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Others can tell how much we love Jesus by the way we serve Him. They can tell by the way we give to Him. They can tell by the way we worship Him.  You see, a lot of us have a fake “Zirconium Jesus.” Because if we all had a real “Diamond Jesus” then there’d be nothing that would keep us from going crazy about the Lord Jesus Christ! Find out what this means on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we live the Christian life, we need a love that will sacrifice for the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Because many of us have praise for Christ on our lips, but the rest of our lives doesn’t demonstrate our love for Him. In other words, according to Pastor Ford, we often have high praise, but low living! Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we wrap up this study from Genesis 2 and take a concluding look at “the perfect guy,” we can thank God for His grace and His power, as He continues the job of shaping us and molding us into His image. As long as we don’t become too stubborn, by not allowing Him to work in our lives, the Lord is continually making us into the people He wants us to be—whether that’s the “perfect guy” or the “perfect gal.” 

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As we continue to look at the character of “the perfect guy,” if you’re a husband, instead of putting down your wife because of her weaknesses, you should rather strive to become her strength in her weaknesses. Then as a husband, you can become like Jesus to your wife. And Pastor Ford will remind us that’s exactly what the Bible says, that a man ought to be like Jesus to his wife. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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How do you know if you’re on your way to becoming “the perfect guy”? One way is to look at your stewardship in the areas of time, talent, and treasure. Are you following the Lord’s commandments about those areas in the way you’re supposed to be following? The perfect guy has resources that have been given by God and he exercises good stewardship of those resources.” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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There’s power in the name of Jesus.  So much so, that when we focus on Him and on magnifying His name, our perspective changes.  We will realize that the problems in our lives will become smaller, in comparison to the light of His glory.  

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Before you make a commitment in a relationship, you should really consider some facts about the person with whom you are seeking a relationship.  Pastor Ford will urge us to quit making deep commitments to shallow people.  According to him, there’s too many who are making Mercedes investments into “hooptie” people.  Find out what the means on today’s Treasured Truth.

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The perfect guy will be someone in whom Jesus is resident and through whom the power of the Holy Spirit can be observed. So, he has the residency of Christ, and he has transparency.  We’ll also see that he has security and liberty.  Pastor Ford asks, “What else could you want in a man?” Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Nowadays, women often find themselves in relationships with men who don’t really think it’s important for dating to lead to marriage.  This seems to be acceptable within today’s popular culture.  But as we consider some Biblical principles of dating and relationships, Pastor Ford explains that if a man will not be accountable to anyone, and will not give you his last name, then he won’t be responsible as somebody to be in a relationship with.

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We’ll hear more of Pastor Ford’s description of the perfect guy, based on Genesis 2, and we’ll see that this person has respiration from God—God breathed in him and gave him the breath of life.  The perfect guy also has revelation—he’s a man of the book.  And, he has a relationship given by God.  These are just a few of the characteristics we’ll learn today as we look at how to identify the perfect guy.

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As we start a new study from Genesis 2, we’ll begin to look at the attributes of someone who could be considered “the perfect guy.” We’ll also learn some characteristics of someone who’s not. And Pastor Ford will ask, “What do you do when your prince charming turns into a frog? What do you do when your knight in shining armor turns out to be a fool in aluminum foil?

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When we consider the purpose in our problems and pain, we need to realize that it’s not how much of Jesus we have, but it’s how much of us that Jesus has. We need to ask ourselves, do we really trust Him in our time of trouble?

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Pastor Ford answers some listener questions today covering a variety of topics including moral issues related to today’s headlines, ways for single women to relate to men in a godly way, and how to respond when your spouse has an affair.

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When we’re going through persecution—but we know that we have Biblical salvation— that assurance should override any suffering we may be experiencing. How can that override any suffering? Because suffering’s only temporary, but salvation is eternal. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Pastor Ford explains that in order for suffering to be remedial, then what we have to realize is that we need to quit looking at the circumstances, and also quit looking at Satan. Instead, we have to start looking at the Savior! We have to begin by saying, “I know that God is controlling this thing.” And then we have to trust that He is going to get us through whatever we are facing.

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Suffering always has significance. God allows us to go through what we’re going through to develop in us something that is lacking in our character and to strengthen our walk with Him. And when we endure suffering, that’s when we find that we become more mature spiritually.

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When we become involved in ministry at our local church, we need to remember Who we’re working for. That it’s God Who has called us to this work and ultimate we’ll be accountable to Him. God has gifted each of us in special ways and has given us the things that He wants us to do.

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As we continue our study in the book of James, Pastor Ford will ask us to consider this question—even though we’re going through something right now, are we more committed to Jesus’ purpose than we are to getting out of our pain?

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When will followers of Christ be encouraged to serve in their local congregations? When they begin to understand that God has led them to the place where they worship, not just to get food from His Word. God led them there to work. And as Pastor Ford will remind us today, that’s all because we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus, to do good work!

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As we begin a study in Colossians 4, Pastor Ford will remind us today that followers of Christ are called to get involved with ministry at their local church. The church needs more people who utilize their gifts and are faithful in service—those who say, “God called me to this and I’m going to do this to the best of my God-given abilities. I may not always do it right. But I’m going to keep doing it until I get it right.”

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Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see how easy it was for Jephthah to assign the blame of his own mistake to his daughter and how that negatively affected a situation that was already terrible. And Pastor Ford will help us understand how our actions and reactions to situations in our lives can have severe affects on our own relationships.

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As we continue to look at the story of Jephthah’s vow, we’ll discover how other choices he made in his life had adverse effects on his daughter. And Pastor Ford will help us take a look at how we, as parents today, can begin to turn things around if we’ve made decisions that have negatively affected our children.

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In the Old Testament book of Judges, chapter 11, we read about Jephthah’s foolish vow. And today Pastor Ford will begin to explain how Jephthah came to make such a rash and drastic statement and then to what extent it affected his daughter and his own life and ministry.

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Many of us may be going through a tremendous struggle right now, but as we begin to look at how there is purpose in our problems and pain, Pastor Ford will encourage us to not waste our sorrows. Instead, we should embrace them, realizing that God is up to something and is working in our lives.

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As we continue to look at 2 Corinthians and understand what made the mindset of the Macedonian believers such an example for us, Pastor Ford will explain that the basis of their sacrificial spirit was a result of them understanding God’s ultimate sacrifice. God gave the best of heaven—Jesus, for the worst of earth—us!

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There are some people, no matter what you do to them, no matter what they go through, they will never deny Jesus, they’ll never backslide on Him. They can go without food, without job, without lots of things, and they still have the joy of the Lord. They still tell people that Jesus Christ is the center of their joy. And Pastor Ford points out how they can do just that and what having the mindset actually requires.

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Pastor Ford says that in 2 Corinthians 8, here’s what Paul is saying, ‘The reason, the Macedonians have become your example is because your thinking about giving is wrong. You don’t have the right motivation for giving. They do. And so, you need to have the Macedonian Mindset.” Find out what that mindset is on today’s Treasured Truth.

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We often wonder why there are shadows in our lives. Pastor Ford will explain today that it’s sometimes because we’ve let some kind of “moon” come in between us and God. What is moon? A moon doesn’t possess its own light, it only reflects what the sun gives it. So, he’ll ask us, “What is it that God has given to us, that we’ve now allowed to replace Him?”

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In today’s world, we buy more, but we enjoy it less. We have bigger houses, but smaller hearts. We have more conveniences, but less time. We have multiplied our possessions, but we have reduced our values. And we have learned how to make a living, but we haven’t learned how to make a life. On today’s Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at stewardship and Pastor Ford will encourage us to not follow the world’s example of how to handle our money and view possessions.

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How can we know if we are mature believers? When His purpose is more important to us than our pain. Some people won’t get involved in ministry because they know that they’re going to get hurt. But Pastor Ford will explain today that we all must ask ourselves, is Calvary more important than our own personal comfort?

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As we begin to look at the theology of stewardship, Pastor Ford will ask how many of us have made God the Lord of the leftovers? Because if we’re honest with ourselves, He usually gets our leftover time, our leftover talents, our leftover treasures. We often think, ‘If I have anything left, then I can give to God.’

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When we look at the difference between joy and happiness, we learn that joy is produced by the Holy Spirit; happiness is produced by the human spirit. And so, if it’s independent of circumstances, joy is not impacted by what’s happening around us or to us. Joy is what’s happening through us.

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When we seek to understand joy, we’ll discover that joy changes our attitude, our affections, and it helps us with the way we act and respond to the circumstances in our lives.

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Part of understanding joy is considering its source. Our joy is based on our relationship with God and it is born in us by the Holy Spirit. Joy elevates us in the presence of God. It controls our worship of Him, even when we’re going through difficult times and situations.

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We’ve been learning that grace has many benefits. Today Pastor Ford will share how grace transforms our tears into triumph, our gloom into glory, our weakness into strength, our barrenness into fruitfulness, our worries into worship and our heartaches into hallelujahs!

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One benefit of grace is justification. With justifying grace, Jesus clothed us in His righteousness. So now when God looks at us, He no longer sees our sin, He sees His Son, because we’re covered in the blood of Jesus Christ.

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As we look further at the benefits of grace, Pastor Ford will help us see that grace sets us up and provides everything we need for where God is taking us.

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Who is grace? Titus 2:11-13 says, “The grace of God has appeared to all men.” Pastor Ford will explain today how that verse is referring to Jesus. He’s the grace of God! And as believers, we receive all the blessings of His benefits.

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As we continue our study in 2 Corinthians, we discover that Paul had a unique perspective about his problems, because he chose to look at the Problem Solver, instead of at his problems. Instead of looking at the Devil, who has some power, Paul chose to focus on the One Who has all power—Jesus Christ.

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Even though it often seems that the benefits we’re expecting are delayed, grace is always working on our behalf to give us what we do not deserve. And God is either getting us ready for what He has for us or He’s getting ready for us the things He has in store for us.

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Pastor Ford will remind us that the Apostle Paul essentially encouraged us to not ever take our eyes off of Christ and put our eyes on our problems or our pain. By maintaining what Pastor Ford calls an abiding vision of God, Paul was able to accept his suffering when God chose not to remove it from his life.

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Prayer is an indispensable weapon in spiritual warfare. It’s our cooperation with God in our stance with Him against our common enemies. And so what we want to do is see why and how we should apply prayer as one of our main weapons of warfare. So join us to learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we look at Luke chapter 9, we’ll learn the purposes of prayer based on the disciples’ prayer and Pastor Ford will explain the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged and how prayer is one of the main weapons we can use in battle.

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As we look at Luke chapter 9, we’ll learn the purposes of prayer based on the disciples’ prayer and Pastor Ford will explain the spiritual warfare in which we are engaged and how prayer is one of the main weapons we can use in battle.

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When our heavenly Father tells us to do something, we shouldn’t question it, but rather we should just do it because He said so.  We’re His children and He’s our Father—and He knows best.  We can be grateful for God’s prerogative because it’s always focused on the best outcome for us. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Pastor Ford will remind us that God works His sovereign will in spite of us.  He uses us, even though we may not realize that we’re being used by Him.  He is still working out His plan for the best possible outcome in our lives.  And although we may not see it or understand what He’s doing, we can still be grateful for His sovereignty. 

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Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll continue to look at how the Apostle Paul described and dealt with his “thorn in the flesh.” Pastor Ford will point out that there was a tension, or a tandem nature about Paul’s situation—God graced the suffering to him, but Satan was the one who was giving him fits. Satan was the one causing his pain. It wasn’t God. God was the one being gracious toward him.

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Nothing will make us pray like a problem.  And that’s one reason why God allows problems to enter our lives so we will learn to depend more on Him.  But we don’t need to understand God’s methods, we just have to trust that He is God and that He knows best and then be thankful for His work in our lives.  Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.

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We can’t see God with our eyes. And signs of how He is working in the world and in our lives are not always visible to us. But the Scriptures assure us that no matter what we perceive He is always working. And for that we can be grateful and can express our gratitude to Him in prayer. 

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Praying with an attitude of gratitude involves focusing in on thanking God for Who He is.  We can express our gratitude to Him for His many attributes, like His power and His purity.  And we can begin by shifting our focus from ourselves to Him. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Gratitude is an important part of life, especially when it comes to our relationship with God. In our prayer life, we ought to be thankful. We ought to always have an attitude of gratitude and be thanking God continually for all that He has done. To learn about this and more, join us for today's Treasured Truth.

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God sometimes tells us to wait for answers to our prayers until it’s humanly impossible for what we’re waiting for to be accomplished. We wait until there’s no earthly way for it to happen, so that everyone knows if God didn’t do it, then it just wouldn’t get done. Learn more about why God sometime tells us to wait when we pray on today's Treasured Truth.

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One reason why we’re fighting against what God is allowing to happen in our lives may be because we’re immature in our faith and we don’t understand that God’s not allowing our suffering to happen in order to hurt us. Instead, He’s trying to help us. He’s not trying to destroy us. He’s trying to develop us.

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God has various reasons for having us wait for answers to our prayers. One of them is to bless others while blessing you. But sometimes that may require a delayed answer for us. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.

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God has a reason for everything He does.  When He answers our prayers with, “Wait,” we should trust Him.  He knows that if He gives us what we’re asking for, our state of readiness in terms of our maturity can’t handle what we want to receive.  So for our own good, we must wait. 

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We pray to commune with God and to communicate with Him.  But there are also other objectives we should have when we pray.  Learn about all five reasons why we pray on today’s Treasured Truth.

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We commonly think that there are three ways God answers prayer—yes, no, and wait. But today, we’ll look at a fourth answer to prayer that we don’t often consider. God will sometimes answer us by saying, “My grace is sufficient for you.”

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The greatest invitation to pray lies in the phrase, “Our Father.” With that invitation, God supplies the initiative for us to come to Him. And because He is the Author of prayer, He is supposed to be the aim and the focus of our praying.

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We need to remember that God can do with us whatever, whenever, wherever, and however He pleases. And guess what—He’s not going to ask our permission to conform us to the image of Jesus Christ. However, we must realize that sometimes the best way He is able to do just that is through our suffering. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we look further at the structure God has given us for prayer, Pastor Ford will lead us to explore more about what the exact basis of prayer should be and what makes our individual prayers valid.

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God is the Author of prayer and gives us the requirements of prayer. He tells us in His word that we must be in a relationship with Him, in order to pray. Learn more about the divine structure of prayer on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Today, Pastor Ford continues to share with us the basics of prayer. He will remind us that prayer is not only for us to commune with and communicate with God, it’s also for us to commit more fully to Him and cooperate with His will in our lives.

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Pastor Ford will explain that when we get to the root of it, prayer is first of all communion with God. However, we need to realize that definition of prayer doesn’t seem to fit how most believers view prayer and utilize it in their lives. Learn more about this on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Sometimes we have to go back to the basics to recall the foundational truths of our faith. Today, Pastor Ford begins a study on the basics of prayer, reminding us about the importance of the discipline of prayer.

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Sometimes all we can see is our problems. We’re surrounded by our handicaps, our sicknesses, and our liabilities—emotionally, physically, psychologically, socially, and financially. What we need is a fresh, abiding vision of God. On today’s Treasured Truth, Pastor Ford will remind us that we can ask God to help us see Him in the midst of our suffering.

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When trying to get out of debt, will we do as the widow in the book of 2 Kings did? As Blind Bartimaeus and as Abraham did? What is it they did? They believed God to bring life to a dead situation. They didn’t try to figure out how God was going to do it. They just acted on what God said and held on despite all the negative circumstances in their lives.

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As we continue to look at how to get out of debt, we’ll learn that when we borrow, it entwines us and unites us together with someone other than God who’s going to direct our lives because of what we owe them.

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When we allow God to use our stuff for His purposes, He takes our stuff and multiplies it to meet our needs. Learn more about how God honors us when we honor Him with our finances on today’s Treasured Truth.

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If God loved us enough to set us free and to pay our sin debt, then He loves us enough to guide us, guard us, govern us, and to grace us, then to provide and protect us as we give generously to others and begin to honor Him with our money. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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How can we know that we’re serious about getting out of debt? When we commit to giving God what is due to Him first. That’s how we know we’re serious and we can trust that God will honor us when we honor Him with our finances. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthian church about his “thorn in the flesh.” And Pastor Ford will explain how Paul dealt with his suffering by keeping an abiding vision of God, so that it helped him to deal with whatever he was going through. We’ll learn that Paul wasn’t looking at his suffering. He was looking at the Savior.

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How do we begin to get out of debt? A good place to start is by crying out to God for His help. Yet, the problem is some of us cry out to Him, but we’re not serious. We’re waiting on God to do something to get us out of debt and God is waiting on us to do something to show Him that we are serious and are desperate for His help. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Does being in debt distort our goals? Yes, because when we’re in debt, we can’t seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness. Why? It’s because we’ve gone into debt adding these things to ourselves, instead of letting the Lord add them to us in His time and through His provision. Pastor Ford will discuss these principles on today's Treasured Truth.

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When we don’t obey God, He doesn’t lose—we do! So, when we consider all the things that He’s told us to do and we’ve decided we’re not going to do them, we’re the ones that have always ended up in a mess. And that’s especially true when it comes to our finances. Learn more about how to get out of debt on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Today we take a break from our normal programming lineup so Pastor Ford can answer your questions about the Bible and the Christian life.  The topics he’ll be explaining include how to deal with infidelity in marriage and the importance of being sober in the Christian life, especially as marijuana is becoming one of the most commonly used “recreational” drug throughout America.

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When we desire restoration, we first must recognize what’s wrong and then do something about it. Sometimes we encounter problems or issues, and we want to give up instead of resolving them. But the passage we’ll be studying today encourages us not to give up, but instead to grow up. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we begin a study today from 2 Corinthians, and consider why God gives us challenges and liabilities that we must deal with in our lives, Pastor Ford will challenge us to consider this question—Is it conceivable that you have your disability not as a liability, but as a possibility?

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Pastor Ford will explain today that we need to realize that we can’t fix what we can’t face and we can’t correct what we won’t confront. In order for us to be restored, God first wants us to acknowledge that we have issues, that we have sinned, and that we’ve broken fellowship with Him. When we do that, then the restoration can begin.

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Our fellowship with God is not an afterthought for Him. Instead, it was a forethought. Because He set things up before we sinned so we would know that when we sin we can restore our fellowship back with Him. Learn more about this important aspect of God's love for us on the next Treasured Truth.

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Why should we get or give forgiveness? Because it consistently deepens our sense of God’s grace to us and magnifies His forgiveness toward us. It begs us to ask ourselves, “How dare we keep something against someone when God’s forgiven us for all that we have done?” Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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When seeking forgiveness, our response to the hurt and pain that we’ve caused the person from whom we’re seeking forgiveness is crucial to their healing process. As we study about how to get forgiveness, today we’ll begin learn more about how important proper restitution can be.

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When we’ve studied Genesis 50 in the past, we saw how Joseph forgave his brothers for the terrible things that they had done to him. In this new study, Pastor Ford will share the steps that Joseph’s brothers took to seek that forgiveness from him. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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As we look further at the story of Esther, we’ll learn more about how God brought her to a specific time and place in order for her to fulfill her destiny. Pastor Ford will encourage us to consider how God wants us to use the time He’s given us in our lives to fulfill our own destinies and to do great things for Him. Hear more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Don’t try to substitute anything for obedience because there is no substitute.  Your service won’t substitute.  Your worship won’t substitute.  Your money won’t substitute.  Nothing substitutes for total obedience of God’s will for your life. 

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Pastor Ford wants to remind us today that the Lord says to all of us, “If you believe Me and trust My word, you don’t need a verse.  You don’t need a chapter, a book, a section, or a testament.  You just need one word—Come!” 

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When it comes to spirituality, sometimes we’re five miles wide and only a half inch deep. We know the lingo better than we know the Lord. So, we’re complaining in the light about what we’re sneaking around and doing in the dark.  And Jesus says to us, “Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?”  Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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Today, Pastor Ford will remind us how we should approach worship. He'll explan that when we come to worship the Lord, we shouldn't judge the way others are worshipping. We should just worship the Lord in the way that the Holy Spirit and the truth that we’re hearing is leading us to, and let others worship the way in which they are being led. Find out more on today's Treasured Truth.

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We’re always going to get out of worship what we bring to worship. As we’re leaving a worship service, some of us may feel compelled to talk about how we feel after we’ve left God’s presence. Instead, we ought to talk about how God felt after we left His presence, because worship is all about Him. If we come to worship to get something out of it, then we’ve come for the wrong reasons. Learn more when you join us for today’s Treasured Truth.

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When we think about the time we spend living our lives for the Lord, we tend to focus on duration. But God focuses on donation. We focus on longevity, but God focuses on legacy. We may hear someone say, “I’ve been saved for twenty years.” And that may be true, but that person’s been out of God’s will for eighteen of those years. So, Pastor Ford will explain that at the judgment seat of Christ, they’ll only get credit for the two years they were living in the will of God. Learn more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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What is God's manifested presence? How do we experience it when we come together for worship? The scriptures say that the Lord dwells in the midst of the praises of His people. That means whenever we praise God, He manifests His presence among us. And Pastor Ford will point out that scripture indicates the Lord actually comes and “sits down on” our praise. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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We have a Savior Who loves us with an everlasting love. We have an Intercessor Who continually prays for us according to the will of God. Our Redeemer offers us grace, salvation and hope. And that should be enough motivation for us to keep hanging in there, no matter what we face.

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God’s plan to redeem us has been in place since the beginning of time. He planned it and provided it for us before we ever sinned. In order for us to know this salvation that the Father appointed for us in eternity past, the Son atoned for us at Calvary and the Spirit applied it to us in time. Our part in the process is to accept the grace He has provided for us. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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You may find yourself in a difficult place. You may be the only believer at your workplace or in your family. But instead of lamenting about being the only believer in your circle, instead think of yourself as the first believer. Don’t quit or withdraw. Let your light shine so that those around you can come to know Who Jesus is.

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Today, Pastor Ford remind us that we all need to understand everything Jesus gives us when we accept Him as Savior.  He gives us His person to live with, His purpose to live for, His priorities to live by, His provision to live on, and His power to live through. Find out more on today’s Treasured Truth.

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On most tombstones, there’s the date of one’s birth and the date of one’s death, and then a dash in the middle.  We don’t control the day we’re born or the day we die.  But we do control what we do with the dash in the middle. So today, Pastor Ford will encourage us to use the time represented by that dash to make it count for the Lord. 

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Do you feel that you need a little more Jesus in your life? If we really love Jesus, then we’ll draw near to Him. We’ll also want to get to know Him better. How do we do this? Pastor Ford says we should seek communion with Jesus. Join us [for today’s Treasured Truth] as we start a new message from Hebrews 10.

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When they were surrounded by enemies and their back was up against the wall, all that King Jehoshaphat and the army of Judah did was trust God. And God fought the battle for them. Today, Pastor Ford will remind us that it’s just like the good news of Jesus Christ. We have strong enemies that stand against us—the world, the flesh and the Devil—but we don’t have to fight them on our own because Jesus already did.

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Pastor Ford reminds us today we must believe that where God leads, God feeds. And where God guides, He provides. We have to believe that when God directs, He always protects. Hear more about these important reminders on today’s Treasured Truth.

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