November 7, 2020
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
God intends for Christian parents to teach their children the Word of God, systematically reading through Scripture and explaining it to them, teaching them the faith from the earliest age and praying in dependence on the Lord....
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April 28, 2020
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Relational friction during crisis, getting along at home during pandemic, Coronavirus and relationships, gospel answers to common problems
This Coronavirus crisis, especially the shelter-in-place aspect, has affected many relationships. It has tested many families and friendships. An over-abundance of stress and frazzled nerves, plus dwelling in closer quarters, almost always results in increased friction. If we are honest, we have all contributed. How can you make a positive, godly impact in your home, churc...
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September 6, 2019
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
Romans 12:9-21 gives us a very practical picture of real Christianity.
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November 21, 2018
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: devotional, reminders, Word, thanksgiving, truth, Jesus, bible, holiday, Gospel
Does God's Word inspire thankfulness in your heart?...
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June 21, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, salvation, love
Jesus loves you because He made you, chose you, and saved you; not because of your good behavior. ...
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June 21, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Discipleship, Disciples
Secret Disciples need to come into the light of day. ...
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June 21, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Christians need a come-to-Jesus heart check. Jesus is the only answer. ...
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May 31, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: your will, God's will, surrender, bible, God, worship
God-Centered Worship is Your Will Surrendered...
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May 31, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Proclamation, preaching
The undermining and ignoring of Biblical preaching in the American church today is a travesty. ...
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January 27, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: worship, Praise, Jesus
The stones are on standby in case we don’t do what we were made to do....
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January 27, 2017
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Giving, Gifts
God doesn't do White Elephant Christmas or Choose-Your-Own-Gift. God doesn't fulfill your selfish requests. God gives what you need....
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December 22, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Christmas, love, Pain, comfort, Jesus' love, Cross
Why is Christmas so hard when you have lost a loved one or gone through some other huge relational pain? Because you love....
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December 13, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: preaching
Preaching God's Word is a holy privilege, a truly weighty calling. ...
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November 29, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: God's will, God's commands, God's sovereignty
I'm thinking more and more about the sovereign will of God that unfolds before our eyes but is hidden from our sight until it comes to pass. And I'm thinking about the commanded will of God that is right there front and center waiting for us in the Word of God....
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November 29, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: thanksgiving, thankfulness, God provides, God protects, God leads, God guides
As I reflect upon my life I can see the hand of God leading, guiding, protecting, and providing for me in ways that are nothing short of miraculous, because God has done it. I'm sure you can see these things in your own life as well....
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November 15, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Words, Repentance, Encouragement, Discouraged
I don't know how many times I have spoken words that I ought not to have uttered. Far too many times to count, and far too many times I have needed to repent of words foolishly spoken. I think it's really easy for us to say what does it matter what I say in any given moment? Jesus said we'd give an account for every word carelessly spoken (Matthew 12:36). That's why it mat...
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November 15, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Light shining, good citizens
You can see why people might be suspicious of Christ's followers. They are simultaneously seen as a blessing and a curse.
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September 15, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: 9/11, remember, forget, Forgive
Never forget the Lord Jesus Christ and what he has done for you....
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September 1, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Selfishness, Bless, Serve
I think a lot of people ascribe to the adage that they need to serve themselves. Because no one else will. But I found there's a better way. Wake up in the morning and ask God who you can bless. ...
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September 1, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: People, Relationships, body of Christ, Church
Making sure your people interactions are encouraging and edifying rather than selfish and insincere comes only when the people of God continually come to the realization that it is not by might nor by power that they live but by God's Spirit (Zech. 4:6). ...
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July 16, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Burdens, Joy, Bless, blessing
Jesus was constantly helping people rearrange their heart-level priorities, be it a rich young ruler struggling with over attachment to possessions or a self-absorbed follower with an off-kilter, overburdened servant's heart.
When we come to the frighteningly accurate realization that our hearts are 24/7 idol factories eagerly seeking things that will ruin us, we must fig...
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June 20, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: regeneration, salvation, dependence
Based on the exalted preeminence of the crucified, risen, returning Lord Jesus Christ, we are to intentionally be and do what God calls us to be and do, in His strength, for His glory....
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June 9, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Being a good neighbor
9 Ways to be a Good Christian Neighbor. ...
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June 3, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Fear, fear God
Why we do not need to fear anything or anyone except God....
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June 3, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: love, Jesus' love, church life
Loving people like Jesus loves us leaves lots of room for understanding before evaluation and curbs our tendency to blast others....
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June 2, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Pain, loss, alone
What should we remember when we're going through pain or helping others going through it?...
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May 15, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Evangelism,
How you can you be a good evangelist, leveraging the scattering we already do (geographically) and the scattering God allows through persecution?
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April 9, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Reformation, revival, preaching
Reformation and Revival is marked by true preaching....
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March 29, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Killing, terrorism, Terrorists, Gospel response
The killing of Christians exposes our sin and need of Gospel repentance and redemptive reengagement with lost and hurting humanity. Jesus said do not fear those who kill your body but cannot touch your soul. Fear Him who has the power over both body and soul (Matt. 10:28). God is Sovereign and Almighty, Terrorists are not....
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March 16, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Repentance, Christian life
What is the nature of repentance?...
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March 4, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: listening to God, God speaking to us, Hearing from God
A lot of people talk about hearing from God. What does it mean to hear from God? Follow these four steps if you want to hear from God....
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February 19, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Remembering, Bible reading, Bible Study, God's Word
Blue cords aside, what helps you remember to obey God's instructions? Check out these 4 primary built-in reminders. ...
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February 4, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Bible reading, God's faithfulness
It's the beginning of February and right about now there are plenty of people feeling guilty about already abandoning their resolve to read the Bible every day this year. They stumbled and they fallen and can't get up. ...
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January 21, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Cradle, Cross, Crown
A poem about Jesus. ...
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January 15, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: preaching, Scripture, God's Word
Preaching is almost an alien activity. We get up, frail humans holding the perfect Word of God, trusting God to do something that we could never do. ...
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January 10, 2016
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: bible, Bible Study, Bible reading, Bible application
HEAR AND DO GOD'S WORD EVERYDAY. Commit to start or continue a daily discipline of time in God's Word and prayer....
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December 10, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Category:
Looking to Jesus blog
A poem about the life, death, and resurrection of Christ....
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December 5, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Being a Christian, what it means to be a Christian, Christianity
Being a Christian is about trusting in Jesus Christ for salvation apart from anything you can do....
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December 4, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus saves
Jesus saves in amazing ways....
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December 2, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Terrorists, terrorism, responding to the threat of terrorism
Rockets launching, bombs blasting, people hating, people dying. It's the world in which we live. From the garden of Eden to the neighborhood where you live. What are we to do? The answer for Christians is not simple, it is simply Biblical....
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December 2, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Mercy, God's mercy, propitiation
And once again, in spite of us, God's mercy remains. ...
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November 12, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: bible, Bible reading, biblical illiteracy
Wait a minute! I thought all Christians read their Bibles. Aren't we "people of the Book"? Isn't it "the Bible, the whole Bible and nothing but the Bible" for us? If only that were true. More and more professing Christians are not reading their Bibles in a context where there are literally multitudes of Bibles at their fingertips on their smart phone. We can read it or lis...
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October 20, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Wisdom, truth, body of Christ
I am so thankful for Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior and for the people He has put in my life who are not afraid to tell me the truth about myself. ...
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October 9, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Expositional preaching, Jesus
Expositional living is living that is centered on reading the Word, finding out the explanation of a passage, and applying that to daily life. That is done in context of following Jesus and in the context of the particular passage. That should be a less self-centered way of living. It is very easy to jump around from need to need and text to text and just seek to have ou...
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September 29, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Church, devoted to Christ, healing
I have been preaching in the book of Acts now for several months and we are 13 sermons into the book. The past four weeks we have focused on four passions of a church devoted to Christ: the apostles' teaching (the Word of God), fellowship (caring community), the breaking of bread (remembering Jesus' death), and the prayers (together and often). ...
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September 17, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: worship, Music, consumers, Jesus
It is so easy to come to worship with the mindset of a critical consumer rather than a Christ-honoring contributor....
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August 30, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: acknowledging God, confessing sin, Repentance
True repentance is a change of heart and mind and actions; away from sin and toward God. ...
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August 27, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: radical, Preeminence, Jesus
Christ's Lordship transforms us into free radicals. Free in Christ to live radically for Jesus and the Gospel.
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August 22, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: PENTECOST
A sort of poem...forgive the CAPS. I'm not yelling.:-)...
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August 20, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Growing as a Christian, sanctification
Thoughts on God process of making believers more like Christ. ...
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August 16, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: son of God, lordship, Jesus is Lord
Let the nations rage. Let secularists and humanists boast of their autonomy. Let everyone stand in opposition. Let them drag your name through the mud in the public square. Let the chips fall where they may. You acknowledge Christ's Lordship. You stand for Gospel truth. Because you are eternally safe in Christ....
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August 15, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: God is faithful, kindness, faithfulness
Faithfulness and kindness are in short supply and there's nothing like a road trip across our beautiful land to remind you of that truth. Truckers rarely yield and out of state motorists, including me, aren't much better....
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July 23, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: money, Time, clock, dollar, stewardship
Besides people, what were the greatest causes of stress in your life today? If you are anything like me I'd venture to guess that have to do with the clock and the dollar....
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July 9, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Growing in Christ, sanctification
Growth in Christ takes God's power and our participation. ...
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June 24, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: preaching, proclaiming, announcing good news, heralding, preach the Word
Often times, believers get really nervous when they hear that they are to preach the Gospel. It should be encouraging to know that there are two kinds of preaching in the book of Acts that believers today ought to engage in as well. Two kinds of preaching means twice as much God-ordained fun....
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June 11, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: sanctification, Christian growth, Growing in Christ
God wants and expects us to grow. It is purposeful. Obviously there is so much we can say about how God enables us to grow. God wants us to, He desires for us to grow. He also expects it to happen. When God is at work in your life it's going to happen.
1 Peter 2:2 says to long for the pure milk of the Word so that by it we may grow with respect to salvation. Ephesians 4 s...
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June 4, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: sanctification
There is one doctrine we cannot afford to get wrong. ...
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May 17, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: bible, morality, truth, cultural divide, moral slide
Thoughts on the Current Cultural Divide and the Ongoing Moral Slide...
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May 14, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: preaching, Teaching
Preaching and teaching the Word of God is not about trying to get Christians to......
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May 13, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: OGK, Only God Knows, Faith
No one except God knows what's next....
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May 12, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Memorizing the Bible, 1 Peter
Just in case you have been wondering… "Whatever happened to memorizing 1 Peter?", let's just say it hasn't been easy....
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May 7, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Peter, Grace, love, Peace
I'm finishing 1 Peter this Sunday. Preaching 1 Peter 5:12...
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April 30, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Adversary, advocate, the devil, Jesus Christ the righteous
We have an adversary (1 Peter 5:8) and an advocate (1 John 2:1). Our adversary devours and destroys, our advocate defends and delights. Our adversary steals and kills, our advocate secures and gives life. Our adversary degrades and demands, our advocate upgrades and understands. Our adversary accuses us and condemns, our advocate defeated him and defends. Our adversary hat...
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April 16, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Anxiety, Worry, desperation, Peace, God cares
You may sincerely feel like you are at the breaking point. Like everything is crumbling around you and there is nothing to stand on or hold you up. You may grasp frantically for an answer and in a panic look for anything that might answer your wounded heart; some solution that will bring relief. There is one. ...
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March 31, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Substitution, atonement, Gospel
The theological words satisfaction and substitution need to be carefully defined and safeguarded, but they cannot in any circumstances be given up. The biblical gospel of atonement is of God satisfying himself by substituting himself for us....
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March 24, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Christ's sacrifice, Passover lamb, death of Christ
It was necessary for Christ to die. And it is necessary that we believe in the Only Begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. It is necessary that we grasp this truth....
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March 7, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Redemption, sanctification, Repentance
It's a beautifully strange journey. Cosmic and mundane. God's providence and blood, sweat, and tears; sovereign Grace working in and through the elect. A Holy God redeeming sinful man. A process for which we praise the glory of God's grace in Christ....
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March 5, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Infallible, inerrancy, God's Word
Inerrancy is not an optional belief. It is the essential position of Jesus-loving, Bible-believing, Gospel-changed people. We believe every word of God's Word is from God. Full confidence, total sufficiency....
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February 27, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Pain, comfort, Christ
We have sweet comfort in a time of pain, to know we are Christ's and that He reigns....
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February 26, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: hardship, Suffering, Trials, Persecution, comfort, Christ is sufficient
Trials are difficult to navigate. Suffering is extremely trying. Hardship is pointedly painful. Persecution can play sneaky tricks on your mind. In the midst of tough times it's easy to spin into a spiritual vertigo. It feels like it's impossible to get your compass calibrated. It's tough to hold onto truth in those moments. That's when we need each other to help in a big ...
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February 19, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Suffering, Persecution
How can Christians be ready to suffer for Christ?...
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February 11, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Spiritual gifts, charisma,
Discovery of your God-given gifting (1 Peter 4:10, gift, Greek charisma = spiritual gift) comes from doing the good things that you want to do because you love Jesus and want to serve Him. That's from God....
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February 7, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Hospitality
If you want to get a handle on what it is that God wants of you, if you want to please God, if you want to follow after Jesus with reckless abandon, then as one chosen by God and trusting in the power of God who has caused you to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has given you a love for His inerrant and infallible Word, you will ...
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February 4, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Hospitality
Biblical hospitality is so much more than we think it is....
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February 2, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: love, agape, costly love, agape love
1 Peter 4:8 calls for costly love. It takes courage and a fixation on the Cross of Christ. ...
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January 28, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: love, agape, earnest love, stretching love, costly love
This agape is not sentimental fluff, but a substance found only in the truly converted, which springs forth in humble outbursts of gospel-infused sacrificial service for, to, and through, Jesus....
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January 27, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Christ's return, Second coming, Jesus
A Goapel-infused poem/hymn/song that expresses a longing for Jesus to return....
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January 22, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Suffering, Sin, meddling
Don't be the kind of person who is known for their sin....
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January 21, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Insults, blessing, Glory, name of Christ
Most people do not think of an insult as a blessing. But God does. God says that when you are insulted for the name of Christ you are blessed because God's Spirit rests on you....
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January 20, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Suffering, rejoicing, Christ's sufferings
We hate to suffer, but God loves to cause us to rejoice in suffering....
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January 18, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Fiery ordeal, Trials, testing
There was and is a fiery trial for believers in the Lord Jesus. It is to test our faith. ...
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January 17, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Serving, speaking, glory of God
As we use our God-given gifts to serve the body of Christ, it is to be for the praise and glory of God....
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January 16, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Stewards, God's grace, serve one another, Serving, stewardship, Grace,
1 Peter 4:10 is focused on Christians serving one another in the body of Christ....
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January 15, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Mission, Missions, Gospel, Jesus, Calling
God's people share God's mission. We may not always feel, look, or act like it, but when God reconciled us to Himself through Christ we became ambassadors for Christ in a very needy world (2 Cor. 5:17-21)....
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January 15, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Hospitality, Strangers, entertaining, grumbling
Hospitality is more than inviting people over and entertaining lots of people in your home. It's more than being ready, willing, and able to make a meal for someone at a moment's notice. Those things are very helpful and often a great blessing. but the heart of hospitality goes much deeper....
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January 14, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Fervent love, zealous love, stretching beyond comfort zone
The love of God shown by His people to one another provides a protective covering from sin's damaging effects....
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January 13, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: End of time, sober, sound judgment, Prayer, prayers
Why would God give us a stock answer and what does 1 Peter 4:7 have to do with our daily life?...
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January 10, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Terror, Fear, Suffering, Victory
Don't be swayed by the evil of man. God's greatness is always on display. ...
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January 2, 2015
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Sin, loss, Jesus
Sin is not worth the loss of all things. Only Jesus is....
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December 25, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Savior, manger, blood, Sin, Heaven, Hell
A Christmas poem of epic proportions. ...
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December 20, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Christmas, Post-Christmas Letdown
Why do we experience the letdown? How can we keep from experiencing the letdown? What does God want us to know that were missing? That is what we need to think about today....
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December 13, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Incarnation, Christmas, I can't breathe, God with us
We love Christmas but hate what it has become. Our rally cry "God with us!" still stands....
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December 11, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Baptism, believer's baptism, obedience
Why is Believer's Baptism so Important for Christians? Why do Believers Wait So Long or Never Get Baptized? What Level of Commitment and Understanding is Necessary for Baptism? Why do Unbaptized Believers Need to Be Baptized As Soon As Possible? Are you convinced yet? I hope so. If so, what should you do?...
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December 10, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Pain, Following Jesus
Those who trust in Christ face many pitfalls and God brings them through to victory. ...
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November 27, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: thanksgiving, blood, Gospel
I am thankful for the precious blood of Christ by which I'm saved. ...
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November 18, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Treasure in heaven
There is only one way to show that we truly believe this: we consider eternal things of greater value and temporal things. Don't spend all your time and effort collecting garbage, but true riches. ...
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November 15, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Witnesses, defend the faith, give an answer, lordship of Christ
The world needs Christians ready to humbly and boldly believe, speak, and live in Christ. ...
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November 10, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: War, spiritual battle, Enemies, fight, victory in Jesus
Veterans and pilgrims sing this tune. ...
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November 7, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: True riches, investing in eternity
Pour your life into what will last: people made in God's image and the Word of God. Fixate on what Jesus has done and how that transforms everything it touches. Work for what the world says at best is secondary, you will be misunderstood and maligned here, but richer there, and fulfilled in Christ, content with Him....
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November 4, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: submission, submit, Marriage, wives, husbands
You take a sensitive subject, with many opinions, strong emotions, highly subjective, and place God's objective Word next to it, and everything becomes clear. God cares and is kind and his instructions are good. Therefore we want to do what he says....
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October 4, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Friendliness, gospel tracts, Jesus, salvation
I'm really glad people interact with other people in friendly ways and give them little cards with Bible verses on them to point them to faith in Christ. I'm glad that we have the freedom and I'm glad that God puts it on the hearts of many to step outside their selfish bubble and reach out with the love of Jesus....
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September 25, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Holiness, Jesus, Heart, salvation
I need Jesus every moment. ...
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September 24, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Gospel
The gospel is everything you need to please God....
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September 11, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Possession, Christ, Identity, Security
Christians are possessed by Christ. ...
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August 31, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: how to grow in Christ, growth, Growing in Christ, newborn, babies, lonigng for God's Word
God wants you to be like a newborn baby in your desire for His Word so that you would grow in Christ....
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August 29, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: growth, Growing in Christ, God's Word
Growing in Christ can be a really tricky proposition. Sometimes we can even truck ourselves into thinking that good healthy growth is happening when it is not. ...
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August 26, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: earnestly, love, Gospel
God brings about a beautiful change and resulting commitment to His family, in the lives of all He has chosen....
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August 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Fear, fear of God
What 1 Peter 1:17-21 teaches us about a healthy fear of God, a.k.a. fear of displeasing God and incurring His discipline on our lives (a la Heb. 12:3-11). ...
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July 25, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Good, goodness, man's goodness, God's goodness, God's Word
Can man be good apart from God? Can people be good without use of the Bible? Some say Yes emphatically. I say an equally emphatic No. Where's the objective standard of proof that people can do that? Actually, here's the deal: Only God is truly good. His is the only truly objective standard of goodness....
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July 23, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Glory, delight, divine beauty
True believers delight first in God Himself. ...
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July 19, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: sanctification, Holiness
DeYoung calls holiness the new camping. I call it the new flossing. What everybody knows they need to do, but don't really want to do, and only does when they have to....
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July 16, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Holiness, sanctification
C.S. Lewis, in one of his letters wrote, “How little people know who think holiness is dull. When one meets the real thing…it is irresistible.†Jonathon Edwards commented, “Holiness is a most beautiful and lovely thing. We drink in strange notions of holiness from our childhood, as if it were a melancholy, morose, sour and unpleasant thing; but ther...
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July 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Holiness, Jesus' character, Transformation
I can't help but think that within the Christian community we often think of holiness in the wrong ways. We think of it as a human ideal to measure up to rather than what it really is, a divine character to imitate and align with. It hasn't helped that through the years holiness has meant many things to many people, and it usually has to do with the standard of behavior th...
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July 5, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: blessing, Ministry, gospel living
Doesn't it always seem like we are scheming to get our needs met? We are angling, we are conniving, we are trying to work the angles so that we get what we want....
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June 26, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, reality, significance
It's so easy to get wrapped up in things that really don't matter all that much. ...
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June 14, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Election, salvation, regeneration, foreknowledge, monergism, predestination, free will, Jesus
At the end of the day, when all is said and done, and we are taking our rest, what will make any difference, what will be the significance, what will matter most? Not what I have said and done, not what I have determined, not what I have called significant, not what I deemed as matter-some. Because I am a child of the King of the Universe....
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June 14, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Answers, Jesus, helping, common grace
As a pastor I often have the privilege of meeting with people are dealing with questions that are not easily answered. They need to process their thoughts, and I am given the privilege to engage those thoughts. I do so because I care. My God-given calling, my vocation, my reason to care, is simply stated, for Jesus and the Gospel and the good of all people. I do not perfec...
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May 30, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Election, elect, comfort, assurance of salvation
The elect are chosen in Christ, therefore comforted and assured of their eternal standing with God....
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May 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus Christ, Church, Community
We exist to...Glorify God through lives transformed by the Gospel...in Christ-Centered Community....
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May 7, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: pastors, God's Word, preaching, Elders, Jesus, Vision
Tag-team preaching is not the norm. At best, it is a once-in-a-long-while way to present a unified front to a congregation and expose them to the entire pastor/elder leadership team in concentrated form. In the month of May at Grace Orange you'll hear our team preaching our new vision....
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May 7, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Grace Orange Basics, Vision
What are we doing? Why are we doing it? How are we communicating it?...
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April 17, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Mailbox, reminders, Jesus, family worship, devotions, bible, Prayer, Daily family worship, family devotions, spiritual leadership, God's Word and prayer
Here's my story of why my mailbox reminds me daily of something really important, a ministry that is often ignored, looked down upon and thought unimportant or just impossible. ...
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April 16, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Sin, Forgiveness, Mercy, condemnation, salvation
I know that some people celebrate and condone sin. But most people I know, and most people that would show up to a church, feel more condemned for their sins....
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April 11, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: John 3:16, Jesus, Cross, blood, Sin, Life, Forgiveness
John 3:16 is big. It is not light and fluffy, it is significant and weighty. It tells us the basis of the cross. It tells us why Jesus died in our place. It tells us why his precious blood was shed. And it gives us the answer for why we can have any hope of being saved.
Nicodemus came to Jesus at night, because he was afraid of his fellow countrymen who hated Jesus. It is...
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March 24, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Peace of Christ, Gospel, freedom, slavery, clock, dollar, money, Time
Are you serving the clock and the dollar, or are they serving God's good gospel purposes? What's the reality in your life? Would you like to know how you can break free?...
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March 13, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Malachi, Jesus, Sin, patience, seriousness, sanctification
Malachi 2:17-3:6 is all about a faithful Father (God) graciously dealing with His foolish children (His covenant people)....
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March 12, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Grace, God, King, precious blood
God's Grace in Christ regenerates us and gives us new life. We desire Christ and He keeps His Word. All who come to Him will never be cast out. Here is a poem that explains in prose the process of acknowledging sin and turning to Jesus....
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March 11, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: confession, Gospel, Jesus, Transformation
The very bright and powerful hope of the gospel is that lasting life change is really possible. The finished work of Christ at the Cross means that restarts can and actually do happen by the miraculous working of God. ...
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March 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Christians, born again
Do you think 'born again' Christians come across as obnoxious, self righteous, hypocritical and weirdly fanatical about non-essential things? I do too. I am one and am guilty of all those things and more. ...
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March 7, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: truth, Gospel, Transformation, desire, Jesus, Lord
What do born again believers in the Lord Jesus Christ really really want?...
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February 21, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Worry, tomorrow, Jesus
Tomorrow is a worrier so you don't have to be. ...
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February 13, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Life, Death, abortion, internal life, Jesus, Gospel
God is the giver of life. We must stand for life....
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February 13, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Service, Ministry, Gospel
One of the things that the gospel does in transforming our lives is give us the best possible reason to give our lives in service to God and others....
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January 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Praise, complaining, contentment, Jesus
How is it that praise to God for His saving acts on our behalf can so quickly turn to complaining against Him because we do not get what we want? How quickly God's people forget. How quickly the idol factory gets back to business. ...
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January 8, 2014
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Life, Dead, eternal life, gift, dying
How is a Christian to view death? It helps to start with how a Christian is to view life....
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December 31, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Heaven, New Year, New Year's, Jesus, New Year's Eve
We are on the brink of a brand new year. We are about to turn the page on the calendar and add a new number to the date. We are one moment closer to Jesus' return or our promotion. We are another second, minute, hour, day, month, and year closer to closing up shop here on earth. We are one step closer to Home. ...
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December 21, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Christmas, Jesus, ad execs, marketing, idolatry, adoration, Praise
No one is talking about the condition of your soul, except marketing directors and ad execs of course....
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December 7, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Eagerness, anticipation
People I know at Grace Orange want to know what I'll be preaching next. It's a fair question. It reflects anticipation, hunger for God's Word and a humble-bold learner's mentality. So what is next? I will be unveiling that in coming weeks. ...
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November 27, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, God, holiday, stress, intervention.
In the midst of holiday stress, God intervenes v...
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November 6, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Death, Life, Jesus, Peace
What do you do with a life filled with pain and misery? How about the person who expresses no need for God? How about the one who like a train to nowhere wanders aimlessly; or the one who recycles trouble like a continuous loop, an unbroken circle of missing links? Where do you point the person, the couple, the family, or even the church or community that seems to have los...
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October 30, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Grace, Jesus, Holy Spirit, God's Word
What does God's grace lead to? ...
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October 26, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Thief on cross, Jesus, Gospel
The wonders of sovereign grace and gospel transformation....
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October 16, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, blood, Cross, Death, Gospel
Going to the Cross Jesus' life was innocent, devalued and hated. We were guilty, puffed up and self-absorbed. ...
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October 10, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
The faculty of hearing is a precious gift only truly cherished by those bereft. The rest of the population take it for granted. It is the way of the depraved. Not until we are deprived do we realize what we had. ...
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September 25, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Life, Jesus, Follow, model
Ten things that, if practiced , will transform your life. ...
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September 24, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: denial, God's faithfulness, Jesus, Disciples, Peter
The denier denied his denial. But God is faithful. ...
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August 30, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Judas, Peter, Betrayal, denial, Repentance, Death, Life
Judas found no place for repentance; Peter did. We all sin, but we aren't all being saved. ...
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August 30, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Betrayal, Sin, hard-hearted
I know he's an easy target, but Judas Iscariot was a piece of work. ...
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August 27, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Betrayal, imposters, Jesus, Judas, real deal, Sin
Jesus, Judas, Betrayal, Sin. It's easy to condemn Judas. God does. Think about it. He was a weed among the wheat, a wolf among the sheep, a fake among the real, a pretender, an imposter, he was acting. He wasn't the real deal. A pawn in Satan's hand. Jesus pronounced Woe on him. "The Son of man goes as it has been decreed, but woe to the one by whom He is betrayed." (Luke...
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August 22, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Cross, Jesus, waste, perfume, anointing, Grace
Cost-cutting measures don't fit into God's sovereign plans. ...
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August 22, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Crucifixion, Cross, Devotion, love, Jesus
What can you do out of a heart of loving devotion to Jesus?...
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August 16, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Cross, sovereign, Jesus, God's plan
God made evil boomerang on itself at the cross. It was forced by man but foreordained by God. ...
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August 14, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Bless, share, give, everyone
I don't know what you should do but you should do something to bless someone. ...
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July 16, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Gospel, Jesus, Faith, Repentance
Some people get disillusioned and say this Jesus thing doesn't work. It's because they are walking around with only half a gospel. ...
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July 12, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Repentance, Heart, Jesus
Repentance is ongoing heart work. It is a way of life enabled by the Holy Spirit. ...
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July 6, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: repent, Repentance, Jesus, preaching
All people should turn from their sins and trust in Jesus Christ. ...
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June 25, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Repentance, repent, Gospel, Church
The gospel of the grace of God in Christ is drenched in mercifully provided repentance that not only restores vitality of faith but health in Christ's body the Church. It is something for which we must pray and rejoice when it comes. It is needed like air, on a moment by moment basis. For the flourishing of Christ's Bride and for the nations to be made glad in God (Acts 5:...
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June 13, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Well done, excellent, commendation
God's people need to be commended more often! This is one of those times. ...
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June 12, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Iron, Discipleship, mentoring
God uses Christians to grow Christians. ...
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June 6, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Sometimes it is easy to be so fixated on the task at hand that we miss the bigger picture. Myopic, we microscope on minute details and miss the boat, train, plane, automobile; whatever it was on the horizon that we were supposed to keep one eye on. A deadline, a curfew, a due date, a marker point where we were supposed to be ready. We get diverted, rerouted, or derailed. W...
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May 31, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Sovereignty, sovereign, Jesus, Esther, Haman, Mordecai
Every Christian needs to know with assurance that God is in control. ...
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May 21, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Pain, scars, wounded, Glory, perspective, Gospel
Pain is a part of every life and God gives believers an amazing story to tell. . ...
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May 16, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Gospel, serving Jesus, work, science
Every Christian has gospel work to do. And every Christian is called to do that work in the Church and the world....
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May 10, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Conviction, courage, Christ, heart ache over sin,
My heart aches once again, this time over hearing how one Bible-believing Christian's voice, that of ESPN's Chris Broussard, cannot be tolerated to speak God-honoring truth respectfully amid a sea of total celebration of a so-called Christian blatantly living in unrepentant sin. The response to Broussard is nothing short of hateful intolerance.
Up against Jesus' words in ...
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April 25, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Jesus, Serving, Serve, God's family
We serve for God's pleasure and glory. ...
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April 18, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: last days, End times, Jesus' return
The gospel makes us hopeful while living in the last days. ...
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April 13, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: loving Jesus, End times, Second coming
Christians love Jesus and must long for His return. ...
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April 11, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: End times, last days, preach gospel, Christ's return
Christians must be eagerly awaiting Christ's return while remaining engaged in gospel opportunities. ...
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March 21, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Easter, holidays, Cross, Jesus Christ, Jesus, sneaky, holiday, God's timing
We should take time to grasp and savor the true significance of Easter. ...
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March 18, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Muphamuzi, adoption, Grace, Mercy, Josh and Marda Mack
The story of a family who loves Jesus and one of their nine children. ...
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March 6, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: South Africa, Jesus, Gospel
South Africa 2013
Recap of Days 9-14...
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February 23, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Muphamuzi, South Africa, Jesus, Gospel, teamwork
What's happening in South Africa? Check it out!...
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February 14, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Cleansing, Forgiveness, greed, Jesus
God cleanses repentant hearts and changes their lives. ...
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January 31, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Trust, high-road
High-road travelers see Jesus. ...
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January 30, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: sinners, blood
Jesus' love and grace overcomes. ...
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January 28, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Reaching out, seeing the needy, helping the poor
Jesus opens unseeing eyes. He did it for the physically blind.
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January 25, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: abundance, eternity
Jesus came so that we might have life in abundance. ...
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January 24, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Blessed, meek
God blesses the humble meek who may be bold as a lion but know where their true power comes from. ...
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January 23, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Grace and glory tower over greed and grandeur. ...
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January 22, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Assurance, salvation
Many Christians lack assurance of salvation, while some unbelievers live with false assurance. How can you know for sure if you are saved?...
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January 10, 2013
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Door closers, hypocrisy, hypocrites
Jesus' Word to Door Closers...
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December 31, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
A New Year's Poem
What might I say to end the year? Wish to all good health and cheer? Of course, and it is from the soul, I want God's best for all I know. But what of those still in the dark? In whose hearts is not a spark Of life to God or love to man? They dwell in the shadowlands. For them I pray for a turning, For escape from the burning, For rescue from their miser...
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December 26, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Peace with God is not Automatic. ...
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December 25, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: blessing, lie
What if the biggest lie ever made up was being sold as the answer to all your problems? It is. The world says "Be your own god. Find it within you and you'll have peace". What if the greatest truth ever told was being portrayed as the biggest lie? It is. The gospel, the good news, of how you can have peace with God through faith in the perfect life, substitutionary death a...
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December 24, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Peace with God, the peace of God, God of peace
Knowing if you have peace with God and the peace of God is of extreme importance. ...
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December 23, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Peace, belief
Believe God. ...
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December 20, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Jesus is the Prince of Peace...
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December 7, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
God clothes with power those He calls to Himself. ...
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December 1, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: Counselor, counsel, counseling
Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor who tells us what we need to hear. ...
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November 19, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog | Tags: God's will
Ask yourself what is best for the Kingdom of Jesus, not what is best for you. ...
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October 25, 2012
by Mike Sciarra
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Looking to Jesus blog
Bonhoeffer said, "The follower of Jesus is the imitator of God". So the rejecter of Jesus is the mocker of God. In Christ enemies become friends, and mockers imitators. ...
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