2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

"One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organization do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team."
— A.W. Tozer

Repentance is not getting caught, it's confessing. What do you need to confess to your spouse or your loved ones today?

"God never hurries. There are no deadlines against which he must work. Only to know this is to quiet our spirits and relax our nerves."
— A.W. Tozer

“If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.” - Robert Murray McCheyne

Ladies : "A foolish woman is interested in what a man drives. A wise woman is interested in what drives a man"

Break from sin and the world and cling to Christ like your soul depends on it.

James 4:4, there is no such thing as a carnal disciple.

If you feed lust it only becomes stronger.

If your not killing sin... it's killing you! Colossians 3:5

If those who believed in evolution said their prayers rightly, they would begin them with, “Our Father, which art up a tree.” - Spurgeon

If you work in youth ministry, have kids or know somebody who knows somebody who knows then watch this movie. (I was a youth pastor for 8 years coming out from youth ministry this movie hits home! It's free online until August.)

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"We are born spiritually blind, and cannot be restored without a miracle of grace. This is your case, whoever you are, that are not born again." - A. W. Pink

With all the talk of the U.S.'s debt ceiling in the news, it should remind us that Jesus paid all our debts of sin on the cross.. (Romans 6:23). Trust Jesus, not your government. (psalms 2).

“Repentance is the vomit of the soul.” -Thomas Brooks

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel Galatians 1:6

Dear Pastors, Stop preaching about mission statements, vision or ripping off summer movie themes... Just preach the Gospel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jesus hears us when we pray..

Hebrews 4:16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;

"Humility does not feel a right to better treatment than Jesus got." - Piper / How can I think I deserve better than my Lord.

Heart Check time.. do you spend more time on facebook or reading your bible?

In regard to reading the Word - "It takes discipline and love for God. "I have no time" is not a statement about time; it is a statement about value." -Bud Powell

"faith needs the Word as much as fruit needs the living root of a tree"- Calvin

Build your Faith!!

A man says to me, "Can you explain the seven trumpets of the Revelation?"
No, but I can blow one in your ear, and warn you to escape from the wrath to come.
-Charles Spurgeon

"If you don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because you have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Your soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great."
-John Piper

"Men fear not God because they presume of his mercy" -Watson

Jesus can heal the addict. Psalm 107:10-16

Unless our religion makes us holy, it has not done anything for us that is really worth doing. Unless we hate sin, and love righteousness, our religion is a sham and a lie. -Charles Spurgeon

I felt my heart strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ, Christ alone for salvation; and an assurance was given to me that had taken away my sins, even mine, and saved me from the law of sin and death. -Martin Luther (describing the moment he was born again)

To repent is to have a radical break away from sin. Have you repented, and now have a life that is directed towards the cross? Or do you still play with sin, tend it and grow it?

Hebrews 13:5-6
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all. ~William Temple

Dear ladies, help your Christian brothers fulfill what Job said in "Job 31:1 I made a covenant with my eyes not to look lustfully at a girl" Dear Gentlemen, make this covenant and guard your eyes and heart.

I find no better cure for depression than to trust in the Lord with all my heart, and seek to realize afresh the power of the peace-speaking blood of Jesus, and His infinite love in dying upon the cross to put away all my transgressions.

—Charles Spurgeon

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A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing! A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown - Ryle

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
-Joshua 1:9

Psalm 143:6 I spread out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. Deuteronomy 32:39

Don't get it twisted, it's NOT "Once saved always saved." It's "Once saved FULLY saved!" Hebrews 7:25, Hebrews 12:2, Philippians 1:6

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Don't let the things that you own, own you.. Worship the one true God, Jesus Christ. PSA 115:4

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The church is not the building its the body - Tony Creech

"I believe in the doctrine of election, because I am quite certain that, if God had not chosen me, I should never have chosen Him; and I am sure He chose me before I was born, or else He never would have chosen me afterwards; and He must have elected me for reasons unknown to me, for I never could find any reason in myself why He should have looked upon me with special love." -Spurgeon

Isaiah 44:6 “This is what the LORD says—
Israel’s King and Redeemer, the LORD Almighty:
I am the first and I am the last;
apart from me there is no God.

People need to understand that when climbing mountains you get cut, scrapped and even slip on the jagged rocks. They want a smooth path, but you can't climb a smooth mountain. The things that hurt you are the things that help propel you. (1 & 2 Peter) Keep climbing! -Kevin Phillips

I'd rather be faithful than famous - Kevin Phillips

Psalm 51:17 The sacrifice you desire is a broken spirit. You will not reject a broken and repentant heart, O God.

Jesus heals the broken stitch by stitch..

Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry: 'Mine!' ~Abraham Kuyper

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

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Ephesians 2:3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

I believe the holier a man becomes, the more he mourns over the unholiness which remains in him.

—Charles Spurgeon

God does not have illegitimate children. He intentionally, perfectly, and willingly loves His kids. -Lecrae

"Pride tastes bad when you swallow it, but it's good medicine for the heart."

George Whitefield to John Wesley, "Man is nothing: he hath a free will to go to hell, but none to go to heaven, till God worketh in him to will and to do his good pleasure"

Did you know you can prove easily that there is a God by using the 3 C's? Creation (Genesis 1:1) Just look around. Conscience (Romans 2:14-15) His laws are written on our hearts. Common Grace (Romans 2:4) The good things in life that we enjoy.

"True faith will trust God where it cannot trace Him" -Watson

Happy Independence day congregation! John 15:5 I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

"You are not your own for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." –1 Corinthians 6:19-20

You ever wish you could "just start all over?" You can.. 2 Corinthians 5:17

"The cross around your neck without Jesus in your heart is just jewelry"

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Matthew 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.