November 18, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: pleasing God, contentment, renewing the mind, worship, Christian discipleship
Dear Christian, we seem too often to wrongly think that everything and everyone must align to please us, or all is loss and everything is a failure. This is painful idolatry and must be replaced with sincere worship....
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October 4, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Marriage, family, Children, Church
Marriage and Family Basics...
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September 2, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Lost, wandering, Christians care, Gospel truth
When Jesus changes your heart, your motives and affections and desires change....
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August 18, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: assurance of salvation, confidence in God, Repentance, how to know if you are saved
People wonder all the time if they are really a believer. Sometimes other people see a person who says they are Christian and wonder if that is a true profession of faith. This can be for any number of reasons. But there is one specific way found in 2 Timothy 2:19 where are you can know if a person is truly a Christian....
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August 17, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Baptism, believer's baptism, church membership
Let’s pattern our baptisms and church membership as closely to the scriptural pattern as we can. Let's link baptism and church membership more closely. Let's see them as part of a unified process to glorify God, build up believers, and reach the world....
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July 28, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Christian loving, honoring Christ
As we live a Christ-honoring life…
Pure gospel living looks different than posing for pictures
It stands in stark contrast to life lived under lights
A sovereign God changes our motives
The authoritative Word renews our minds
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May 20, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Grace, applying grace, Christian living
As I am alive, raised, and seated with Christ by God’s grace…
5 ongoing outcomes I observe about God’s grace towards me....
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February 23, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: Forgiveness, Hope, gospel hope, Church, Jesus, is there hope
Has life put a lot of mileage on you? Are you weighed down by the toll it has taken? Are you weary? Are you troubled? Do you feel hopeless? There is hope of forgiveness in Jesus....
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January 22, 2023
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
| Tags: predestination, doctrines of grace, Election
How should a wise and discerning Christian speak about predestination?...
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