Treasure Chest
Set Your Mind
This brief scriptural outline shows the benefits of staying “tuned in to the grace channel.” 1. Setting your mind is vital to focusing your attention on grace and truth. a. This is essential for daily abiding in Christ. “For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh,…
Read MoreA Man in Heaven and Christ in You
“Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him [Stephen] with their teeth. But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said, Behold, I see the…
Read MoreFalling in Love? (Part 2)
How often we have heard the confession of some confused heart: “I just don’t love the Lord as I know I should.” Because the world’s sentimental notion of love has been imposed upon the church, many seem unable to manufacture that kind of religious emotion which they so often hear about in songs, sermons and…
Read MoreFalling in Love? (Part 1)
A comparison and evaluation of the three kinds of love as they relate to courtship and marriage Has God intended that a Christian should fall in love?… …It seems there are two false notions that dominate the world’s thought about love. First of all there is the fatalistic notion as expressed in the phrase “fall…
Read MoreTestimony of Brent
[From a brother taking GFI counseling courses while in prison] I was born in Tennessee in 1965. As most kids in the area where I spent the first 15 years of my life, I played sports and did the activities of the typical boy who loves the outdoors. Around the age of 13 I had…
Read MoreCould You Use a New Past?
“If anyone is in Christ he is Christ he is a new creation. Old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5:11). What has passed way? What has become new for those in Christ? When a person receives the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Savior, God takes him/her out of…
Read MoreImmanuel: God With Us (Part 2)
We continue to consider the profound significance of Jesus Christ’s title, Immanuel. “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). As we ponder the miracle of Christ’s birth, we behold His divine nature and human nature coming…
Read MoreImmanuel: God With Us (Part 1)
Immanuel is a profoundly significant title of Jesus Christ. The prediction of Immanuel “Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14). This prophecy was given through the prophet about seven centuries before its fulfillment in Bethlehem. The…
Read MoreWhat Happened to You?
If someone you know looked very different, you’d probably notice. For example, if a fellow was at a stadium and got trampled by the football team as they ran onto the field, the bumps and bruises would be unmistakeable! On the other hand, if a lady won a prize and got a total makeover–including hairstyling…
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