Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Restoration of Your Confidence
If the foundation is destroyed what can the righteous do? Psalms 11:3 NASB (New American Standard Bible) In the Bible there is a parable of two men. One man built his house upon the sand while the other man built his house upon the rock. When the rains came and beat upon the two houses,…
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Fully Persuaded: Moving From Promise to Possession
Romans 4:17-25 KJV 17. As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations, before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. 18. Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations,…
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Lord of the Harvest
Jeremiah 29:11 New International Version (NIV) For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Believers must have faith in God’s plans. One way to prepare for faith in God’s plans is to allow the…
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Natural vs Spiritual: Understanding the Spirit Realm
It is a fact that there are two realms: The natural realm that you can see (temporal), and the spiritual realm which is eternal. Just as there are two realms, there are two forces constantly battling each other: good and evil. Your enemy, known as Satan, is the god of this world. He was kicked…
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God Kind of Faith
What Is God-Kind-of-Faith? God-kind-of-faith is faith that is within the will of God. Matthew 6:33 says: “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you.” God-kind-of-faith demands that we be in agreement with the will of God. We must have faith for the things that God…
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Dry Bones
Ezekiel 37: 1-10 NIV 1. THE HAND of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2.He led be back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the…
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Holy, Holy, Holy!
Isaiah 6:1-3 KJV In the year that King Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. 2.Above it stood the seraphim’s: each one had six wings; with twain (two) he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with…
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God Is Present (In Good Times & Bad)
Life is full of encounters with obstacles and challenges. To be sure, challenges can frustrate you, but you have good reason to be encouraged by your difficulties. Jesus is the reason we should “be of good cheer,” because He overcame every challenge, temptation, and trial. Because He overcame, we are over-comers. The Christian Life Is…
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When God Gets His Knife Out (Don’t Run!)
St. John 15:1-8 “I AM the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful. 3. You are already clean because of the word I have…
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Faith Attracts Results.
We the church, the body of Christ, are required to live by faith daily. Faith is not an empty exercise. The power of faith is revealed by its results. The Bible gives us many examples of this cause and effect relationship between faith and its consequences. Here are two examples from the books of Romans…
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