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		<title>Self-Esteem Turned Christ-Esteem</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you have low self-esteem of the person you are looking at? When you look at this person do you wonder why bother? Do you think how can anyone love this person? Do you view yourself by what others say? Let&#8217;s look at what esteem is. The dictionary defines the ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Sad Story of a Wise Old Fool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The history of Solomon is an example of a man who had every blessing a person could want. As king of Israel for 40 years, he had power and fame. He had wealth beyond imagination. He had a discerning heart full of wisdom and understanding, making him wiser than the wisest men. He was a writer and composer, a scientist ...]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Thanks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thess. 5:16-18). When we stop to reflect upon all that we have in Christ, it is natural and normal to respond with praise and thanks to God. The ones who live in Christ ought to be the ...]]></description>
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		<title>Learning Contentment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content: I know how to be abased, and I know how to abound. Everywhere and in all things I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things ...]]></description>
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		<title>Four Spiritual Interventions (Part 1)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction &#124; 1 &#124; 2 &#124; 3 &#124; 4 &#8220;And God said, &#8216;Let there be light&#8217;, and there was light&#8221; (Gen. 1:3). The first spiritual intervention undertaken by God on our behalf occurred at Creation. The Book of Genesis describes the earth in chaos and covered in darkness. What a graphic way of illustrating the spiritual condition and need of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Identification With Christ</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paul says something very peculiar in Galatians 2:20: “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.” Does Paul mean to say that he was physically there with Christ on the Cross when Jesus died? We know that Jesus was crucified between two thieves and that Paul was probably not ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Principle of Surrender</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our daily life we come up against situations that we cannot overcome in our own strength, or with our own wisdom. We need a strength and a wisdom that comes from Above, that comes from Beyond, that comes from Another outside of us and yet rises up from within us. If you are truly born-again then you have experienced ...]]></description>
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		<title>A Way in the Wilderness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert&#8221; (Isaiah 43:19). &#8220;And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness&#8230; and Jesus returned in the power of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Living the Christ-Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:31:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So many times I do something thinking it is Good, thinking it is really Spiritual and Holy and Pure, but it results in Death. It is Death because it is &#8220;me&#8221; doing it. For many years that was the way I pursued the ministry. I was very busy doing things for God, and of course I thought I was a ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Abundant Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chip Brogden</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA["The Good Shepherd gives His Life for the sheep." In one sense of course, in the most commonly interpreted sense, Jesus is speaking of his death on the Cross. He lays down His life for the sheep so they can be saved. Well, that is the natural side of it, I suppose. I’m not saying that's incorrect. But is there a deeper meaning that can apply? Oh yes, I'm believe so, because you see the word here is present tense: The Good Shepherd GIVES His Life. If He were only referring to His death on the Cross, He might have said – "The Good Shepherd WILL GIVE His Life for the sheep." And now, since He has already died on the Cross, it would (to us) be past tense.

But He said, "The Good Shepherd GIVES His Life." It is present tense. It is always present tense. He is always the Good Shepherd. We are always His sheep. And so He always gives His life. In what sense does He give it? Is He constantly crucified? No, that is the natural. What is the spiritual implication? He is giving His Life that we may have that same Life. And because He IS the Life, this Life is an abundant life, and this abundant life leads to spiritual fruitfulness.]]></description>
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