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Paul said about his observance of this church’s faith, “…your faith groweth exceedingly…” He didn't just say that their faith grew, but that it “groweth exceedingly.” This church was a church that wasn't sufficed that its faith just grew, but they were interested in growing their faith in an exceptional manner.

One vital thing that every Christian must settle if they want to please the LORD is that they are serving the LORD and not man. In the verse above, Paul made it clear Who he was serving. He said that he was an apostle, “not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ…” This did not mean that he didn't respect men whom God had used, but he was establishing that man didn't call him, and man didn't determine what he believed.

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David faced many hardship and battles through His life. The attacks he faced from within and from without were numerous. The one constant that kept David going through these times was that He trusted in the LORD. He said in verse 9, “Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble…” Yet, when we come down to the verse above he said, “But I trusted in thee, O LORD…” This was the key to his making it through the rough times.

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Every business or organization had better have a modus operandi if they want to succeed with their agenda or goals. You will never succeed by doing things without a basis to guide how you operate or have methods to show you how to do things. The degree of your success depends on your modus operandi.

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One of the major components to a happy marriage is for both husband and wife to work together as one flesh. Ephesians 5:31 says, “For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.” This verse makes it very clear that God intended for the husband and wife to work together. 

We are commanded in the verse above to renew our mind. This means that the old mind thinks contrary to the way God wants us to think. You will find that the way to having a renewed mind is to be transformed by living the “good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” The thinking of the renewed mind will be evidenced in four ways.

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Often in Christianity, we focus much on the sins of the flesh. No doubt, most of what we hear about are actions that our flesh commits, but the Scriptures go further than just cleaning up the outside. God is just as concerned with your spirit as He is with your flesh.

We often fall prey to the critics who say that those who stand firmly on the old paths are so divisive. They often say that if we would stop being so divisive that we could all get along. Sadly, their cry for unity is simply a ploy to destroy us.

Have you ever heard of someone accused of bending the rules? To bend the rules would be to twist what they say for the sake of not being guilty of breaking them. The only reason a person would bend the rules is for personal gain.

If any church is going to be influential and make a powerful impact on their community, they are going to have to do it as a team. A great church has never been built on one personality. Great churches have all been built by a group of people who banded together to do the LORD’s work in reaching the lost for Him. This will never be done if you are solely relying on the pastor; rather, it takes everyone’s involvement to make this happen.