by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Today, we’ll be learning a principle called the “Remove and Replace Principle.” Here is a cup filled with filthy water. If I want a cup with clean water in it, I will have to first throw out the filthy water, then pour clean water into it. This is the “Remove and Replace” Principle. We need to remove what is bad, unclean, and negative, and Replace them with that such is good, clean, and positive. In our minds, there are a lot of bad thoughts which must first be removed before the good thoughts can take their place. 1. Remove Negative Thoughts and Replace with Positive Thoughts 2. Remove Fearful Thoughts and Replace with Courageous Thoughts 3. […]
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by Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Toxins are anything that can make us sick or cause death. When we become believers in the Lord, our bodies now become the temple of God, and we are to take good care of it so that we can serve God. Yet we often overlook our spiritual health. Today, I want to study with you the toxins that affect our spiritual life. In the church, there are many toxins that can affect our spiritual life, one of which is having the wrong priorities. We make the most important things secondary, while regarding the secondary things as the most important. Because of this mis-prioritization, we do not make meaningful progress in our spiritual lives. Let us re-examine […]
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By Ptr. Mike Cariño Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash. In Matthew 5 to 7, Jesus preached the Sermon on the […]
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By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung Scripture passage: 18:23 – 19:7 The Book of Acts chapters 18:23 – 20:30 chronicles Paul’s third missionary journey. Paul’s third missionary focused on Ephesus, where he remained for a period of three years. This is the longest that Paul had stayed in one place. During this time, through Luke, the author of Acts, the Holy Spirit specifically mentioned several important figures, and we can learn from these people some valuable spiritual lessons: 1. Apollos – He was a teacher who received and passed in the truth 18:24-28 a. The 2 Timothy 2:2 model b. Three C’s of Discipleship 2. Twelve Disciples Unclear about their Faith 19:1-7 a. They were disciples without the Lord b. They were […]
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