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“Who are you, Lord?”       [Acts 9: 1 -9]       Are we truly changing?   The life of a Christian is one of transformation.   Faith is a willingness to change.   The church is a community of people who have not only experienced change, but also seek it (Internet).   However, there are times when we long for change, yet become disappointed and discouraged when we see our own habits persist.   Regarding this spiritual condition, author Robert Boyd Munger, in his book "A Pauper of a Prince?," says, ‘Many Christians today are despairing due to weakness, failure, and feebleness, unable to break free from the swamp of incompetence and helplessness.   Therefore, the author's desire is to give this amazing gift of a transformed life to us all.   The author's words, 'The amazing gift of a transformed life is more than forgiveness for the past or a promise for the future.'   This gift pertains to our current lives...

  Day 29: Jonah 2:3-4, 8-10       Even so, I will look to the Lord again.   We tend to resist the difficult realities given to us, often expressing it through complaints and resentment.  However, if we can find God's blessings even in the midst of accepting those challenging realities, we can truly say that person is a blessed believer.  Jonah the prophet is considered to be one of such individuals.  The reality he faced was that he was on the verge of life and death physically, and spiritually, he felt cast away from God, experiencing the weariness of soul.   However, even in such circumstances, Jonah resolved, "Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple" (Jonah 2:4), looking to the Creator God, who is greater than "the deep" and its "billows" (v. 3).   Through this, he came to realize the grace God bestowed upon him (v. 8), and he was reaffirmed in his calling as a worshiper (v. 9).  He was reborn not as...

  Day 9: Habakkuk 3:17-18         “yet I will rejoice in the LORD”         In what situation did the prophet Habakkuk dedicate himself to rejoicing in the Lord?  He dedicated himself to rejoicing in the Lord in a situation where he was awaiting a day of trouble.  Here, this day of trouble refers to the day when God would raise up the Babylonians to judge the people of Judah (Habak. 1:6).  The prophet Habakkuk knew that due to the war with Babylon, there would be a lack of crops and livestock in the land of Israel.  Nevertheless, despite this, the prophet Habakkuk dedicated himself to the Lord, declaring, "yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior," while patiently awaiting the fulfillment of God's prophecy even in such a situation.   Why was the prophet Habakkuk able to rejoice in the Lord even in such a difficult situation?  There are two reasons that can be see...

  Introduction                     Who is a real Christian?  Who is a true Christian?  How many people are there who are self-proclaimed Christians and seemingly Christians, but their faith is immature and they are so close to unbelievers?  How many self-proclaimed Christians are there who have faith but are easily tempted and whose hearts are easily shaken, who are unfamiliar with the basic doctrines taught in the Bible, and who break the unity of the church by envying and bringing conflicts to the church?  In particular, how many Christians are there in the church who rely on riches rather than God, who cast off restraint but trying to justify themselves?  How many Christians are there who don’t obey God and do things in their own stubbornness, who don’t follow the Holy Spirit but sin after their own flesh, and who don’t keep the Word of God ...