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Practical teachings from the Bible for everyday living are represented in the Light on Life podcast.

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What Divine Healing Is and What It Isn’t [Encore Podcast]

Podcast: Light on Life Season Seven Episode Thirty-One

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Divine Healing, What It Is and What It Isn't

Divine healing is better for your life, that’s not only a Bible fact, it’s an earthly fact too. A survey conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians shows that ninety-nine percent of doctors believe a relationship exists between faith and physical healing. Recently, more than one thousand health-care professionals met at Harvard Medical School to examine the connection between spirituality and healing. Doctors’ faith in faith was bolstered by a California study of the effect of prayer on recovery from heart problems. About two hundred heart patients were assigned to Christians who prayed for them, while an equal number, a control group, received no known prayers. Neither group knew about the prayers, yet those who received prayer developed half the complications that were experienced by those in the control group. A similar study by the Dartmouth Medical School examined the effect of prayer on healing when the patients prayed for themselves. The death rate six months after bypass surgery was 9 percent for the general population but 5 percent for those who prayed for their own healing. And none of the deeply religious patients died during the period of the study. 1

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Why You Don’t Have to Be Sick in Light of the Bible

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Devil

Podcast: Light on Life Season Seven Episode Thirty

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Devil

It is vitally important to expose Satan as the devil. The New York Times, reporting on a survey by the Barna Group, noted the diminishing belief in the devil among Americans. Two-thirds of Americans do not believe in the devil as a living entity. In a nationwide telephone survey of 1,007 randomly selected people, pollsters asked whether they agreed that Satan is not a living being but is a symbol of evil. Sixty-two percent agreed with the statement, while 30 percent disagreed; the remaining 8 percent had no opinion. If less than one in three Americans seems willing to give the devil his due, reported the Times, ìthen that is a result of fundamental, long-term shifts in the nation’s religious culture.1

The devil is a living entity. He is very real and very active on planet earth. In this week’s podcast, we take a further look at this very real enemy of the Lord and His people. Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Devil, all this on this week’s Light on Life.

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#S5-005: Who Makes It Out of the Tribulation? [Podcast]

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Serpent

Podcast: Light on Life Season Seven Episode Twenty-Nine

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Serpent

It’s vitally important to expose Satan as the Serpent. The Alabama State flag once showed a cotton plant in flower with a rattlesnake coiled at its roots, about to spring into action. Underneath were these words in Latin: ‘NOLI ME TANGERE’ — “Don’t Touch Me.” Years later, this design finally changed to the cross of St. Andrew. The cross has supplanted the Serpent in Alabama.1 The cross supplants the Serpent — yes it does and in many ways! In this week’s Light on Life podcast, we take a look at and expose Satan as the Serpent.

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#039: How to Terrorize the Terrorist [Podcast]

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Dragon

Podcast: Light on Life Season Seven Episode Twenty-Eight

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Your Powerful Victory Over Satan the Dragon

It’s vitally important to expose Satan the Dragon. Some people think that there is no Satan. Perhaps the following story will be instructive to them. Once there was a boxer who was being severely beaten. Battered and bruised, he leaned over the ropes and said to his trainer, “Throw in the towel! This guy is killing me!” The trainer said, “Oh, no, he’s not. He’s not even hitting you. He hasn’t laid a glove on you!” At that point, the boxer wiped the blood away from his eye and said, “Well, then, I wish you’d watch that referee. Somebody is sure hitting me!” 1

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#S3-016: How to Obliterate Temptation in Jesus Name [Podcast]

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Just Who Is Jesus to You? Encore

Podcast: Light on Life Season Seven Episode Twenty-Seven

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Just Who Is Jesus to You? Encore

When we read any of the four Gospels, we have the wonderful opportunity to see Jesus live life on planet Earth. The Word encourages us to emulate Him, to copy Him, to move as He moved, and to overcome as He overcame. The first eighteen verses of John’s gospel, known as “The Prologue,” introduce us to who Jesus is. What do these verses teach us about Jesus, and how does this knowledge help us to fulfill God’s plan for our lives? That’s the focus of this week’s Light on Life.

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Why Jesus is the Logos of God Unleashed

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Why Jesus Is the Powerful and Blessed King

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 26

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Why Jesus Is the Powerful and Blessed King

It is vital as we look to Jesus that we understand that we look to Him not only as Savior but also as King. Jesus the Savior is the same as Jesus; the Messiah is the same as Jesus the King. The kingship of Jesus is vital ground for a follower of Jesus. A story arose about a certain chess master. In the story, this chess master, along with a friend, went to see the Ingmar Bergman film ‘The Seventh Seal.’ The plot of this classic film revolves around a medieval knight who engages in a game of chess with death (the evil one). Throughout the film, these two make moves on each other. Then, as the movie comes to a climax, the Prince of Darkness makes a move and, with great finality, utters the word “Checkmate!”

With that, the curtain comes down, and the movie is over. [So, this not my kind of film because they have the bad people winning at the end.]

According to the story, the chess master, who was sitting in the audience, turned to his friend and, in a puzzled tone, exclaimed, “Why is he giving up? The king has one more move! The king has one magnificent move left that can turn the tide and win the game.”

Now that preaches. To the mother who is worried because her son seems to be hopelessly hooked on drugs, there is hope in the message: The King has one more move!

To the father, on the verge of despair, because his daughter is being sucked into a punk rock subculture marked by sexual promiscuity, there is comfort in the words “The King has one more move!”

To those who think that the future of the world can be only disaster, the words ring triumphantly: “The King has one more move!”

And to the pastor, whose church seems to be torn apart with tensions and conflicting theologies, there is the good news—the King has one more move!11

In today’s podcast, we are going to take a look at the concept of Jesus as King: ‘Why Jesus Is the Powerful and Blessed King’ — that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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The Second Coming of Jesus: What You Need to Know

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How To Understand Gods Plan In The Mouth Of Mortal Man [Encore Podcast]

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 25

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How To Understand Gods Plan In The Mouth Of Mortal Man [Encore Podcast]

God has a plan for your life; that’s a Bible fact. One minister trying to add value to this thought said the following: “When speaking to young people, I always enjoy telling them, “Do you realize you were once a sperm?” That’s right. You were once a sperm, and you were one of five million sperm all together in a group. Do you remember? All of you lined up at a starting line, and at the end of a long, long tunnel, there was one egg. There was a race, and you won! Stop to think about that. The odds were five million to one, and you came through. Your victory makes an Olympic gold medal look like nothing by comparison! You came through! You’re a winner! You are here by divine appointment. You are no accident. Think about it. If your mother had had a headache that night, you wouldn’t even exist. You are a very special person!” 1 That’s a cute story injected with a considerable measure of truth. You are no accident. God has no accident’s only ‘on-purposes.’ So in today’s podcast, we are going to focus on the wonders of God’s plan and planning. Understanding God’s Plan in the Mouth of Mortal Man. All this on this week’s Light on Life.

This is an Encore Podcast of an episode we did about nine weeks [#S7-016] ago that had some technical difficulties getting out to our listeners. I apologize for that inconvenience and hope that by replaying this as an encore episode that the truth in this message, the fact the God uses man’s mouth to prophecy His plan into existence, is a meaningful blessing to your life.

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#S3-037: Yet More of How to Overcome Racism in the Church [Podcast]

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Why Successful People Allow God to Build Their Life Via Prayer [Podcast]

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 24

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Why Successful People Allow God to Build Their Life Via Prayer

In 1787, successful prayer helped determine the future of our country in a significant way. The Constitutional Convention was on the verge of total failure over the issue of whether small states should have the same representation as large states. In this hopeless situation, 81-year-old Benjamin Franklin offered a suggestion. He was convinced Scripture is right when it states, “Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it” (Psalm 127:1), so he said: “Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? I move that prayer imploring the assistance of Heaven to be held every morning before we proceed to business.”

The motion carried. From then on, prayer was offered each morning. The change after prayer was introduced was so dramatic that in a short while, a compromise was reached, which is still in effect today. 1 Successfully praying for the President and our nation’s leaders have several key elements. We begin to examine these elements in today’s Light on Life podcast.

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#S3-027: How Do You Pray for A President You Don’t Agree With? [Podcast]

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What is Carnal Minded and How to Grow Out of It?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 23

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What is Carnal Minded and How to Grow Out of It?

Some have inquired recently about what it means to have a carnal mind. As we address this vital area, the following illustration is an excellent place to start.

The story is told of Handley Page, a pioneer in aviation, who once landed in an isolated area during his travels. Unknown to him, a rat got aboard the plane there. On the next leg of the flight, Page heard the sickening sound of gnawing. Suspecting it was a rodent, his heart began to pound as he visualized the severe damage that could be done to the fragile mechanisms that controlled his plane and the difficulty of repairs because of the lack of skilled labor and materials in the area.

What could he do? He remembered hearing that a rat cannot survive at high altitudes, so he pulled back on the stick. The airplane climbed higher and higher until Page found it challenging to breathe. He listened intently and finally sighed with relief. The gnawing had stopped. When he arrived at his destination, he found the rat lying dead behind the cockpit!

Often we, God’s children, are plagued by sin that gnaws at our life simply because we are living at too low a spiritual level. To see sin defeated in our lives requires that we move up—away from the world—to a higher level where the things of this world cannot survive.1 What’s the point of this story relative to this podcast? Well, you’ve got to get rid of the rats of carnal mindedness. We have to move up into the heights of God’s thinking. What is Carnal Minded and How Do You Grow Out of It? That’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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#050: More How to Cultivate God’s Presence in Your Life [Podcast]

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Super Powerful Exodus Lessons from Moses Rod

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 22

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Super Powerful Exodus Lessons from the Rod of God

There are some super powerful ‘Rod of Moses’ lessons we can learn from watching God deliver Israel in what is commonly known as the Exodus. The Lord used the staff of Moses and Aaron to bring devastating plagues, ten of them, in fact, to a nation that had used and abused His people. This is not the last time that plagues visited the planet.

Between AD 250–262, a pestilence raged all over the Roman Empire, from Egypt to the Hebrides. In some Italian cities, up to four-fifths of the population were wiped out. Men died like flies. Gibbons says that statisticians of the succeeding age estimated that one-half of the human race perished in twelve years! In the 6th century, the bubonic plague spread to Europe as part of a recurring cycle in the entire Roman world for 50 years. The Venerable Bede mentions four distinct waves between 664–683.

Another most terrible plague was the Black Death of 1347–48. It was estimated that one-fourth of Europe’s population died, about 25 million. Even as late as 1918, an influenza epidemic killed in four weeks more than twice as many as the warring armies had destroyed in four years.1

Now, some think that all destructive plagues like the ones we just listed are acts of God. But, not necessarily. There is another possibility. Where the Exodus is concerned, we know for sure that those ten plagues of Egypt were the judgment of God upon that nation. That’s a Bible fact. But, these other disasters were not the work of God, but the work of an enemy opposed to God. The devil, the thief, the murderer, the destroyer, brings destruction against man because of his hatred for him. And then, he turns around and blames God for it. These Exodus happenings though, are of a different sort. And there are some valuable lessons we can learn, and we started to look at some of those lessons in a previous podcast. We looked at the first of these ten plagues and their link to the Rod of God. We’re going to continue to look at the Lord’s movings and manifestation as we continue to look at super powerful Exodus lessons via the rod of God, via Moses Rod — all in this week’s Light on Life.

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Why Doing the Word of God Is The Ticket to Success

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Why Renewing the Mind is Important for Soul Development [Encore Podcast]

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 21

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Why Renewing the Mind is Important for Soul Development

An unknown writer said this of the Bible: “This Book is the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy; and, its precepts are binding; its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable. Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, practice it to be holy.

It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you. It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldier’s sword, and the Christian’s character. Here paradise is restored, heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed. Christ is its grand subject, our good its design, and the glory of God its end. It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet. Read it slowly, frequently, prayerfully. It is a mine of wealth, a paradise of glory, and a river of pleasure. Follow its precepts, and it will lead you to Calvary, to the empty tomb, to a resurrected life in Christ; yes, to glory itself, for eternity.1

Romans 12:2 details for us the importance of renewing the mind with God’s Word. Why renewing the mind is vital for soul development is what we’re looking at in this week’s Light on Life.

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Why You Can Learn from Rabbis about Being a Doer of the Word

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Powerful Can’t Miss Lessons on the Rod of God

Podcast: Light on Life Season 7 Episode 20

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Super Powerful Exodus Lessons from the Rod of God

There are some super powerful ‘Rod of God’ lessons we can learn from watching God deliver Israel in what is commonly known as the Exodus. The Lord used the staff of Moses and Aaron, an ordinary stick, to bring devastating plagues, ten of them in fact, to a nation that had used and abused His people. God can and does harness the ordinary to do the extraordinary.

The University of California at Berkley agreed to coordinate an international effort to locate extraterrestrial life. To accomplish this impossible task, Berkley asked home computer users around the world to contact them over the Internet and download a program called SETI@home. The SETI software makes a connection over the Internet to a computer in California and downloads a “work unit”—that is, a set of measurements from a particular part of the sky. The work unit is not large, but it takes the computer a while to crunch the numbers. When the work is done, the computer makes another Internet call to Berkeley, uploads its results, and downloads a new work unit. What today’s largest supercomputer could never do alone, over a million ordinary home computers can easily do.

Sometimes the best way to accomplish the impossible is to harness the help of the ordinary. That is precisely how the church works best. No one can do it alone, but if we each do what we can, the unattainable becomes attainable, and the church can be all that God intended it to be.1 Now, that’s a different kind of illustration — I don’t know about the whole extraterrestrial life piece. One minister asked the Lord about ‘is there life on other planets?’ and the Lord responded ‘Yes there is life on other planets, I am out here.’ The point of this illustration is that God can and does, at times, harness the ordinary to do the extraordinary. Powerful Can’t-Miss Lessons on the Rod of God, that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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Demonstrating the Glory of God

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