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When Satan succeeds in luring us into sin — of any sort — do we recognize our failure and start feeling remorse?
Do we go the next step toward spiritual peace by confessing the sin to God?
Or do we tune out the Holy Spirit’s convicting voice as we listen to Satan’s lie that others […]

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So there was this evil king in Bible days who ordered the placement of pagan idols placed throughout the land of southern Israel. Some of the idols were made to appear disgustingly immoral. And then the king led his people in bowing down to worship them.
This evil king placed pagan altars in the […]

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There was a very simple principle demonstrated in Leviticus 4, a passage that I read this morning.
The greater the responsibility a person had in God’s kingdom, the greater the cost of the sacrifice needed to gain God’s forgiveness.
If the high priest sinned, he was to sacrifice a bull at the altar according to the […]

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Morning Devotion: Toss the dross

No matter how messed up we find ourselves because of spiritual mistakes, there’s reason for hope.
We simply have to make the decisions that allow God to refine the ore of our imperfect lives into something more valuable.
If God can transform a murderous Pharisee like Saul, then He can certainly transform stumbling believers who acknowledge their […]

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During my junior high days, I saw myself as a quite accomplished football player.
I was a starter on the school team. I knew what it was to score touchdowns. I could tackle with vengeance. And I could throw a decent block now and then.
Even when I played high school […]

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