Way

Scripture References: 1 Corinthians 13; Romans 12:18; Ephesians 4:2; Hebrews 12:14; 1 Corinthians 12:31; 1 Corinthians 13:1-3; 1 Corinthians 8:1; Galatians 5:6; John 13:34; Philippians 2:4

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