Peanut Gallery: Star Parker – An inspirational story of a changed life.
“Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” 2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT
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If God can do this for Star Parker… think about what God can do for you.
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Feeling lonely? Misunderstood? Running scared? Perhaps you have done some things that you regret–or did not do that thing you were convicted about doing?) “Life” lived in our own strength, as we listen to those other voices, often leads to that hollow, tasteless place where we find ourselves wondering, “Is this all there is?”
The Bible unabashedly speaks about non-audible voices that can influence our lives in powerful ways. Over time I have learned that those “inner-voices/beliefs” we listen to can either help resolve or complicate the problems we face.
The Apostle Paul wrote to his friends in Ephesus, warning that problems are part of an ongoing spiritual battle. In Ephesians 6 he wrote,
“Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this…
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Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him.
Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?”
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?”
Jesus answered, “My Kingdom is not an earthly kingdom. If it were, my followers would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But my Kingdom is not of this world.”
Pilate said, “So you are a king?”
Jesus responded, “You say I am a king. Actually, I was born and came into the world to testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.”
“What is truth?” Pilate asked. John 18.33-38 NLT
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