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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 is the Blessing Side of the Hand of God?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 46

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What is the Blessing Side of the Hand of God?

Proverbs 21:1 says the king’s heart is in the hand of God. That means all the kings, not just the good ones, not just the righteous ones. So, in last week’s podcast, we honed in on the phrase ‘the Hand of the Lord’. What does that mean, ‘the heart of the king is in the hand of God?’ The Bible speaks of the ‘hand of the Lord,’ the ‘finger of God,’ and the arm of the Lord. But here, in Proverbs twenty-one verse one, we have the hand of God, not arm or finger. We saw that the phrase ‘the hand of the Lord’ or the phrase ‘the hand of God’ occurs fifty-five times in the Bible. What is the Hand of God? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Is it something you want to experience or something you don’t want to experience? And so, we looked at the negative side, the judgment side of the hand of the Lord. We saw it manifest in the case of Israel’s sin. We saw it visible in the New Testament of Ananias and Saphira, and we pretty much determined that we don’t want any of that ‘hand of the Lord’ in judgment business because our God is a consuming fire. There is a positive side to the hand of the Lord. There is a blessing side. As believers, we want all there is of the blessing which comes from the hand of God in our daily life. The heart of the king is in the hand of God. That’s what we are talking about in this week’s Light on Life.

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Why We Have Limited Manifestations of the Spirit

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What is the Hand of the Lord?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 45 - Encore Episode

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What is the Hand of the Lord?

William J. Wolfe has called Abraham Lincoln “one of the greatest theologians of America.” He added that Lincoln’s theology was profound, “not in the technical meaning of producing a system of doctrine, certainly not as the defender of someone denomination, but in the sense of seeing the hand of God intimately in the affairs of nations.” 1 The hand of God is seen among the nations and appears in the well-known verse in Proverbs 21:1. In today’s Light on Life, we will look at the phrase ‘The hand of the Lord’ and how it applies to the rulers of the nations.

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Why Mixing Sacred and Unsacred Is Not a Good God Thing

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What Is God’s Response to the Gay Lifestyle?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 44

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What Is God's Response to the Gay Lifestyle?

Let’s start out with this question today. What Is God’s Response to the Gay Lifestyle? And the follow-up question to that is what should your response be as a child of God to this lifestyle choice? And I say choice because it is a choice. Robert L. Spitzer, the Columbia University psychiatry professor who convinced the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from its list of mental disorders in 1973, is now stirring controversy again by saying that homosexuals can change their orientation—if they want to. “The subjects’ self-reports of change appear to be, by and large, valid, rather than gross exaggerations, brainwashing or wishful thinking,” he summarizes. Spitzer interviewed 153 men and 47 women who said counseling had helped to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. ABC News sums up the data: “66 percent of the men and 44 percent of the women reached what he called good heterosexual functioning—a sustained, loving heterosexual relationship within the past year, getting enough emotional satisfaction to rate at least a 7 on a 10-point scale.”1 God’s Response to the Gay Lifestyle that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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Challenging the Monumental and Mammoth Enemy of Weariness

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Why the Jesus Way Means Total Trust All the Time

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 43

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Why the Jesus Way Means Total Trust All the Time

Robert Schuller relays this family story about the issue of total trust. In his words, he says, “One problem I remember was a time when our son Bob broke our trust and lied to his mother and me. He was still young, dating Linda, his wife-to-be, and was only allowed to see her on certain nights. Well, one night, he wanted to see her without permission and told us he was at his friend’s house. When we found out the truth, there was a real scene between us. He had violated our trust; it was like a crack in a fine cup that marred its appearance. In the confrontation, I smashed a fine English teacup on the floor and told Bob that to restore our trust would be like gluing that cup back together again.

He said, “I don’t know if I can do that.” And I said, “Well, that’s how hard it is to build confidence and trust again.” The outcome was that Bob spent weeks carefully gluing the pieces together until he finished. He learned a vital lesson. 1 There are lessons here in this story that help us in understanding what it means to follow Jesus. Believing and then abiding in Him means total trust all the time. Robert’s son violated parental trust, and it caused a momentary ‘crack’ in their relationship. Continuing in the words of your Father God builds an intact trust. Why the Jesus Way Means Total Trust Total Time is our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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Is Suicide the Unpardonable Sin?

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How God Delivered Me from A Brain Aneurysm [Encore Podcast]

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 40

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How God Delivered Me from A Brain Aneurysm

We’re doing an encore podcast this week because Sharon just celebrated her sixtieth birthday. Eighteen years ago, she suffered a brain aneurysm. So, we thought it was fitting and right to re-air how God brought her through. Just know today that Jesus is a healing Jesus and what He did for her, He can and will do for you.

This is an encore episode of Sharon Horvath’s miraculous healing testimony from a brain aneurysm. This podcast first aired in April of 2015.

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Faith and Prayer: Important Lessons to Know

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The Enormous Need for Believing Jesus Is The I AM

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 39

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The Enormous Need for Believing Jesus Is The I AM

D.L. Moody said the following about the I AM’s uttered by Jesus. He said, “A favorite way to study the Bible with me is first to take up one expression and run through the different places where they are found. Take the “I AMs” of John; “I am the bread of life;” “I am the water of life;” “I am the way, the truth, and the life;” “I am the resurrection;” “I am all, and in all.” God gives to His children a blank, and on it, they can write whatever they most want, and He will fill the bill. And then the promises. A Scotchman found out thirty-one thousand distinct promises in the Word of God. There is not a despondent soul, but God has a promise just to suit him.1 In today’s podcast, we take a further look at some of the I AM’s of Jesus and how they help us live our everyday lives.

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Just Who Is Jesus to You?

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How to Overcome Darkness by Following the Light of the World

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 37

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How to Overcome Darkness by Following the Light of the World

Light versus darkness. Good versus evil The good guys versus the bad guys. The age-old theme has been on stage since the opening act of Eden. I mean what more can be said that hasn’t already been written, talked about, or had movies made out of? The theme goes back to the no-contest conflict between the Most High God and Satan. There must be something to it because Jesus puts the spotlight on it yet again in John eight. How to Overcome Darkness by Following the Light of the World, that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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Challenging the Monumental and Mammoth Enemy of Weariness

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What Happens When An Adulteress Meets The Light Of The World?

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 36

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Surveys show that 22% of married men have committed an adulterous act at least once in their life. That number is 14 percent for married women. It is in the younger generation where these values are considerably higher, and the numbers of both sexes are closer together. 90% of American believes it is morally wrong to commit an adulterous act. In the United States, 17% of all the divorces that occur are due to adultery on the part of either or both the parties.1 What does Jesus think about all this? He shows His thoughts in an encounter He had with and adulterous women in John 8.

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#S3-023: Why We Can and Should Rebuke Darkness in Jesus Name [Podcast]

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How You Can Minister Healing As Jesus Did

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 35

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As we continue the trek through John’s gospel, we come upon a beautiful deliverance in John five. Jesus ministered healing to one man at the Pool of Bethesda.  How did He do it? He did it via a manifestation of gifts of the Spirit. Jesus gave both hope and healing to a man who had been sick thirty-eight years. What Jesus did for this one man, He will do for you. And what He has done for you, you can pass on to others. How you can minster healing as Jesus did, that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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

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Continual Rejoicing: The Lesson of the Feast of Tabernacles

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 34

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Continual Rejoicing: The Lesson of the Feast of Tabernacles

Every seventh month the Jews would celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. It was a time of great rejoicing. It’s that way for believer’s in Jesus. Rejoicing in the Lord gives the Christian believer a different perspective of life than what the world offers. Aspect is pivotal.

For example, a Coloradan moved to Texas and built a house with a large picture window from which he could view hundreds of miles of rangeland. “The only problem is,” he said, “there’s nothing to see.” About the same time, a Texan moved to Colorado and built a house with a large picture window overlooking the Rockies. “The only problem is I can’t see anything,” he said. “The mountains are in the way.” Rejoicing in the Lord will bring contentment—no matter where you are or what is happening to you.1 And this rejoicing should be a continual process. We have the privilege of having our lives by continual rejoicing before our God.

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#S4-039: How to Use the Name of Jesus to Live A Miracle Life [Podcast]

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Killing Jesus: How to Walk the Talk in the Face of The Rising Tide of Opposition

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 33

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Killing Jesus: How to Walk the Talk in the Face of The Rising Tide of Opposition

Jesus walked in the wisdom of God in the midst of howling religious leaders who were bent on killing Him. One comedian said the following on the subject of the rising tide of opposition: ”Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know that’s not true. Some of the smaller countries are neutral.”1 There is much discussion in today’s world about mentoring as a way to build the whole man. There is no more magnificent mentor or example than Jesus. If you desire to know how to walk the talk against the rising tide of opposition, look at how Jesus did it, and copy Him.

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Why Taking the Forgiveness Test Helps Your Faith in God

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Why It’s Never Wise to Not Obey God’s Will for Your Life

Podcast: Light on Life Season 6 Episode 32

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Why It's Never Wise to Not Obey God's Will for Your Life

It’s never wise to not obey God’s will for your life. In the Sound of Music, at the close of a frustrating day, the Reverend Mother asks Maria why she has come to the convent. Hesitating, the troubled girl replies, “To discover and do the will of God.”1 You don’t have to go to a convent or a monastery to find God’s will for your life. There is plenty of God’s will to see in the pages of the Bible. When we look to obey the general principles of God’s will found in the scriptures God is then free to open to us detailed specifics of His plan for our individual lives. Why It’s Never Wise to Not Obey God’s Will for Your Life: that’s our focus on this week’s Light on Life.

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

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