… and you will have to deal with him. don't fret over it. just be ready. the good news is, jesus, our champion and savior, said, "i have overcome the world" (john 16:33). learn where the point of attack is. jesus said in mark 4:19 that "all too quickly the message is crowded out by the … and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced." if we want our lives to bear good fruit, it's clear that we have to learn how to overcome the things that try to get us off the word. satan's main strategy is to get the word out of your heart. he puts pressure on you to quit …

… things are permissible, not everything is beneficial (1 corinthians 10:23). at kcm, we believe it is wise for a believer to abstain from alcohol completely. date sun, 01/07/2024 - 12:00 tue, 01/07/2025 - 12:00 wed, 01/07/2026 - 12:00 thu, 01/07/2027 - 12:00 topic life & work tags sin …

… i experienced repeated failure just as you have. i lost literally hundreds of pounds, only to gain them right back again. i would go to god and complain about it and ask for help time after time. but i still wasn't able to experience victory in that area as i had in other areas of my life. … when i had received deliverance from tobacco, i'd just given it up totally. the same thing was true with alcohol. but food? if i gave that up completely, i would starve to death! then the lord set me straight. "i'm not going to deliver you from food altogether," he said, "just from … foods that were good for me. and, sure enough, he did. don't get me wrong now. all of my problems didn't vanish overnight. i had to make a firm commitment-a quality decision from which there is no turning back-to put gluttony behind me. and i had to stand on the word of god in faith, …

… a hundredfold return is for sowing seed of any offering you give. but does it also apply to giving your tithe? actually, the tithe is a specific commandment from the lord and carries its own blessing with it. this is a blessing that is separate from the blessing we receive when we sow an … blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land" (malachi 3:10-12). the tithe is different from an offering. the tithe is the first 10 percent god commands us to give on the gross of all our income-offerings are above and beyond that. after you tithe, you can sow seed and expect to receive the hundredfold return on that seed. the great …

… their labor to god. again in genesis 14, we find that abraham tithed-before the law. but old testament tithing was just a shadow of what was to come. although the old covenant saints were blessed through their tithing, we enjoy even greater blessings through our tithing today, because we … that's why tithing isn't just a matter of the pocketbook. it is a matter of the heart. so, if you've been tithing as a religious routine, out of compulsion or without faith-that's just bucket plunking. that's not tithing. one who gives cheerfully is a true tither in the eyes of god (2 …