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LOST and FOUND How can I Feel Less Stressed? As we enter into God’s faith-rest life we cease from our own works, just as God celebrates his finished works and rests in them Hebrews 4:10, Passion Translation Found but feeling fatigued. Saved but still stressed. Didn’t Jesus say that...

LOST and FOUND What is your Worst Fear? In God--I boast in his promise--in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? Psalm 56:4, NET What fear do you live with? Perhaps it is not coimetrophobia or nosocomephobia or even pogonophobia? (See a list of 227 phobias here...

LOST and FOUND Enjoy freedom in the New Covenant (b) They will no longer teach each one his neighbor, or each one his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for all of them will know me, from their smallest and up to their greatest,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity and their...

LOST and FOUND Enjoy freedom in the New Covenant (a) Christ defines your faith; he is your freedom from anything from which the law could never free you! Find your firm footing in this freedom. Do not let religion trip you up again and harness you to a system of rules and obligations...

LOST and FOUND A New Creation in a New Covenant So that, assuming that anyone is in Christ, he is a creation new in quality. The antiquated, out-of-date things [which do not belong to the new life in Christ Jesus] have passed away. Behold, all things have become new in quality 2 Cor 517...

LOST and FOUND A New Beginning? Put on the new [καινὸν] self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth Ephesians 4:24, NASB “My life is in a complete mess! I have tried to make changes, to start over again, only to fall flat on my face...

LOST and FOUND Can Willful Sin cause me to Lose Salvation? If we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us...

LOST and FOUND Will God Whip me into Shape if I Sin? For those whom the Lord loves he disciplines, and he scourges every son whom he receives Hebrews 12:6, NASB So, you’ve messed up again - a really bad sin this time! God has surely lost patience with you this time and will send you...

LOST and FOUND Ready for Battle? (d) Prayer Praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints Ephesians 6:18, ESV The whole armour of God is composed of six items. Prayer may be...

LOST and FOUND Ready for Battle? (c) helmet, sword And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the spoken word of God; Ephesians 6:17, New Heart English Bible Man’s greatest strength is to trust God. Satan’s objective is to make us distrust God, painting...

LOST and FOUND Ready for Battle? (b) breastplate, shield, boots Take your stand then with … righteousness your breastplate, the Gospel of peace firmly on your feet … Above all be sure you take faith as your shield, for it can quench every burning missile the enemy hurls at you...

LOST and FOUND Ready for Battle? (a) belt You must wear all the armor that God provides so you’re protected as you confront the slanderer, for you are destined for all things and will rise victorious. Ephesians 6:13, The Passion Translation At times, does the will to resist a certain...

LOST and FOUND How can I control sin? Therefore, since Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind, for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin 1 Peter 4:1, Modern English Version The answer is - WE cannot control sin! Our...

LOST and FOUND What is Repentance? I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Acts 20:21, HCSB We have been taught that we need to repent and ask God for forgiveness every time we sin. This raises questions: What if I commit some...

LOST and FOUND Justification and Sanctification (a) For he that has died is justified from sin Romans 6:7, Darby Bible Translation “For the one who has died has been acquitted from his sin” (NWT). In Watchtower theology this verse is applied to those to be resurrected on earth with a...

LOST and FOUND You have Changed! Do not be shaped by [conformed to; pressed into a mold by] this world [age]; instead be changed within [transformed] by a new way of thinking [or changing the way you think; the renewing of your mind] Romans 12:2, Expanded Bible “Be transformed” in...

LOST and FOUND When do we “Put on the new Self”? And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude] Ephesians 4:23, AMPC The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It changed the federal legal...

LOST and FOUND When do we “Put off the old Self”? You have put off once for all with reference to your former manner of life the old self which is being corrupted according to the passionate desires of deceit; moreover, that you are being constantly renewed with reference to the spirit...

LOST and FOUND Are You in the Doldrums? (b) Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God. Psalm 42:5, AMPC When feeling lost, all at sea...

LOST and FOUND Justification and Sanctification (b) Anyone who has died is made free [justified; declared righteous] from sin’s control [sin] Romans 6:7, Expanded Bible Romans 6:1-7 reveals that by God’s grace when we believe we become identified with Jesus’ death, burial, and...