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11/25/2024

Lord use us! Speak through us! Let us not get in the way of the plans that You have for us 🙏

11/24/2024

Amen 🙌 God has so much in store for you! You can find more from Pastor Tony Evans right here on CSN Radio. Tune in every Monday thru Friday at 7 PM PT - 8 PM MT - 9 PM CT - 10 PM ET.

11/23/2024

Hannah’s story is one of great faith and great sacrifice. Hannah was childless, and Eli the priest heard her pleading with the Lord for a son. The Lord granted her request. In return, she sent her young son, Samuel, to live and serve in the tabernacle when he was just a toddler. As far as we know, the only times she saw Samuel after that were during the family’s annual trips to offer sacrifices at the tabernacle, when she would take him a new robe that she had made. Hannah had many reasons to be angry and bitter about her situation. After all, she had a son but only saw him once a year. But she was neither angry nor bitter. Instead, she honored the Lord for answering her prayer and worshiped Him in gratitude and humility.

THINK ABOUT IT
Often and routinely worship the Lord by giving Him praise, honor, and glory for who He is and for all He has done, all He is doing, and all He will do. He is worthy of our worship.

- Allen Jackson

11/22/2024

Prayer rises to heaven even as the smoke of incense rises upward. Prayer also pleases God even as incense has a pleasing smell. Prayer needs some “fire” to be effective (James 5:16 speaks of “…the effective, fervent prayer”), and incense is activated with fire.

11/22/2024

Thanksgiving is coming! Holidays can be hard for those who have lost a loved one. Learn how to comfort those who are grieving with Pastor Greg’s book Hope for Hurting Hearts. Don’t miss out on your chance to get your copy of this timely resource. Go to harvest.org/donate/

11/20/2024

11/19/2024

Jesus “marveled” twice when it came to faith. The first was when a Roman soldier said that a simple word from Jesus could heal the soldier’s servant. Jesus “marveled” at this, saying, “I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!” (Luke 7:9) The second was when Jesus found little faith in Nazareth: “And He marveled because of their unbelief” (Mark 6:6).
Hebrews 11:6 says that faith is required to please God—faith in His existence and His rewarding of faith. Seeking God diligently is not easy—Solomon compared it to digging for hidden treasure (Proverbs 2:1-5). And Jesus said it begins with our will: “If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know...whether [My teaching] is from God or whether I speak on My own authority” (John 7:17). Building faith begins with our desire to know God, which leads to seeking Him and results in trusting Him.

God rewards the faith of those who seek Him; Jesus’ ministry of healing and compassion is evidence of that. Seek Him today, knowing your faith pleases Him.

- Turning Point with Dr. David Jeremiah

11/18/2024

Keep us united as we gather with friends and family for Thanksgiving celebrations. Let our thankfulness for Your goodness be a testimony to those who do not know You.

11/17/2024

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11/16/2024

Have you ever gone on a diet? Let me tell you from personal experience, it is no fun. The first three letters of the word explain it best: D-I-E. A diet is dying to yourself and what you want to eat in the hopes of losing weight.

For me, a low carb/no carb diet has proven effective. The only problem is that within a day—sometimes hours—I start craving carbs. Pizza, chips and queso, desserts and other carb taboos start calling my name, “Hey, Jeff … just take a little bite. It won’t hurt you. After all, you are not THAT fat. Come on, Jeff. You know you want to.”

Have you ever had temptation do that to you? Have you ever had temptation call your name to get you to indulge the flesh or delight the eyes or build the ego? If you are like the rest of us humans, the answer is a resounding yes. We are all tempted to lust, lie, cheat, steal, brag, hate, gossip, slander, etc. Temptation is an inescapable part of our fallen human condition.

The Tempter is at Work

The devil is called “the tempter” in Matthew 4:3. Like a master fisherman, he loves to dangle the delicious, “forbidden” bait before our eyes. To be sure, the forbidden bait looks so good and so satisfying—just as it did to Eve. But if you bite, you find the bait has a hook in it. For example, the sweet pleasure of illicit s*x quickly fades as the painful hook of guilt, shame, disease, or an unwanted pregnancy, or an STD comes into being.

Every temptation has a hidden hook in it. The devil is not your friend who wants to bring happiness and fulfillment to your life. He comes only “to steal, kill and destroy.” Anything he offers will eventually wreck and ruin your life. Like the unsuspecting fish, we will enjoy the bait for a short time, and then find ourselves hooked and cooked, gutted and grilled. That is the sad reality of temptation and sin.

How to be Victorious?

How can you and I have victory over those things that tempt us so?

Remember that God loves you and wants what is best for you. When God gives us commandments, they are always for our benefit. Every NO command is God’s way of saying, “Don’t do that because that will hurt you.”

We told our kids, “NO!” to putting their hand on the stove because we knew they would burn themselves. We love our kids, and we gave them rules and commandments to help them, not hurt them. God does the same thing with His children.

Disobedience is a step in the wrong direction. It will not bring lasting satisfaction, only lasting pain, sorrow, and regret. If you doubt that, just ask Abraham’s nephew, Lot.
Remember that God’s ways are right in every situation. Psalm 119:128 is a KEY verse to remember when fighting temptation: “Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way.” The devil tells us that this “forbidden fruit” will make us happy. What a lie! It will really make us miserable. Like eating a huge mound of Cotton Candy at the Fair, taking the devil’s bait will taste good for the moment, but as your stomach aches and your life begins to fall apart, you will wish you could go back in time.

Listen, God’s ways are right EVERY SINGLE TIME! You will never go wrong obeying Him. Every time you are tempted, recognize there is a hook in that temptation. Remind yourself that God’s ways are right and bring lasting peace, joy, and happiness.
Depend upon the Lord’s power to help you escape. 1 Corinthians 10:13 tells us, “No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, that you may be able to endure it.” What is the way of escape?

When you are tempted with the sins of the body—s*xual lust, laziness, overeating, etc. —the way of escape is accountability and a hard run. Flee immorality. Don’t fight it, flee it. It is too strong to fight. If you are on a diet, don’t go to an all-you-can-eat pizza place and say, “I’ll just have a salad.” That will never work. Find a godly accountability partner who will help you and pray for you.

When you are tempted with sins of the soul—greed, fame, revenge, etc.—the way of escape is to exercise faith (see 1 John 5:4). God is the One who satisfies, not fame, fortune, or a pound of flesh.

When tempted with the sins of the spirit—direct attacks from the enemy who will tell you that God doesn’t love you anymore, God is finished with you, and you need to curse God and die—the way of escape is to fight! James 4:7 commands, “Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Fight the devil’s lies with the sharp sword of the Word of God. God’s truth thwarts the lies of the enemy.
Victory over temptation can be yours as you trust Him, do what He says, and fill your heart with His love and grace.

- From His Heart Ministries

11/15/2024

Often power in prayer is lacking because there is little passion in prayer. It isn’t that we persuade God by emotional displays, but God wants us to care deeply about the things He cares deeply about.

11/14/2024

Grief is a universal experience. Have you discovered the hope that Jesus offers in times of pain and despair? Pastor Greg’s book “Hope for Hurting Hearts” can help you or someone you love walk through loss with faith. Receive your copy when you donate today. Go to harvest.org/donate/ to get it sent to you!

11/12/2024

Let me ask you something: Are you a Christian? If so, do you still sin?

You might think that’s a silly question. Every Christian I know still sins! But if our old sin nature has been “crucified with [Jesus],” as Romans 6:6 tells us, then why do we keep sinning?

Christ’s death separated us from the consequences of sin and the power of sin. But the reason we keep sinning even as Christians is that there’s one separation yet to be accomplished: we are yet to be separated from our body of sin.

The moment you became a Christian, a great renovation took place in your heart. But even though you’ve been changed internally, you haven’t been changed externally–you are still inhabiting a physical body that is infected with sin. There’s a new you in your old self. The result is a civil war between the old you who was opposed to God and the new you who wants to please God.

Paul talked about this conflict going on inside every Christian in Romans 7:18–19: “I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.”

Haven’t we all experienced that? The very thing we say we’ll never do again, we end up doing in the next ten minutes. And the thing we so badly want to do, we just can’t bring ourselves to do. That was Paul’s testimony as well. He continued, “But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good” (vv. 20–21).

That’s the conflict inside each of us: I want to do good, but I’m trapped in a body that doesn’t want to do good. Paul concluded, “Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!” (vv. 24–25). One day, God is going to set us free from our old bodies and give us brand-new bodies that are free from sinful desires.

That’s what spiritual circumcision is: a separation from the consequences of sin, the power of sin, and, ultimately, the body of sin.

- Dr. Robert Jeffress

11/11/2024

Thank you to all of our veterans across the nation! As we take the day in observance, we lift you all in prayer that God will bless you and continue to use you according to His Glory.

11/11/2024

Lord, please refocus us this week. Help us to focus on You alone and what You want us to do for Your glory in our daily lives.

11/10/2024

Matthew 5:14-16 says, "A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven." Stay encouraged with Pastor Allen Jackson on your local CSN Radio station.

11/09/2024

It requires skill and godliness to disagree graciously. It’s easy to get along with people with whom we share everything in common, where there is no concern about disagreement. But to live in harmony with people who look different and live differently than we do—that is a true sign of Christian maturity. So the expectation of the apostle Paul is that as Christians we will make the effort to do just that.

Paul’s call toward harmony is not a call toward a type of uniformity, where we all dress the same, act the same, vote the same, and talk the same. Indeed, the church in Rome was most certainly a varied group of people, diverse in background and in gifting. Paul emphasized that these differences were not to become a source of division or shame.

As the King James Version renders this verse, Paul wanted the Roman church to “be of the same mind one toward another.” In just the same way, he appealed to the Corinthians, “by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).

The gospel does not erase our distinctions or our disagreements. In fact, the unity that God’s people share in the main things—the gospel of Christ and the truth of His word—frees us to acknowledge our distinctions and disagreements on secondary matters. Christian unity does not lie ultimately in our politics, our social status, or what color we think the carpet should be, but in the one whom we know to be “the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).

Sadly, churches can be distracted by their disagreements, and Christians can elevate their personal concerns and preferences too highly. Some of us make every issue into one to divide over, and so we become legalists, splitting hairs and never happy until we are in a church of one. Some of us find it hard to make any issue one we will stand on and not compromise over, and so we become theological liberals, letting central gospel truths become negotiable. The harmony Paul calls us to contend for is gospel harmony. We need to know ourselves well enough to discern whether we are prone to be legalists or liberals. We need to ask God to grant us clarity of mind and charity of heart toward our brothers and sisters in Christ. And then we need to take a moment to examine our hearts to see if there is anyone with whom we are not in accord and take steps to promote, and not corrode, the gospel harmony that Christ died to bring us into.

- Truth For Life with Alistair Begg