No one can gain eternal favor from God by means of their holy lifestyle or clean living. “But as He who has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation” (1 Pet 1:15). You are holy in your position in Christ Jesus. When you are filled with the Holy Spirit you are living a holy life. Your advance to spiritual maturity, the holiness you want to attain, is a gradual process only attained by studying under a well-qualified pastor. Your pastor is to teach you Biblical wisdom concepts to apply in your life so that you understand positional sanctification, which is your holiness, experiential sanctification, which is your spirituality, and ultimate sanctification, which is your eventual resurrection body minus the sin nature.
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God’s plan is not for you to be discouraged in times like these. Here’s what God says, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope’” (Jer 29:11). “Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation and be constant in prayer” (Rom 12:12). It’s not an elected leader who can turn around the course of history. It’s only you and your spiritual life. You must understand and use God’s 10 problem-solving devices if you intend to live a successful Christian life. “If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small” (Prov 24:10).
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Freedom from anger begins with the filling of the Holy Spirit. Anger destroys peace, poisons relationships, and grieves the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Rick Hughes explains where anger originates and how believers can overcome it—not through self-control, but through the filling of the Holy Spirit. Learn the biblical principles that replace anger with patience, forgiveness, and divine viewpoint thinking, and discover how to live free from emotional control and filled with God’s power.
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Our salvation is secured by faith. “Having been justified by faith [not works] we have peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ” (Rom 5:1). Faith is trust in God and His Word. The more of the Word of God you know, the more resources of faith you have. “We walk by faith and not by sight” (2 Cor 5:7). If you want to live by faith, you must exercise your faith and this develops it. Learning and applying God’s Word is how you do it. The victory of your faith is overcoming the world. “For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world - our faith” (1 John 5:4-5).
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God expects you to get up after a mistake and keep driving ahead. Let go of past mistakes and failures. "Forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus” (Phil 3:13-14). Remorse is not sinful but when it turns into guilt it changes to sin. Guilt is part of the emotional complex of sins. Guilt motivates many failures in the spiritual life. Satan will use guilt to distract, discourage and defeat you. You must learn to overcome guilt. God’s problem-solving device rebound addresses sin. You don’t have to live with guilt. Move forward in your spiritual life by learning and applying God’s Word.
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You are the solution to the problems in this nation, not the President or Congress. Fulfilling the unique spiritual life God gives you is the primary factor in history. “Let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me” (Jer 9:23-24). There is a FOG across this nation. Failure of spiritual leadership, open rebellion in the streets to the rule of law and God’s Word rejected and ignored. If we continue to go down the path we’re on, ignoring God’s Word, the justice of God will destroy client nation USA. This is why it’s so important to have the Word of God in your soul so you are prepared for what is coming. Our nation is under liability to the Supreme Court of Heaven and the five cycles of discipline. When you turn to the Lord, grow spiritually and become a mature believer you are a blessing to this nation. “If My people that are called by My name will humble themselves and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways and pray, then I will hear and heal their land” (2 Chronograph 7:14).
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If you don’t have a fantastic life, it’s your own fault. Happiness is a state of the soul. The secret to happiness is learning and applying God’s Word in your life and advancing to spiritual maturity. “Happiness belongs to those who hear My Father’s Word and keep it” (Luke 11:28). God’s happiness, true happiness, the tranquility of soul, a relaxed mental attitude, and perfect contentment can be yours but only if you establish a FLOT line in the mentality of your soul. You must grow spiritually. “These things I have told you so that My joy might remain in you and your joy might be full” (John 15:11). You must utilize God’s grace provisions. “I will rejoice and be happy in the provisions of God’s grace” (Ps 31:7). “O Lord of the armies, how happy is the man who trusts in You” (Ps 84:12). The unfailing love of God is the most powerful source of blessing we have and provides an increasing degree of a superabundance of happiness.
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The secret to contentment is being occupied with the Lord Jesus Christ, problem-solving device number 10. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Phil 4:12-13). Acquiring Biblical wisdom to build a FLOT line in your soul’s mentality is the true path to inner happiness and contentment. “The peace of God which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:7). Stress-related sins of worry and anxiety rob you of your happiness and take away your relaxed mental attitude. A FLOT line in your soul will insulate you from peace-stealing circumstances because eternal security is your greatest peace.
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The big lie of the cosmic system is that people and circumstances will make you happy. The cosmic system creates doubt and confusion. If you doubt, the first thing you’re going to doubt is God’s Word and you’re going to get confused, especially if you’re listening to the wrong pastor. The cosmic system stirs up chaos. We call it the FOG - failure of spiritual leadership, open rebellion against God and rejection of God’s Word. “Stop loving the cosmic system or anything that is in the cosmic system.” (1 John 2:15). We. Must stick with the Word of God. This is our only defense against cosmic lies. Arrogance is the super-food of the cosmic system. Satan seeks to draw us into preoccupation and obsession with ourselves.
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Discover God’s unfailing, unconditional love and how true love works. What is true love according to Scripture? Rick Hughes explains how God’s love is unconditional, unfailing, and unearned — demonstrated perfectly through Jesus Christ’s sacrifice. Learn how understanding divine love shapes our love for God, family, and friends, and how believers can reflect His character in everyday life.
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Disobedience to God’s rules leads to rebellion and ruin - personally and for a nation. The one stabilizing factor that steadies the ship and calms the storm is always authority. There has to be an authority and this establishes the rules we live under. “Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities” (Rom 13:1). This is a divine mandate, a rule. The fool rejects God’s Word and this is rebellion. “For the ways of the naive will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them” (Prov 1:32). You can’t hide your rebellion from God. He knows. Using your volition to ignore God’s rules will bring you misery. Not going to God and admitting your sin will lead you to ruin. Yes, you can recover through the use of rebound. God will never abandon you. David prayed, “I did acknowledge my sin to You and you forgave the guilt of my sin” (Ps 32:1-5).
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Christians are peculiar people because we have different mindsets and particular callings. We don’t think as the world thinks but instead with a divine viewpoint, thinking with the mind of Christ. “Be not conformed to this world” (Rom 12:1). Divine viewpoint gives Christians understanding, insight and discernment. Christians don’t fear death. “For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain” (Phil 1:21). What makes us peculiar is our position in Christ. We are in Christ and Christ is in us. “Christ in you, the hope of glory” Col 1:27). And our uniqueness lies in the power we have from the ministry of the Holy Spirit and the living Word of God.
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As a Christian, you are in the royal family of God. You are in full-time royal service for the Lord as both a believer priest and a royal ambassador. “You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood” (1 Pet 2:9). With the royal priesthood we represent ourselves and with the royal ambassadorship we represent God to all mankind. All distinctions are erased at the point of salvation. We are all one in Christ. Divine power in the royal family comes from the filling of the Holy Spirit and the dynamics of the Word of God in your soul. Spiritual self-esteem is the base for effective application of the Word of God in your life. Be dependent on God and independent of problems. The royal honor code revolves around three principles: truth, integrity in your life, impersonal love toward others and grace orientation.
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A lazy believer is not willing to put forth the effort required to reach spiritual maturity. You must see your own spiritual malnutrition. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). God wants you to grow up to be spiritually strong and healthy re-presenting the Lord Jesus Christ. This is a mandate from God. “Study to show yourself approved unto God” (2 Tim 2:15). Knowing God is not the same thing as understanding God. God wants you to understand His unfailing love, righteousness and justice. Put in all the effort possible so you can reach spiritual maturity while there is still time.
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Satan is infiltrating churches and schools as a means to shut down client nation America. Many Christians are accepting being dumbed down. Satan is successfully planting his own ministers in churches to teach his doctrines. If you don’t study under a well-qualified pastor to grow spiritually and learn divine wisdom and discernment, you won’t see Satan’s infiltration. “Some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons” (2 Tim 4:1). You must be on the lookout. “'Woe to the pastors who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!’ Declares the Lord” (Jer 23:1-2). It is critical you understand the need for spiritual growth and spiritual wealth—only acquired by studying under the ministry of a well-qualified pastor.
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Catfishing God doesn’t work. You can’t deceive God. The only way to get to heaven is to do the will of God the Father. “This is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes In Him will have eternal life” (John 6:40). Works or being good won’t get you into heaven. You will have eternal life only by faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone. “For by grace are you saved through faith and it is a gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should brag about it” (Eph 2:8-9). Faith and works cancel each other. Do not give Satan an opportunity to impugn God’s name by being a deceiver. You can’t catfish God. Rebound, using 1 John 1:9, will cleanse you from your hidden sin.
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Spiritual renewal occurs when Christians seek to learn God’s Word. A national spiritual renewal must start with you. Revival brings unbelievers to Christ—but renewal brings believers back to the Word of God. In part two of the series, Rick Hughes challenges listeners to pursue genuine fellowship with God through recovery from sin, the filling of the Holy Spirit, and obedience to Scripture.
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You are saved if you have believed in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus Christ said, “No one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again” (John 3:3). When you believe in who He is and receive Him as your Savior you are born again. Believe is not something you do over and over. You make a volitional decision to believe in Jesus Christ and you are saved. Once saved, always saved. You can’t lose your salvation. “Whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). The moment you place your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior you enter into a permanent, eternal relationship with God and His royal family. “God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life” (1 John 5:11-13).
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Nowhere in Scripture are we told to have human mentors to guide us through the devil’s world. Your mentor is God the Holy Spirit. You need to learn the mechanics of the spiritual life and the iron for this to happen is a well-qualified pastor plus the filling of the Holy Spirit, not a fellow Christian. Our Lord prophesied the mentorship of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16-17, “I will ask the Father and He will give you another Helper that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it does not see Him or know Him; but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.” The Holy Spirit, your mentor, will sharpen you with Scripture through a well-qualified pastor.
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Your power source to stand firm in the angelic conflict is the filling of the Holy Spirit so the Lord can work in and through your life and God’s Word in your soul. “Be steadfast and immovable and abounding in the work of the Lord” (1 Cor 15:58). The work of the Lord is your spiritual gift, what God expects you to do in the body of Christ. Your spiritual gift becomes operational through spiritual growth. Nothing is more serious than the condition of your spiritual life as it relates to your post in the local body of Christ. “Be on guard, stand firm in the faith” (1 Cor 16:13-14). This is what God expects of you. “Stand fast in the Lord” (Phil 4:1) means to obey Him and stay strong even in adversity. Your mission is to light up the world with the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. God expects you to stand firm, be strong, be immovable and don’t give in to the devices of Satan.
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