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"SALVATION: A RELATIONSHIP" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-08


Salvation: A Relationship




Mark 6:54, 'And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,'



MARK 6:53-56



The word 'know' can mean many things from as little as 'to perceive with the senses or the mind' to a much deeper meaning of 'a thorough experience with.'

This knowing, then, is not just intellectual, but a personal, intimate understanding. Jesus defines eternal life as knowing God the Father and Jesus Christ. Eternal life is having an intimate, personal relationship with God the Father and Jesus the Son. This intimacy with God is what salvation is all about. Forgiveness of our sins is not the point of salvation. This intimacy with the Father is. Of course, Jesus did die to purchase forgiveness for our sins...

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"WHAT IS THE BIBLE TO YOU?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-08

HAVE EVER WONDERED WHY I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO GET EVERYONE TO STUDY THEIR BIBLE?  DO YOU OR DO YOU EVEN READ IT.  WE ALL SHOULD BECAUSE IT IS GOD'S HOLY WORD AND IT SHOWS US HIS LOVE FOR US AND HOW TO LIVE OUR LIVES.  IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ THE HISTORY OF THE BIBLE, YOU SHOULD.  IT WILL GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT ON HOW HARD PEOPLE WORKED AND WHAT THEY HAD TO SACRIFICE TO GET IT TO US.  IT IS VERY INTERESTING AND SHOCKING AT THE SAME TIME.





 

 

WE HAVE IT SO EASY HERE IN AMERICA WHERE WE CAN READ OUR BIBLES WITHOUT HAVING TO HIDE IN FEAR THAT WE WILL BE CAUGHT AND PUT TO DEATH.  THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD. THESE PEOPLE ARE SO HUNGRY FOR GOD'S WORD THAT THEY...
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DO YOU REMEMBER THE STORY IN LUKE 5 ABOUT JESUS TELLING PETER TO GO OUT INTO THE DEEP WATER AND  DROP HIS NETS?  JESUS HAD SEEN THE TWO SHIPS FLOATING IN LAKE GENNESARET AND THE FISHERMEN WERE OUT OF THE SHIPS, WASHING THEIR NETS. JESUS ENTERED PETER'S SHIP AND ASK HIM TO TAKE IT OUT A LITTLE FROM THE BANK SO HE COULD TEACH THE MULTITUDE.  WHEN HE HAD FINISHED TEACHING IS WHEN HE TOLD PETER TO GO INTO THE DEEP WATER AND DROP HIS NETS.  PETER COMPLAINED THAT THEY HAD BEEN OUT ALL NIGHT AND HADN'T CAUGHT ANYTHING.  HOWEVER, PETER WAS OBEDIENT AND DID WHAT JESUS SAID.  HE CAUGHT SO MANY FISH THAT THEIR NETS BROKE AND THEY HAD TO CALL THE OTHER SHIP TO COME AND HELP.  THEY FILLED BOTH SHIPS SO MUCH THAT THEY STARTED TO SINK.



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Sensitivity To The Right Things




Mark 6:52, 'For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for theirheart was hardened.'



MARK 6:45-52; JOHN 6:15-21



Most of the time, we think of a person with a hard heart as being someone who is in terrible rebellion to God. While it is true that a rebellious person does have a hardened heart, in this instance, the Word is referring to the disciples' hearts being hardened. They were, 'sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered' at Jesus walking on the water.

The word 'hardened' as used here, means 'to make calloused, unyielding or cold in spirit, or insensitive to.' The disciples were not God haters, but rather they had become so sensitive to the natural world and its...

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"ARE YOU PROTECTED?" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-06

HOW IS YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING?  I AM IN FLORIDA AND IT IS 73 DEGREES HERE WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN.  NOW LET ME ASK YOU HOW YOUR SPIRITUAL WEATHER IS.  WHAT I AM GETTING AT IS WHEN WE HAVE COLD WEATHER WE DRESS IN SOMETHING WARM AND WHEN IT IS RAINING WE PUT ON SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP US DRY.  WELL, SPIRITUAL WEATHER CAN BE GOOD OR BAD ACCORDING TO YOUR WALK WITH THE LORD BUT WE NEVER KNOW WHEN SATAN IS GOING TO THROW SOMETHING AT US AND THAT WEATHER MIGHT CHANGE.  I HOPE I AM MAKING SENSE AND I WILL EXPLAIN.






IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY WEATHER, ESPECIALLY SPIRITUAL WEATHER.  THIS IS WHY WE NEED TO PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD EVERY MORNING.  WE NEED TO PUT IT ON...
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"ENTER DOUBT, EXIT FAITH" BY ANDRREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-06


Enter Doubt, Exit Faith




Matthew 14:30, 'But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.'



MATTHEW 14:30-31



The reason Peter began to sink was because of his fear. In verse 31 Jesus used the word 'doubt' in reference to Peter's fear. Fear is simply negative faith or faith in reverse. Where did this fear come from? Second Timothy 1:7 says, 'For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power and of love, and of a sound mind.' It didn't come from God. This fear was able to come upon Peter because he took his attention off of Jesus and put it on his situation.

Fear or doubt cannot 'just overcome' us. We have to let it in. If Peter had kept his attention on Jesus,...

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"BEING JUSTIFIED" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-05

THE DICTIONARY DEFINES "JUSTIFIED" AS "To demonstrate or prove to be just, right, or valid...To declare free of blame; absolve...To free (a human) of the guilt and penalty attached to grievous sin."  I GUESS YOU COULD BE JUSTIFIED IN MANY WAYS BUT HOW DOES THE BIBLE SAY WE ARE JUSTIFIED?


FIRST, IT SAYS WE ARE NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, THE LAW BEING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. (EXODUS 24:12 And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.)  NO ONE COULD, OR EVER WILL BE ABLE TO, KEEP ALL OF THE LAW.  (JAMES 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.)  IF YOU ARE TRYING TO GET TO HEAVEN ON YOUR GOOD WORKS, IT IS JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.


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"WORD POWER" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-05


Word Power




Matthew 14:29, 'And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.'



MATTHEW 14:29



This one word 'come' was spoken by the one who made all things (Jn. 1:3) and it had just as much power in it as the words that were spoken at creation. This is where the power came from for Peter to walk on the water. Likewise, any word spoken to us by God carries in itself the anointing and power it takes to fulfill that word, if we will release it by believing it and acting on it.

We need to not only know God's power, but the greatness of God's power, and then the exceeding greatness of God's power. This exceeding greatness of God's power is towards us. That means that it is for...

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"BE HEALTHY AND PROSPER" BY DAVID MCMILLEN


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-04


I THINK THERE ARE TWO MAJOR THINGS THAT CHRISTIANS ARE CONCERNED WITH TODAY AND THEY ARE HEALTH AND FINANCES.  I KNOW NON-CHRISTIANS ARE ALSO CONCERNED BUT CHRISTIANS CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.  CHRISTIANS NEED TO KNOW THAT THESE TWO THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FOR THEM.  3RD  JOHN 1:2 SAYS "Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." 




 

THE WORD...
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"ABOUT HUMILITY" BY ANDREW WOMMACK


By DAVID A. MCMILLEN, 2019-05-04











About Humility




John 6:15, 'When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.'



JOHN 6:15



Jesus 'was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin' (Heb. 4:15). The temptation for Jesus to submit to the crowd and exalt Himself must have been there but He didn't respond to it. He came to do the Father's will and not His...

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