Tag: grace

God is in This Place

“God is in this place and I knew it not” – Jacob

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Life After Easter

We celebrate Easter as a way to acknowledge and commemorate the resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus. But what does life after Easter look like for the believer? Mark gives great encouragement of God’s love in this latest episode of Fueled by Grace. Watch and share or listen and share. Thank you!

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Who Are You Really?

Who are you really? Isn’t it strange that we often refer to ourselves in the negative? Even stories of changed lives in the Bible we remember and refer to in the negative. Listen as Mark shares how to change this mindset and apply it to Bible illustrations and our self-talk that defines who we are …

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What’s in Your Balloon?

What’s in Your Balloon is a guest post by my wife, Tammy Shiver. Tammy went to be with Jesus two years ago. But her wisdom and heart for God live on in my life. Hopefully, they will become an encouraging part of yours, too. Tammy had started to write a few years before she died. …

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Christians Up a Tree

Christians up a tree? In this edition of the podcast, Pastor Mark shares how many believers are living in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, instead of the Tree of Life. Just as the serpent deceived Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden, so is he still deceiving believers today. “Has …

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Grace and Offenses

It is easy to receive the “Grace Message” and become so focused on God’s love for us and grace toward us that we forget that there is a whole lot more to living in this world. For example, how are our relationships with others? Are there unresolved issues? Are there offenses? Jesus was very practical …

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Are You Going to Open the Scroll?

Those who speak against God’s grace are rejecting His plan, His perfect work. They loudly proclaim objection to “the grace message,” holding it out as inferior, a message that is true on the surface, but really one to be cautious of in reality. They act as if they will march right into John’s vision in …

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“I’m a Sinner”

Many of us like to refer to ourselves as “a sinner.” Even pastors boldly proclaim at times, “I’m a sinner.”I would like to encourage you to stop doing that. Of course, you are a sinner, the Bible says “all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” But, if you have been born …

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Focused on the Flesh?

If you are born-again, the Scriptures say you risen with Christ. You are in union with Him! Sadly, we’ve mostly been taught by well-intentioned pastors and ministry leaders that we need to focus on our flesh, trying to “get right with God.” This is so not what Paul teaches in his letters, but rather the …

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Seeing God in the Darkness

On Sunday December 13, 2015, my wife Tammy, our daughter Jenny and I had the opportunity to share with the dear saints at Wilmington First Assembly about our journey this past year. “Seeing God in the Darkness” of a diagnosis that brings fear and so many questions is a sampling of our thoughts about the …

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