by: John Mitchell The way to overcome temptation is easy to say, but sometimes hard to do. James 4:7 & 8 tells us; “Therefore submit to God. Resist the Devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to You. Cleans your hands,…
By John Mitchell When we say yes to God’s plan of salvation for us, we have to say no to our old unsaved ways of life. I’ll explain this by looking at God’s plan of salvation. #1 Hear the gospel. “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the…
By: John Mitchell “Then God said, ‘Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness’” (Genesis 1:26). God is the Creator, and we are the created. Or, are we, the created, creating in our minds a different god, from the God who created us? When we read the…
By: John Mitchell The way we see things is according to our mindset. If our mind is set on the things of the world, we understand things with the wisdom of the world. If our mind is set on spiritual things, we understand things with the spiritual wisdom of God.…
By John Mitchell I want what I don’t have, but I don’t want to give up what I do have. “I do want to be totally committed to loving, serving, and obeying God. But I don’t want to totally give up all the ways of the world.” Totally committed means…
An OVER COMER is a person who is successful in not letting the fear of failure, allow a problem or difficulty to defeat him or her. A COWARD is a person who lets the fear of failure, allow a problem or difficulty to defeat him or her. We can courageously…
By: John Mitchell A football coach said, “My team is acting like they forgot how to play football.” He met with the team and said, “We need to start all over again from the beginning, and learn the basics about football.” He held up a football and said, “This is…
By John Mitchell Most people would say that they don’t worship any statues. In the Old Testament, in Exodus 20:3-5, God wrote the Ten Commandments on two stone tablets. The first one is, “You shall have no other gods before Me” and the second one is, “You shall not make…
By: John Mitchell LOVE—–A willingness to prioritize another well being or happiness above your own. Giving to another person unselfishly, for their own benefit. What does God say about how He wants us to love Him? “Jesus said to him”, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your…
By John Mitchell “The entirety of Your word is truth.” (Psalm 119:160 NKJ version) “The sum of Thy word is truth,…” (Psalm 119:160 NAS version) “Thy word all together is truth,…” (Psalm 119:160 Berkeley Version) These three Bible translations are all saying the same thing. (NKJV) “The entirety”, means the…