February 9, 2022
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Prayer, Government,
1 Timothy 2:1-4
First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.
3This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,
4who desires all people to be saved and to come ...
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July 6, 2018
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Prayer, ask, Discern, Word of God, Will of God
As life goes on we are repeatedly faced with choices. And as we are confronted with choices we can be tempted in various ways. We can seek to escape them. Or we can make our choice based on our own worldly wisdom. Or we can rashly make a choice without even thinking.
By contrast, we ought to learn to pray, discern and decide....
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July 6, 2018
by Gavin Peacock
| Tags: Rejoice, Suffering, gratefulness, Prayer
Christians have God astheir Protector, Provider and Saviour through Jesus Christ. We ought to be joyful....
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March 17, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Justification, sola fide, King David, Chronicles, Heart, Good Works
David talks in First Chronicles 29 about uprightness of heart, but why does he do that? Why does the heart matter when looking at good deeds like a Temple offering? ...
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March 17, 2018
by Gavin Peacock
| Tags: Devotional, heart work, priority, Prayer, reading scripture
So at the beginning of the New Year, make devotional heart work a priority and tap into the life giving Spirit of Christ (John 7:38-39). ...
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February 28, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Meaning, Significance, steve jobs, Mortality, Death, Prayer, King David
Human beings have an innate longing for meaning and significance. As we continue to pray after David's example in First Chronicles 29 we wrestle with the need for us to confess our mortality and shortness of days to God, and live in light of them....
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February 27, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Sovereignty, Prayer, Ability, Will, Calvinism, King David, Chronicles, Temple
Even our willingness and ability to do things for God are gifts from his hand. In this article we look at and pray in light of this truth as David presents it in his prayer, found in First Chronicles 29....
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February 26, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Calvary Grace Church, Temple, offering, David, Gratitude, Providence
God provides all that we have. As we continue to pray through First Chronicles 29 in celebration of a year in our own building, we look at how David acknowledged God's provision of all things as an example for our own prayers....
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February 25, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Calvary Grace Church, Prayer, Praise, blessing, Building, offering, King David, Chronicles
As we remember God's provision in the life of our own church one year ago, when we took possession of a building of our own for the first time, we look at the example of David's model prayer in First Chronicles 29. In this article we consider how David opened his prayer--with blessing and praise....
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February 25, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Building, Prayer, Gratitude, Thanksgiving, offering, Calvary Grace Church, King David
Gratitude is a crucial attitude of the Christian life. As we continue to mark our first anniversary in a building of our own, we seek to imitate David's example of thanksgiving in prayer found in First Chronicles 29....
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February 19, 2018
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Devotionals
| Tags: Calvary Grace Church, Building, Prayer, giving, King David, Temple, offering, Sovereignty
Sometimes God provides spectacularly in the life of an individual or a church. On Calvary Grace's first anniversary as "homeowners" in a building of its own, we pause to consider the example of King David's Israel after God ordains a staggering offering by his people for his Temple, seeking wisdom on how to pray after God pours out blessings....
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February 19, 2018
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Devotionals
| Tags: Calvary Grace Church, Building, Prayer, offering, Sovereignty, King David, Temple, Worship
We can’t understand the amazing prayer offered in First Chronicles 29 unless we first understand the man who offered it. In this article, we’re going to look at King David, a "man on a mission." We’ll review what brought him to that moment, in order to help us grasp why he prayed the way he did....
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January 5, 2018
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Application, Word, Ministry, sharing
We’ll wrap up this newsletter series by introducing three new e-book Ministry Guides you can download to help you with this ministry, along with providing (all in one place) the links to the Study Outlines introduced over the past month...
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December 22, 2017
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, God's Word, Belive
ACTS stands for Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. When gathering one-to-one for prayer, you simply take turns, each praying a prayer of adoration, then each praying a prayer of confession, and so on....
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December 22, 2017
by Jeff Jones
| Tags: Prayer, Application, Listen
Sermon listening is a central part of the Christian life, and so why not learn more about it? Christopher Ash has written a very short but very useful booklet called Listen Up! A practical guide to listening to sermons, filled with useful tips and challenging questions that will help you “take care…how you hear” (Luke 8:18). After getting started with Gathering One2O...
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October 6, 2017
by Clint Humfrey
| Tags: Faith, Prayer, Gospel, Channel, motivation, goal
Paul always presented his desires to God, so that if God answered his prayer, his desires would be met in God’s way.
So Paul’s Gospel is the channel of his prayers.
Paul’s Gospel is the motivation for his prayers
Paul’s Gospel is the goal of his prayers. ...
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February 24, 2017
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Grace, Prayer, Sin, Truth
As Christians, we insist that truth can be known. Truth is objective and the most important truths we can know are centered in God and presented in his Word. ...
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January 27, 2017
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Theology
| Tags: Prayer, Listen Up!, Expositional Listening, Sermon Listening
The conviction that drives this work is stated up front: “it is good when when people who can read, do read and study the Bible; but it is vital that all people, without exception, hear the Bible preached”. Ash’s aim, then, is to help Christians “‘consider carefully how you listen’ (Luke 8 v 8).”...
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May 20, 2016
by Terry Stauffer
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Holiness, Prayer, Warfare
Prayer is hard work. External distractions may be managed by going into another room and leaving our phone out of reach, but what about internal distractions, how do we manage those?...
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November 27, 2015
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: Building, Prayer, Work
When the exiles returned from Babylon they rebuilt the wall of Jerusalem. Nehemiah tells us that, “each laboured on the work with one hand and held his weapon with the other.” (4.17). They didn’t have the luxury of focusing entirely upon the building work, since they were in a hostile environment. But they couldn’t simply focus on fighting all of the time; they had...
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August 21, 2015
by Paul Toews
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: character, Godliness, Humility, Prayer
Continuing with Thomas Watson on characteristics of the godly person from “The Godly Man’s Picture”:...
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June 24, 2015
by Clint Humfrey
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Category:
Bible Study
| Tags: bible, Prayer, study, cross reference
Since we believe Paul when he said, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness” (2 Tim 3.16), then we all want to know our bibles better. Obviously, the starting point for this is to read the bible. But there are some things that can help us to do that. Here are four ways to know you...
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June 1, 2015
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Life Application
| Tags: communion, devotions, Discipline, Prayer
There is no doubt that the key to Christian life and growth is communion with God…on your own! You’ll hear many people say that they pray throughout the day with arrow prayers or they pray with other people. This is good, but this is not the foundation. Jesus constantly went to be with his Father in prayer (Matt. 26:36; Mark1:35; Luke 4:42, 5:16, 6:12). If he did this,...
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August 14, 2014
by Gavin Peacock
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Category:
Church History
| Tags: mueller, Prayer, orphans
The Lord’s instructions are simple. You pray to me and ask. I will supply you with what you need to bring you through. You will praise me. The part we play is to ask for and receive help. The part God plays is to provide in response and receive our praise. The provider gets the praise the receivers get the reward of God’s help....
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January 18, 2014
by Jeff Jones
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Category:
Current Events
| Tags: conference, ryan fullerton, Love, Prayer, Mission
This coming weekend, our annual January conference will take place. Ryan Fullerton, pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and a former roommate of Pastor Clint’s, will be preaching on the subject of “Abiding Love: Learning to Love in a Cold World.” I’ve said before that God has blessed this man as a preacher; here’s a message I had the privil...
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