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 ORDER IN WORSHIP DOES NOT LIMIT MISSION AND MINISTRY There are some who have either unknowingly or knowingly given heed to the idea that Christianity has major flaws in its doctrine. They have begun to be seduced by the spirit of this present age claiming that women have been subjugated by what is not being labeled as "patriarchy" or spiritual abuse of women by men who hold positions of leadership in the church. 1 Timothy 2:11-12 is often used a proof-text to confirm this skewed point of view. Here is the text:  "Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet." The context here is worship and discipleship. In the early church men did not disciple women and women were not to disciple men. Discipleship or spiritual mentoring to help another grow in their faith, their obedience to the Word of God and learning to walk in the Spirit is an intimate life-on-life shari...
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JOHN 16:9 "THE WORLD'S SIN IS THAT IT REFUSES TO BELIEVE IN ME." SAID JESUS. ALL OTHER SINS ARE BORN OF THAT ONE ROOT. MANKIND HAS BELIEVED THE SATANIC LIE THAT THEY ARE ABLE ON THEIR OWN TO TRY AND SUCEED AT ATTAINING THEIR OWN SALVATION, COMFORT AND PEACE. NOTHING COULD BE FARTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE MIND OF MAN IS INCAPABLE OF KNOWING OR DISCOVERING ALL THAT THE MIND OF GOD CONTAINS CONCERNING HIS LOVE FOR HUMANITY. FOR, GOD LOVED THE WORLD SO THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO THE END THAT ALL WHO BELIEVE IN HIM WILL NOT KNOW ETERNAL DAMNATION, BUT WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIM. HUMANITY, ON THE WHOLE HAS BELIEVED THE DEMONIC LIE THAT THEY DO NOT NEED GOD, OR THAT THEY NEED MORE THAN OD HAS PROVIDED TO EXPERIENCE TRUE FLOURISHING AS HUMAN BEINGS. HUMANITY WAS CREATED TO LIVE BY AND LIVE IN THE LIFE GOD PROVIDED. WE ARE HIS CREATIONS. WE ARE NOT SUFFICIENT IN OURSELVES TO THINK OF AS ANYTHING HAVING COME FROM OURSELVES. OUR SUFFICIENCY IN LIFE COMES TO US IN JE...
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 GOD'S TIMING We develop "timelines" that we reason are appropriate for how and when God should act in our circumstances. We forget that we are not God and that He alone IS. We want God to anoint our five-year-plan because we believe we have figured out what needs to happen and how it will work and what the results will look like. We forget that we don't even know what tomorrow will bring. He alone does and has made provision in it for us. God speaks to us through His Word by the Holy Spirit. We can receive His promise believing the promise because of Who the Promiser is.  Then, sadly too often, we try, using finite human reasoning, to determine how we should interpret God's promises based on what we want and how we want it. We want a road map that we can follow without having to really check back with Him when God gives us Himself. He wants us to trust Him, not because we seem to have clarity at the moment, but because He is God and He loves us. Abram had been pr...
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 WHAT I CAN SEE What I can see just now or what I have in my hands at this moment are NOT the indicators of God's ability or His commitment to care for me, to supply all my needs according to His riches in Christ Jesus. My trust and confidence are in Who God is, in His promises and faithfulness. Do I trust Him, or merely in what I can see?
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 PRAY AND DO NOT GIVE UP Luke 1:13-18 The Angel Gabriel told Zechariah that God had heard hi sprayers and the prayers of his wife and they would have a son. How long had they prayed? A long time. They had prayed to have children. Now they were long past the season of child-bearing and it was evident that any and all human effort would avail nothing. It was here that God confirmed that nothing would be impossible with God. Have you prayed long and hard for a breakthrough for someone dear to you? God has heard you. He needs us to realize that salvation, deliverance, healing, and newness of life are either done by His power and sovereignty or not at all.  Believe that the Lord will do what he said only He could do. Even when it seems impossible, do not stop praying for the One you are seeking in prayer can still do exceedingly, abundantly more, above all you could ever ask or imagine by His power. Do not give up for He has not given up!
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 WE ERR We err when we try and reduce our life with God to a series of steps, religious and practical steps thinking that by following the program we have devised we can gain control over an Infinite and Holy Mystery. We can know God ONLY because He has revealed Himself to us in Christ Jesus. 
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WHAT GOD GIVES People ask, "God, give me joy!" But God does so much more than that. True joy is never separated from God, Himself. God gives us Himself, all that He is. He becomes life within everyone who believes Jesus Christ. he becomes life in us as He was in Adam and Eve before the fall. God gives to every believer all that He is: Creator, Lord, Savior, Redeemer, Sustainer, Provider, Hope and everlasting Peace...and JOY! 
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