by Steve McCranie | Dec 7, 2015
Sometimes, life throws us a curveball. Scripture tells us to expect “trials and tribulations” (James 1:2) and even “persecutions” (2 Tim. 3:12)— but what seems to knock us down the hardest are the things we don’t see coming, just the bad stuff that happens to fallen people living in a fallen world.
All people, both good and bad, sometimes get cancer, lose their jobs, or suffer from broken relationships. No one is promised an easy road this side of heaven. Which, if you think about it, should make heaven more appealing. But often it doesn’t. Instead, we get overwhelmed and depressed by daily life.
Did you ever wonder why? And have you ever wondered why your prayer life gets overwhelmed by the problems of life when it should be the other way around? If so, this message is for you. To find out more, keep listening.
The following is a study on Prayer and Luke 18:1-8.
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by Steve McCranie | Aug 10, 2015
Sometimes, when we look at how big the evil in the world is and how small we are in comparison, we tend to get defeated and depressed. “After all,” we reason, “what can one man do? I’m in this all alone. The enemy is too big, too well funded, too powerful. What can one man do?”
But we forget we are not alone. We are part of the church, His church, the unified Body of Christ. We are children of God. And, “if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ” (Rom. 8:17).
We can’t look at us and the enemy with our own eyes, we must look at things from the eyes of our Lord. And when we do, everything changes.
Want to find out more? Then keep listening.
The following is a study on Colossians 2:1-3.
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by Steve McCranie | Aug 3, 2015
When Paul says, “I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ” (Col. 1:24), we scratch our heads and wonder how that could be?
How could a man, even the over-the-top Apostle Paul, actually rejoice in his sufferings? Especially when we realize Paul was in prison when he wrote this letter to the church at Colossae. How is that even possible?
And what is there to rejoice about? We, in our culture, rejoice when our suffering is over. Yet Paul rejoices in the midst of his suffering.
What can we learn from this? Much. So keep listening to find out more.
The following is a study on Colossians 1:24-29.
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by Steve McCranie | Jul 27, 2015
To totally commit our lives to the Lord Jesus Christ is the first thing we must do to spiritually prepare for the coming persecution in this country. And, as we said last week, the way to do that is found in the words of John the Baptist. John said, when comparing his ministry with that of his Lord:
“He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30).
The first statement, the “I must decrease” part is easy to understand yet difficult to apply. But what about the second statement, the “He must increase” part? What does that mean? How can I, a mere mortal, make Jesus more than He already is? Or, what can I give Him, who created everything, that He doesn’t already possess?
Keep listening as we begin to answer this all-important question that will give us practical steps to total commitment.
The following is a study on Total Commitment.
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by Steve McCranie | Jul 20, 2015
As we face coming persecution in this country, one of the most important preparations we can make is to totally commit our lives to the living Lord Jesus. But that raises a few questions.
What does total commitment look like?
And what does total commitment really mean?
How can I be totally committed to Jesus?
Where do I start?
What do I do?
The answer is two-fold and is crystallized in the words of John the Baptist. He said, “He must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:30). Ah, that’s it. First, Jesus must increase and, second, I must decrease. Or is it the other way around?
These are vital questions that need to be answered, and answered now. Keep listening to find out more.
The following is a study on Total Commitment.
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