Tag: encouragement

Led By the Wind of the Spirit

I have felt that God is saying this year is the year of the wind, and time to be led by the Spirit of God. It’s interesting in that I keep running into others who are preaching the same thing!

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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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Are You a Miserable Christian?

Are you a miserable Christian? Do you feel like you are disappointing God because you can’t seem to live up to the expectations of those in leadership at your local church? In Philippians 3 the Apostle Paul said, “I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.” If …

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Three Steps to Real Peace

Three Steps to Real Peace Many Christians are riddled with fear and anxiety. Jesus has made a way for us to have real peace. Listen to this episode of Fueled by Grace to learn three steps to real peace.   https://fueledbygrace.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Pease-03-07-18.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

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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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“Dipped In Blood”

“I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True.  With justice he judges and wages war.  His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns.  He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself.  He is …

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Get Out of the Boat

A while back, during the worship service in our church, the Holy Spirit spoke to me about the time the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water.  I was reminded that there were 12 disciples.  Why didn’t the other 11 venture out onto the water with Peter?  I thought of 3 possible reasons: Fear. Perhaps they …

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The Fire of the Holy Spirit – a Divinely-Inspired Thought

The following is a divinely-inspired thought that came to me as I was driving to one of my son’s soccer games last Fall.  I recorded it into my phone as I drove and have transcribed it here.  I hope it encourages you. “The fire of the Holy Spirit consumes the flesh.  The sacrifices in the …

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“Get Them Calves Outta Here”

I remember as if it were yesterday. Sitting across from a pastor friend I had served for years, and still respected and loved deeply.  We were in Selma, NC eating Chinese food for dinner. I had just recently heard the truth of the finished work of Christ, and was excitedly sharing with him the cool …

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It’s His Fruit

I feel like the Spirit revealed something to me: it is the fruit, OF the SPIRIT, meaning it’s His fruit, not ours. I think many equivocate a disciplined outer man with the fruit of the spirit, and vice versa. But it is not the fruit of a disciplined flesh, it’s His fruit through us. And …

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