2012-08-06T15:56:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/flesh/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/the-double-agent-in-your-life-6669 2012-08-06T15:56:21-05:00 You have to decide whose agent your thorn will be. It's a powerful messenger. Don't let it work for the Devil - the destroyer. Listen for God's message in the thorn, and be sure you're letting Agent Thorn work for the winning side. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hard-times/the-good-news-of-the-empty-glass-6562 2012-03-06T13:26:48-05:00 Don't give up; open up to be filled with Christ's strength. You can do all things through Christ who gives you strength. Now, there's just a little of you, but that means there can be a lot of Him. If your glass is empty, that's good news, because you're about to be filled with Jesus Christ. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%208:1-12&version=NIV 2009-07-16T12:04:39-05:00 Even after we become Christians, our lives are defined by a continual struggle to resist "the flesh"--that is, our sinful nature and desires. Christ alone makes it possible to find victory over our impulse to sin. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Rom.7.23&version=NIV 2009-07-14T10:22:39-05:00 The struggle between "the flesh" and "the spirit" is emphasized a lot in the New Testament, and this passage sums it up well. It's one thing to want to live a godly life, but it's another to actually master our habits and behaviors! Human willpower isn't sufficient on its own to tame our natural impulse toward sin--we need the help of God's grace. http://70030.netministry.com/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=35629&columnid=3803 2008-10-27T18:02:38-05:00 What does the Law have to do with us? Most Christians ignorantly will state that the law has nothing to do with then since they are under grace. But... http://biblica.com/bible/verse/index.php?q=John+1&niv=yes 2008-07-01T16:12:41-05:00 From John 1 in the Bible: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=43 2008-01-08T09:12:46-05:00 The natural man is exceedingly perverse, and Satan knows how to wield this perversity of the heart. We, in our day, are ready to excuse ourselves for slowness to believe in the Lord Jesus by saying, 'How much easier it would have been, had we seen Him in the flesh...