Tag: speaking in tongues
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The Power of God over Weakness in Jesus Christ (Ep 90)
The power of God can overcome the weaknesses of man and He has given us the power to overcome all of our weaknesses in Jesus Christ. In Christ and by the working of the Holy Spirit we can overcome.
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Episode 50 – Speaking in Tongues
One of the most misunderstood yet powerful gifts given by God is speaking in tongues. This gift from God is available to all who have received the Holy Spirit and it is a critical and essential part of the weapons God gives His people to wage war in the Spirit. Spiritual warfare without the gift…
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Seven Weapons of Spiritual Warfare
There are seven weapons of spiritual warfare that all Christians must take hold of if they are to effectively wage war in the spiritual realm. It is not sufficient to take hold of only some of these, and we are instructed by Paul in the verse prior to this section that we must take ALL…
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The Holy Spirit has a Dirty Job
(Ephesians 4:28-32) The Holy Spirit has a dirty job. He has to dwell within the people of God for the purpose of transforming us into the image of Jesus Christ. But consider the nature of that job. It is the ultimate janitorial role. A major cleanup of the passions, lusts, desires and sinful attitudes of…
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Walk By The Spirit
(Galatians 5:16-18) One of the most important things we must learn as Christians is how to walk by the Spirit. If we are to be transformed into the image of Jesus Christ, as we must if we wish to live in the kingdom of God, then walking in or by the Spirit is essential. These…
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How to hinder the work of the Holy Spirit, and what to do about it
(Galatians 4:18-20) In my last few posts and in the book of Galatians we see Paul’s frustration with the Galatians church as they slipped away from Christ, seeking to develop a self-righteousness of their own based on the law. They had been deceived into believing that they had to follow the law to be saved…
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Taught By God
(2 Corinthians 11:5-6) There is a battle raging that has been going on since the very beginnings of the church, as we can see from these words written by Paul. 5 I think that I am not in the least inferior to these superlative apostles. 6 Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am…
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Weapons Of War
(2 Corinthians 10:4-6) In my last post I discussed the fact that we are at war, but it is not a physical war against flesh and blood. Instead we are at war in the spirit for our enemies are spiritual, the primary enemy being the devil himself. Needless to say, this is a different war,…
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Deliverance
(2 Corinthians 1:8-11) Deliverance is one of the many messages we hear Christians speak about. It is often used as a means to draw people into churches. There is a church near where I lived some years ago where they had a sign out front announcing a weekly prayer meeting for people to come and…
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Command Of The Lord
(1 Corinthians 14:36-40) In these last few verses of this chapter of 1 Corinthians 14 we see Paul make a couple of fascinating statements. And these are statements we need to listen to carefully with respect to the contents of this chapter because Paul makes it clear that these words are not just his thoughts…
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Using Tongues Properly
(1 Corinthians 14:20-25) One of the great concerns Paul had with the Corinthian church was about speaking in tongues, and especially the use of the spiritual gifts in the church setting. The church in Corinth had obviously asked Paul about the spiritual gifts for he was answering their various questions. Of most importance Paul was…
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Praying In Tongues
(1 Corinthians 14:13-19) In my recent posts I have been looking at the gift of tongues and breaking down some of the false teachings and myths. The only truth we should listen to is the truth that is from God as written in the bible, and much of the truth about speaking in tongues is…