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Ignoring the Truth Never Changes It
You’re better off facing the truth head on and dealing with the consequences, whether good or bad.

The Practical Road to Peace
Blog - 5/14/21

Eph 5:9
(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true).

The Practical Road to Peace
The KoD is designed to keep you from DOING! If you only think righteously, but fail to DO righteously, you miss the blessing of abiding in the sphere of God, experientially. This is NOT a legalistic statement; rather encouragement to LIVE and “walk by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16).

Light Shines Into Darkness
Light always wins. If you are deceived (even if you don’t know exactly how), then keep taking in the Light (the Word) and any darkness in you will be exposed and defeated (assuming you remain humble in receiving said truth).

Jn 8:12
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Spiritual Bulimia
It’s not enough to consume and even enjoy the meals you receive from this ministry. If you vomit the Truth out of you as soon as you leave this church, you gain nothing but increased responsibility to the Lord for what you’ve been taught.

Why would you ever want to be distracted from the Truth?

1Co 10:13 [Amplified]
No temptation [regardless of its source] has overtaken or enticed you that is not common to human experience [nor is any temptation unusual or beyond human resistance]; but God is faithful [to His word—He is compassionate and trustworthy], and He will not let you be tempted beyond your ability [to resist], but along with the temptation He [has in the past and is now and] will [always] provide the way out as well, so that you will be able to endure it [without yielding, and will overcome temptation with joy].

The Practical Road to Peace
The KoD is designed to keep you from DOING! If you only think righteously, but fail to DO righteously, you miss the blessing of abiding in the sphere of God, experientially. This is NOT a legalistic statement; rather encouragement to LIVE and “walk by the Spirit” (Gal 5:16).

Why Not the Truth?
A lot of people WANT to be lied to because they’ve been deceived into thinking that their life will be easier.

Gal 4:16
Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth?

1Th. 4:7-8 [Amplified]
For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness [to be dedicated, and set apart by behavior that pleases Him, whether in public or in private]. So whoever rejects and disregards this is not [merely] rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you [to dwell in you and empower you to overcome temptation].

Php 4:13
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

Ro 8:9-10
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

Divine Institutions
God is the one who created the institutions of marriage and family. He also chose to make us in His own image. So, it makes sense that since family is a big deal to God, then it’s a big deal to us, as well.

God loves godly families.

The Value of Discipline in the Family
The earlier you establish sound discipline in the family, the happier and more peaceful your family will be in the long run. The Spirit wants us to know what a godly family structure looks like so that we can model our own after it, and be blessed!