Grow in Grace Newsletters
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GOD, the GREATEST Gift Giver! (12/24/24)
ALMIGHTY GOD is the ONE ABOVE ALL-OTHERS, MASTER TEACHER and EXAMPLE OF GIVING— "God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son...!" (John 3:16)
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THE RAGING WAR AGAINST CHRIST AND HIS FOLLOWERS! (12/17/24)
GENESIS 3:15, REVEALS the BEGINNING of the conflict of the ages, the beginning of the FIRST WORLD WAR, FROM WHICH ALL OTHER WARS have sprung, the greatest and longest war; and THE LAST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, sets forth the END of the greatest war!
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A HISTORY of CHRISTMAS and the BIRTH OF CHRIST! (12/10/24)
A Brief Outline of an ancient holiday
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THE WONDER of the Birth of Christ! (12/3/24)
IT’S DECEMBER AGAIN!
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LIVING BY FAITH and GIVING THANKS IN A DARK WORLD! (11/26/24)
God's commands and Promises are wonderfully clear
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SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER! Part 3 [BEING A GENUINE REPENTER!] (11/19/24)
Jesus calls His churches (Revelation 2 & 3) to REPENT!
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SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER! Part 2 [PRAYER and FASTING!] (11/12/24)
2024, NOVEMBER 17 - DECEMBER 15 — A Specific CALL TO PRAYER and FASTING for SOUTHSIDERS!
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SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER! (11/5/24)
From the book, THE HOUR THAT CHANGES THE WORLD, we find some very helpful PRAYER HELPS.
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A CALL FOR FORWARD STEPS IN BEING/BECOMING A PRAYING CONGREGATI0N! (10/29/24)
The congregations in the Book of Acts often gathered for united prayer!
WE NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR EXAMPLE!
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CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS! (10/22/24)
ELECTION DAY IN THE USA is near! — 11/5/24 — I VOTE! I encourage others to VOTE; and to VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH BIBLICAL VALUES; to vote for those closest to such values. HOWEVER, ABOVE ALL: CHRISTIANS, WE ARE, CALLED TO BE FAITHFUL SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS!
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ELECTION DAY! — 11/5/24 PART TWO: The Christian’s UNIQUE ROLL! (10/15/24)
Even IF the worst of bad politicians get elected! OUR FUTURE IS NOT IN THEIR HANDS! JESUS is still in charge!
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CRITICAL ELECTION DAY — 11/5/24 (10/8/24)
WHAT MIGHT BE THE GREATEST DANGER THAT GENUINE CHRISTIANS FACE IN THESE TIMES? RESPONSE: We just might forget who we are, whose we are, and why we are here!
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COCKROACHES and SIN THRIVE IN DARKNESS! (10/1/24)
Large numbers of men, women, and youth, all confessing to be Christians, are falling… or running into, or creeping into this sin
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THE LOCAL CHURCH and FAMILY MINISTRY! (9/24/24)
Many, even conservative, modern churches have rejected the Biblical strategy for youth!
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THE LOCAL CHURCH! WHICH ONE? (9/17/24)
The New Testament does not measure congregational health by size or age; but by this: IS THE CONGREGATION… is the individual ‘professing Christian’ a member of THE BRIDE of CHRIST or a member of the HARLOT? WHEAT or TARES?
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GOD’S METHOD FOR REVIVAL! (9/10/24)
WHEN the Gospel is lived and preached, the status quo is likely to get upset— especially the religious status quo!
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ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, WHAT IT MEANS! (9/3/24)
Both Christians and unbelievers always ask, “Are you telling me that if someone just accepted Jesus as his Saviour and still lives in sin, that he is still eternally secure and on his way to heaven”?
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CHRISTIAN! GOD HAS GIVEN YOU A TWO-FOLD GIFT! (8/27/24)
“Unto you it is given (as a free gift) in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake!”
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DO NOT WASTE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FEAR OF DEATH! DO NOT WASTE THE GAIN OF HOPE! (8/20/24)
JESUS has destroyed death’s power and the FEAR of death; and the GAIN He has for us is beyond GLORIOUS!
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DON’T WASTE YOUR CANCER! (8/13/24)
OR, in a fallen world obviously it could be something else!
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14 HYMNS FROM HEAVEN! IT’S CHOIR PRACTICE TIME! (8/6/24)
The Revelation, the last book of the Bible, is not a book of confusion
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REALLY PRAYING The LORD’S ‘MODEL’ Prayer! (7/30/24)
It is much easier to merely ‘say’ prayers than to pray!
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KNOWING GOD, WE WANT TO KNOW HIM! (7/23/24)
GOD REVEALS HIMSELF by His Names and His Attributes!
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THE FALSE GIFT OF TONGUES (7/16/24)
A follow up to last week’s article as to the Ministries of the Holy Spirit
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CHIEF MINISTRIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT! (7/9/24)
What could be more important in the Christian’s life than to rightly understand, be rightly related to, and to heed the Holy Spirit?
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AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY! NEEDED REFLECTIONS! (7/2/24)
QUOTING ROMANS 13:1-7 AS THEIR PROOF-TEXT, many seem to call us to MIND-LESS OBEDIENCE TO GOVERNMENT!
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BEING A MISSIONARY in our Local MISSION FIELD! (6/25/24)
Genuine Christianity is all about RELATIONSHIPS!
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MANIFESTING A MISSIONARY MINDSET! (6/18/24)
SPREAD THE GOSPEL BY LIFE AND LIPS!
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God’s Wonderful Forgiveness! Forgiving like JESUS! (6/11/24)
Forgiveness is a core essential Christian virtue.
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PREACH THE GOSPEL TO YOUR CHILDREN! (6/4/24)
MUCH NEEDED BIBLE TEACHING FOR FATHERS, GRANDFATHERS, FUTURE FATHERS… and ENTIRE CONGREGATIONS!
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SOUTHSIDE: SHINING LIGHTS and SAVORY SALT! (5/28/24)
I am just one Christian. We are just one Christian family. We are just one small Congregation. CAN WE … HOW CAN WE MAKE A GODLY IMPACT?
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SOME MIRACLES JUST TAKE TIME! (5/21/24)
THIS STORY IS TRUE! Like most young couples, this couple was sure that they loved each other. They were sure that they did not need the one, required, pre marriage counseling session! Wedding day— it was a beautiful wedding in a large church chapel. The wedding went off without a hitch. Fifteen months into the marriage, a son was born. However, the marriage was in deep trouble.
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BEWARE OF COMMUNICATION THAT DEFILES! (5/14/24)
WRONG RESPONSES TO AN EVIL REPORT!
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MOTHER’S DAY 2024: A SPECIAL WORD for Husbands and Wives! (5/7/24)
LET us adorn the Gospel of Christ by ...
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‘DREAMS’ for SOUTHSIDE CHURCH! (4/30/24)
A church family needs to have goals!
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THE AMAZING HEALING POWER OF FORGIVENESS! (4/23/24)
Forgiveness is a (IF NOT ‘THE!’) core essential Christian virtue.
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YOUR CHILD’S SALVATION! Part 2 of 2 (4/16/24)
What is a child’s greatest problem? Total depravity, a sinful heart (Jer 17:9)
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EVANGELIZING CHILDREN! Part 1 of 2 (4/9/24)
Tragically, the usual method of evangelizing children by-passes the necessity of the Holy Spirit to bring CONVICTION, to give understanding, and to regenerate.
[and see the meme critique after the Health Reminder at the end of this newsletter]
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Three Days and Three Nights! (4/2/24)
Jesus clearly and distinctly prophesied, using the example of Jonah, that He would spend three days and three nights in the tomb before His resurrection would occur.
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REJOICING in the Death and RESURRECTION of JESUS CHRIST! [LORD’S SUPPER! THIS SUNDAY!] (3/26/24)
New Testament Christians simply obeyed Jesus and celebrated the New Testament Passover or LORD'S SUPPER!
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THE LORD’S TABLE: THE GRAND EVENT ON GOD’S CALENDAR! (3/19/24)
SURPRISE — neither JESUS nor anyone else in the New Testament set up, called for, ordained, or practiced a special day to observe the birth of Christ, or to celebrate His resurrection! WHAT JESUS CALLS FOR IS THE OBSERVANCE of the LORD’S SUPPER, which focuses on the sacrificial, substitutionary death of Christ; and includes the whole scope of redemption — “This do in remembrance of Me!”
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HEALING CHRISTIAN MARRIAGES BY FORGIVENESS! (Part 7 on Christian Marriage!) (3/12/24)
CHRISTIAN: JESUS by the indwelling Holy Spirit leads and empowers every born again Christian to FORGIVE LIKE JESUS!
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CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE and CHILDREN-- TRAIN THEM IN THE WAYS OF THE LORD! Part 6 (3/5/24)
CHILDREN NEED A BALANCE of 1. Love! 2. Example! 3. Training! and 4. Discipline!
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CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE is to be a LIVING DEMONSTRATION of CHRIST and the church, of Christ and the Christian! Part 5 (2/27/24)
Marriage is designed by God to be a beautiful OBJECT LESSON, a LIVING DEMONSTRATION TO THE WATCHING WORLD of the UNENDING love relationship between Jesus and His Church!
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BIBLICAL FOUNDATIONS: GOD’S LOVE in the CHRISTIAN HOME and CHURCH! Part 4 (2/20/24)
In this study we will be called upon, YET AGAIN, to HEED, to OBEY 1 Corinthians 13, in our homes and in the church family.
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The Christian Home-- To Model God's LOVE! [Part 2] (2/6/24)
The CHRISTIAN FAMILY and the LOCAL expression of the BODY OF CHRIST to which God has joined you – ARE VITAL and inter-connected! AND BY the local congregation and by our HOMES/FAMILIES SHALL THE WORLD know that we are truly DISCIPLES OF CHRIST— as we reveal the LOVE OF CHRIST one to another!
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MARRIAGE is Designed to REVEAL CHRIST! [Part 1] (1/30/24)
Most failing, or failed, and/or canceled-by-divorce marriages have OR had a spouse who led the way in the paths of destruction; and a so-called ‘innocent party’ spouse who did not really want a divorce.
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HAVE I ENTERED INTO THE TREASURES OF THE SNOW? (1/23/24)
LAST WEEK, the LORD opened the ‘heavens’ and sent all of us in Sumner County, (and in many other places), a beautiful 6-8 inch SNOW!
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The Catholic ‘MASS’ vs. THE LORD’S SUPPER! (1/16/24)
It is not wise to be ignorant or unformed about the RELIGIOUS SYSTEM and their core false doctrine that has over ONE BILLION people ENSLAVED.
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GOING FORWARD in 2024, with VISIONS FROM GOD! (1/9/24)
When we have no REDEMPTIVE VISION OF GOD, drawn from God’s Word— we have no godly standard for guidance; THUS, moral and spiritual anarchy unfolds!
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CHRISTIAN! IN 2024, WE ARE CALLED TO BE A WORKMAN, indwelt, empowered, enlightened, and equipped by the Holy Spirit and the Word of God! (1/2/24)
Christian, you are a BELIEVER PRIEST. You have within you the MASTER TEACHER, the Holy Spirit. Therefore, wholly embrace the need and call to be a WORKMAN
