faith - Biblical Teaching

What Are You Willing to Sacrifice?

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023May 2, 2021

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always give our best to God. We shouldn’t offer Him only the things we don’t want to control or possess ourselves. We shouldn’t offer what is useless to us or what is left over. God is worthy of the most valuable & useful things in our lives. He deserves priority over everything. We are insufficient to control anything in our lives. He alone is powerful & trustworthy. We have no right to hold on to our possessions, because everything we have was given to us by Him in the first place & everything belongs to Him anyway.

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Our Walk With God

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023March 9, 2021

Being a Christian has its ups & downs. It is full of failure, forgiveness, & new resolve. We may experience many growing pains in our walk with the Lord. But through Him, we do grow. We keep fighting. We keep getting back up. We learn to trust Him more. We experience more of Him & we worship Him more. This is the process of sanctification as we are being transformed into His image, from this glory to the eternal. The Christian journey is a struggle. But we know that it ends with victory in Him!

God is with Us

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023January 18, 2021

Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way & to bring you into the place which I have prepared. Beware of Him and obey His voice. Exodus 23:20-21 The unknown can be scary. Just as a child may be afraid to enter a dark room alone, …

Dependence

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023November 3, 2020

Is it hard for you to depend on others? Do you like to take care of things yourself? Often independence is a good thing. But sometimes it leads to pride & going our own way instead of depending on God. Dependence on Him is essential & a good skill to …

Who’s in Charge?

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023September 26, 2020

“He died for all, that those who live, should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.” 2 Corinthians 5:15 We may say that Jesus is our Lord & Savior, but do we mean it? We are thankful He is our Savior. We …

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In Good Times and Bad

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on April 17, 2023September 9, 2020

“But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not heed them.” (Exodus 8:15) Pharaoh begged for relief, but when it came, he did not keep the promises that he made. I realize that Pharaoh probably never intended to keep his promise. He just said …

God, Intervene!

by Courtney GilmoreUpdated on August 7, 2022May 18, 2017

Have you ever had a time in your life when you were practically begging God to intervene? I have! I have prayed fervently, “Lord, please do something! I know that You are able! Send someone to help, work in the circumstances of this day, send me a reversal!” Let me …