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Am I Worthy to Take Communion?
Have you struggled feeling worthy to take communion? I have. Struggling with a mental health disorder growing up, I found that I started to get obsessive thoughts on how to “feel” the Lord’s presence when taking part in communion. This meant that one moment I would feel close to God, and the next I would feel distant.
Long Live the King, Long Live Yisrael
Yeshua (Jesus) said “believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. 22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews…
Basic Bible Study Tools
Our spiritual life will also be healthier if we learn to study scripture, rather than relying on “take out food” prepared by others. The apostle Paul commended the Berean believers who “examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.” (Acts 17:11)
Here are some simple Bible study strategies:
How to be a Prophet
You may have heard the exciting “word” that “all God’s people can prophecy”.
Charismatic Gifts in a Home Group
There is diversity in the body of Christ, and some believers and denominations emphasize the expression of charismatic “gifts of the Spirit” in their worship and spiritual practice. However, there seems to be a “spiritual pandemic” of “YouTube prophets”, “supernatural ministry” schools, and a charismatic trend to believe that “everyone can be a...
Lessons from the underground church in China
If God decides to use the persecution of this Communist regime against the church to help more Chinese people to despair of their futures, to lead them through a wilderness of spiritual disillusionment and through this to make them know Jesus, if through this he continues disciplining and building up his church, then I am joyfully willing to submit to...
The Wheat and the Tares
In cereal crops like wheat, rice, barley, oats and others the seed – the grain kernel we eat – grows on the plant with an inedible hull (also sometimes called a husk) surrounding it. Before we can eat the grain kernel, we need to remove that inedible hull. This can require two processes: threshing (to loosen the hull) and winnowing (to get rid of the...
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