09 Mar

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When I was about six or seven years old, I slept in the same room as my brother.  At night, I would turn away from him and face the wall and quietly preach myself to sleep!  What is so fascinating about this is I wasn’t even born again!  (I did not surrender my life to Jesus until I was 20 years old.)  I did this almost every night for months.  How could this even be possible?  Well remember, the call of God is pre-ordained by the God who knows the end from the beginning (see Galatians 1:15, Isaiah 46:10 and...

02 Mar

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The first of each month will will begin to share First Tuesday's Teaching Tips. These are teaching nuggets from over thirty years in ministry. As we begin March let's share from my book "Pray the Word" ~discovering that prayer is not just for comfort but for results ...

16 Feb

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Deception will be a huge weapon of the enemy to get some to slowly walk away from the Word of God! Here is the good news…YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A ‘SOME’!   As you can see, the war is over the Word of the Living God!  Over the past few weeks we have shared with you “Seven WORD War Wonders”: The war is over the Word (Gen. 3:1)The Word is the most powerful force in the universe (Heb. 1:3)God’s blessing resides within the Word (Gen. 1:28)God’s Word is written for a reason (I John 5:13) Last week shared that...

09 Feb

Posted at 09:53h in Uncategorized

I know a pastor that is a “loud talker!”  Because he is a pastor and preaches all the time he has no idea that he is talking so loud.  His wife will literally have to tell him, “Honey, you’re talking loudly!”  From time to time I will do the same thing….I will talk loudly because I preach so much!  The big difference…I am aware when I talk loudly and therefore I can tell myself, “Jim lower the volume a few decibels.”   That is a pretty good definition of deception.  We all blow it from time to time, but it is important...

02 Feb

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The first of each month will will begin to share First Tuesday's Teaching Tips. These are teaching nuggets from over thirty years in ministry. As we begin February let's share on: SPEAKING LIFE ~ Speaking what you know will eventually change how you feel ~ You can heal a life in a sentence. You can destroy a life in a sentence. ~ Never underestimate the power of a kind word ~from Winning with Wisdom volume 4 (available for purchase in the Joy Store at Joy Church, Mt. Juliet, TN) Come join us at Joy Church on the first Wednesday of each month for our leadership series. ...

19 Jan

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 The Bible tells us in I Timothy 4:1, “Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;”.  In this powerful verse the Greek word translated “expressly” means “clearly or vividly.”  The Greek word translated “last” is “hystemos” which means “last of the last.”  The Greek word for “depart” is “aphistemi” which means “to step away from, to resist, to desert or withdraw.”  The Greek word for “seducing” is “planos” which means to “slowly wander away.” If you’ll give me a little liberty, this verse could...

12 Jan

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Deception is one of the key signs that we are in the last days (see Matthews 24:3-4, II Timothy 3:13, II Thessalonians 2:3).  Deception is the inability to properly see yourself.  Have you ever been out to eat lunch and had a big leafy salad?  When you got home you looked in the mirror and to your chagrin, you had a big piece of green lettuce stuck to your front teeth!  Your mind then races back to your lunch when you were making jokes with your friends and smiling the entire time.  The revelation hits you…everyone saw that big piece...

05 Jan

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The first of each month will will begin to share First Tuesday's Teaching Tips. These are teaching nuggets from over thirty years in ministry. As we begin 2021, today we share on: Devotion ~ Fellowship with Jesus is your highest calling ~ Putting God first, you will act on life instead of reacting to life ~ You always have time for what you make time for ~from Winning with Wisdom volume 4 (available for purchase in the Joy Store at Joy Church, Mt. Juliet, TN Come join us at Joy Church on the first Wednesday of each month for our leadership series. ...