God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
Praise be to God that He forgives our sins and that we won't have to go to hell for them. But this doesn't mean that there will not be fierce and severe consequences for our sin.
God Exposes Your Sin in Order to Save You
God Exposes Your Sin in Order to Save You
God will not expose your sin to laugh at you or mock you or to ridicule you, He will expose it in order to make you one of His children.
Give up on self, Trust in Christ alone!
Give up on self, Trust in Christ alone!
Freedom from masturbation and pornography does not come through any self-effort works based salvation but through justification by faith in Jesus Christ.
Get Over It, Overcome!
Get Over It, Overcome!
Powerful exhortation on endurance in the Christians life and the need to overcome. Don refers to many texts in Revelations.
From Fear to Faith in the Face of Christ
From Fear to Faith in the Face of Christ
One aspect of mortifying sin is killing our fears. Fear is a drug that makes us think wrongly and it's the beginning of defeat in any situation that...
Freedom from Pornography, James’ Testimony
Freedom from Pornography, James’ Testimony
I didn't realize I was saved that night. I had freedom from pornography and masturbation. I was no longer a slave to it. Yet months later, when I really came to realize the doctrine of regeneration, what it meant to be born-again. I realized, "Whoa - I wasn't saved at 6."
Freed from Pornography by Being Satisfied in Christ
Freed from Pornography by Being Satisfied in Christ
If your truly satisfied in Jesus Christ you will not need to run to pornography and masturbation to try to fill the void inside of your heart. Why is it that so many people are running to pornography and masturbation? It's because they're not satisfied in Christ.
Fitly Framed Together
Fitly Framed Together
It doesn't matter what shade of skin we have, but by reconciliation through the Cross, the door has been opened so that we actually have real communion...
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Believers once lived in the passions of their flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. All lost men are still enslaved to the desires of their flesh.
Don’t Pursue Freedom From Pornography, Pursue Christ
Don’t Pursue Freedom From Pornography, Pursue Christ
I was meditating the other day and it made me laugh. I started this adventure, so I can have freedom from pornography and now months later I don’t even remember...
Don’t Play With Sin
Don’t Play With Sin
Every Christian ought to be able to look at their conscience and find nothing between their souls and the Lord. If we find something that displeases the Lord, we need to put it to death immediately.
Don’t Let the Devil Lull You to Sleep
Don’t Let the Devil Lull You to Sleep
God calls us to stay awake, but the Devil is doing all that he can to lull us to sleep.
Don’t Go Back to Your Sin… You May Die
Don’t Go Back to Your Sin… You May Die
We plead with you... do not harden your heart, if you are under conviction of your eternal destiny being hell, then run to Christ and trust in Him alone to save you. There are many many people who are seeing many sermons, yet are still holding onto their idols and not forsaking all to follow Christ. Do not be comfortable in your sin!
Don’t Come to Church to Get, Come to Serve
Don’t Come to Church to Get, Come to Serve
When you go to church, do you come to serve or to be served?
Don’t Be Ignorant of Satan’s Designs
Don’t Be Ignorant of Satan’s Designs
Anyone whom you forgive, I also forgive. Indeed, what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, so that we would not be outwitted by Satan; for we are not ignorant of his designs. - 2 Corinthians 2:10-11
Don’t Be Deceived About Sexual Immorality
Don’t Be Deceived About Sexual Immorality
A prominent sin in the day we live in is sexual immorality, and this sin is also given fierce warnings in the Bible. We need to remember that warnings of sexual immorality...
Does The Immense Peace of God Guard Your Heart?
Does The Immense Peace of God Guard Your Heart?
Paul speaks about not being anxious but instead having God's peace guard your heart and mind. Do you bring your cares and concerns to Christ and not pick them up again and worry about them, but leave them to the Lord Jesus?
Does Sex Equal Marriage in God’s Eyes?
Does Sex Equal Marriage in God’s Eyes?
Someone asked, "Are only virgin marriages legitimate? I was told by a group that I am in adultery because I was not a virgin when I got married... according to this group sex is marriage."
Do Not Love the World
Do Not Love the World
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
Do Not Love the World
Do Not Love the World
When John tells us "do not love the world", the main thing he has in mind is not the possessions in the world.
Do Children Die For the Sin of Their Parents?
Do Children Die For the Sin of Their Parents?
Why does the Bible indicate in some places that God does not punish children for the sins of the father, and then in other places indicates the opposite?
Disorder Comes from Selfishness
Disorder Comes from Selfishness
James 3:16 - For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.
Difference Between Good and Bad Anxiety
Difference Between Good and Bad Anxiety
How can you tell the difference between good and bad anxiety? Is your anxiety a desire in your heart to care for someone and it produces fruit? Or is it a lack of trust in the Lord and it produces sin and selfishness?
Die to Self, Surrender to Christ
Die to Self, Surrender to Christ
Are you going to leave your life at the disposal of God's Will?
Delivered by Desire: Christians & Sexual Purity (Audiobook)
Delivered by Desire: Christians & Sexual Purity (Audiobook)
Delivered by Desire: The Encouraging Truth About Christians and Sexual Purity, written by Daryl Wingerd. Fighting lust and overcoming pornography addiction...
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
Dealing With Idols That Creep Into our Lives
What should we do about idols that creep into our lives and hinder our walk? We live in a generation where distractions from technology are at an all-time high...
David’s Great Sin
David’s Great Sin
David conquered Goliath but that giant there was nothing compared to the one that got him -- these fleshly lusts are a bigger giant than Goliath.
Cut Off Goliath’s Head
Cut Off Goliath’s Head
Remember what he did to Goliath, he not only hit him in the head but he took the sword and cut his head off to make sure he wasn't going to rise up. Radical!
Contentment is Found in Christ Alone
Contentment is Found in Christ Alone
What is contentment? Contentment is being fully satisfied in our soul, it is an idea of complete sufficiency. It is used in reference to God, in His self sufficiency...
Consider Yourselves Dead to Sin (Part 8)
Consider Yourselves Dead to Sin (Part 8)
So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. - Romans 6:11
Church Leaders Casually Texting Single Sisters?
Church Leaders Casually Texting Single Sisters?
Is it OK for married brothers in leadership positions to be casually texting or emailing single sisters?
Christians Dealing With Panic Attacks and Anxiety
Christians Dealing With Panic Attacks and Anxiety
How should Christians deal with panic attacks and anxiety? Does the Bible have anything to say about these issues? More than that, is the Bible sufficient for us to deal with these?
Christian, Don’t Sin
Christian, Don’t Sin
1 John 2:1 shows us that what is normative for the Christian is that they don't sin.
Christ’s Call to Die to Self
Christ’s Call to Die to Self
Christ gives us four examples that reveal our constant tendency to be watching out for ourselves and our self-interest.
Christ the Destroyer
Christ the Destroyer
1 John 3:8 says, "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil."
Christ Breaks Down Every Ethnic Barrier
Christ Breaks Down Every Ethnic Barrier
Jesus smashed down the separations between the Jews and Gentiles. He did this that "He might create in Himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace."
Choose Life or Lust, Christ or Sexual Sin
Choose Life or Lust, Christ or Sexual Sin
Sexual sin has been a problem in all generations, but there's no question that our current generation faces it and has access to it far more than any other generation in history.
Can You Hate Someone and Be a True Christian?
Can You Hate Someone and Be a True Christian?
Is it possible for someone to hate someone and be a true Christian? What does the bible say about this? Tim takes a look at 1 John.
Can a Christian Commit Suicide?
Can a Christian Commit Suicide?
What does the Bible say about suicide? Can someone who is a Christian commit suicide? What if I am hopeless right now? Is there hope in the Lord Jesus Christ?
Can a Christian be Possessed?
Can a Christian be Possessed?
Does the Scripture teach that a true believer can be possessed by demons?