by Bill Elliff
March 18, 2024
If you are in Christ, you are forgiven! You are justified before God! You are standing before God with peace facing Him. You stand in a state of grace (and forever will). All of this has been accomplished totally and completely by God the Father and His precious Son.
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by Bill Elliff
March 13, 2024
God knows us. He gives us what we need when we need it. Even when we have blown it royally, He reminds us of His resurrected and powerful life—a life we enjoy because He lives in us. A life that lifts us up and encourages us, meeting us right where we are. A life that makes us usable, even with our imperfections.
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by Bill Elliff
March 11, 2024
Did you know that God delights in what He creates? That it brings Him joy? And that includes you?
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by Bill Elliff
March 08, 2024
Are you faced with a hypocritical Pharisee? Be gracious and kind. Stay the course by humbly doing the Father’s will and letting Him fight your battles. God will vindicate Himself in the end. And remember that often other’s destructive attempts are driven by fear.
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by Bill Elliff
March 07, 2024
“All things are possible with God.” Mediate on this verse from the lips of Jesus Himself. Ask God to lead you by His Spirit into God-initiated prayer, and then believe God for the impossible. Your Spirit-led, faith-filled prayers will glorify Him as He answers with the impossible.
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by Bill Elliff
March 06, 2024
To be intimate means to be close … closer than others. The dictionary says it means “marked by very close association, familiarity, or friendship.” There are only three ways to relate to God. All are possibilities.
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by Bill Elliff
March 05, 2024
When we have genuinely made the turn, we don’t live for ourselves anymore. We live for Christ and the others He loves. Our conversation does not orbit us but Him. Our service is not to help yourself but others (with no thought of ourselves). We enter the blessed, liberating state of self-forgetfulness and find the biggest and most joyful life possible.
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by Bill Elliff
March 04, 2024
Listening. If you long to know outward security and inward peace, deliberately listen to God daily and intently and then follow Him explicitly.
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by Bill Elliff
February 22, 2024
It is our great task and highest privilege as followers of Christ to teach others what we know of Christ. If you have come to Him, your calling is to grow in Him and then share that truth with others.
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by Bill Elliff
February 16, 2024
Some people consistently speak "pleasant words." This doesn't mean they're always gentle words or not strong people. But their words are kind, gracious, cheerful, and delightful to hear. Pleasant words.
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by Bill Elliff
February 15, 2024
Paul was afraid as he ministered in the city of Corinth. The reason we can believe this is because Jesus doesn't waste words. He comes to him in Acts 18 with an encouragement that addresses his fear.
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by Bill Elliff
February 14, 2024
The church is often, sadly, a microcosm of the world. Many churches contain both wise and foolish men and women. Jesus was the one who declared that there would be both “wheat and tares” even in the church, i.e., people who were genuine believers and those who professed to be believers but were not.
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