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(This post is slightly different, but very similar to the most recent newsletter which we felt a broader audience should see.)
My wife, Kara, asked me Sunday, “Why is [...]
by Wes Bridel on December 8, 2009
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The Law of Priority states that life in the Kingdom comes first, then life in the world. In other words, spiritual things first, then natural things.
Matt 6:31-33 [NIV]
31So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32For the pagans run after all these things, and [...]
Let’s add a few words about tithing that have come up since we last wrote on the subject. We’re going to address a couple of issues which have come up where maybe we didn’t fully cover them before. We’ve had a few people asking two major questions and while we’ve somewhat answered these [...]
Beyond our natural reality, there is a spiritual or heavenly reality which is also subjected to the conflicts of two Kingdoms, the Kingdom of God and the Kingdom of Darkness. Yet this takes places with order and a set of rules. We will define these as natural laws and spiritual laws and give some basic [...]
by Wes Bridel on September 23, 2009
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Gen. 1:26-28 [NIV]
26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
27So God created man in his own image,
in [...]
by Wes Bridel on August 12, 2009
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The Holy Spirit given to us by God will initiate and carry out a process to sanctify our spirit, soul and body, making us without spot and blemish in the day of the Lord, suitable to be His Bride. As well, we are to be disciplined in the process. There lies my and your part [...]
by Wes Bridel on August 10, 2009
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The Lord entrusts His discipline of us to three different parties:
The Holy Spirit
Before He went to the cross, Jesus told his disciples that it’s for their benefit that He should go. He told them that another would be sent on His behalf to teach them.
John 14:25-26 [NIV]
25″All this I have spoken while still with you. [...]
by Wes Bridel on August 5, 2009
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In the last few posts, we began a discussion about the work of sanctification: The Holy Spirit given to us by God will initiate and carry out a process to sanctify our spirit, soul and body, making us perfect in the day of the Lord, and suitable to be His Bride. But there is another [...]
by Wes Bridel on July 22, 2009
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In our last series, we mentioned spiritual growth and maturity as the process and end of the spiritual life God gives to us.
Just like a tree, it takes time for spiritual growth to develop from being merely a seed into a full grown tree and bear fruit. But to a farmer, the most pleasant moment [...]
by Wes Bridel on July 6, 2009
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As we are first adopted back into the Family of God, we begin to fellowship with Him as a son with his father. We will live in His love, security and provision. But more than this, the Father will begin to teach us and impart His Likeness to us.
The Father’s heart is to have mature [...]