R. T. Kendall
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The True Princess
While walking through the Publisher’s Outlet in the lobby of our building where we sell all the items we publish here at Strang Communications, I was surprised to see a book I had bought a copy of about 14 years ago at a Christian bookstore. I found that our company had secured the copyright to …
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Difference Between Personality and the Holy Spirit
People possess natural qualities that can appear to be fruits of the Holy Spirit. We need to learn the difference. A pleasant personality can look like the fruit of the Spirit. There are people who are just simply nice. They are sweet, friendly and cheerful. They are the type of people you want to be …
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Remedy for an Unhappy Marriage
An unhappy marriage hardly needs defining. We are talking about when you are stuck with spending the rest of your life with someone with whom you are not happy. It is a thorn in the flesh; it is painful. Paul said he prayed three times for his particular situation to be resolved. Perhaps you have …
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Let Go of Your Hurts
Jesus commands us to forgive, yet most of us treat His words as suggestions. We must learn to release all offense. All of us have been wounded at some time in our lives, many of us deeply. And it’s not something to take lightly. People experience real pain when they or those they love are …
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Forgiveness Is a Lifelong Commitment
Making a lifelong commitment to total forgiveness means that you keep on doing it—for as long as you live. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. —Psalm 51:4 When I consider the fact …
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R.T. Kendall: How to Stop Missing God
How many times have you pushed ahead in your own strength? One of the scariest moments in the Gospels comes when Joseph and Mary are returning from Jerusalem to Galilee. They think they have Jesus with them-but they don’t. “Supposing Him to have been in the company, they went a day’s journey” (Luke 2:44). If …
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Dignify Your Trials
Dignifying a trail means to accept it and go through it without it without complaining.
In the fall of 1979, less than three years after starting my ministry at Westminster Chapel, I began a series of sermons on the book of James. Shortly afterward, I took my family on a vacation that included a trip to Disney World. We had been there the previous year and discovered a pizza parlor in Kissimmee, Florida, that served the best pizza I had ever eaten. So I promised my family I would get them pizza there again.After we checked into our motel, we went to the pizza place, about six blocks away, and put in our order. A good while later I went to the counter and asked about the pizzas, which had not come out yet, and a new man who had just started his shift claimed he did not have our order. Without bothering to apologize, he demanded, "So what do you want?"
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R. T. Kendall: 10 Things at Stake if You Don’t Forgive Yourself
Have you ever felt guilty at the thought of totally forgiving yourself? I have. The idea is this. What I have done is so horrible that I do not deserve to be set free from guilt. It would be irresponsible to forgive myself totally and not look back. I must pay for my failure. I …
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Learn to Adjust to the Holy Spirit
Adjusting to the Holy Spirit is not easy. It is inconvenient. It requires making major changes in some of the habits that have never bothered us before. The question is, how far are you and I prepared to go in developing an acute sensitivity to the Holy Spirit’s ways? I pray it will not be …
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Your Trial May Take You to the Next Level
I remember exactly where I was when the meaning of James 1:2-3 dawned on me. I wasn’t at an all-night prayer meeting. I wasn’t at the end of a 40-day fast. No, I was at a pizzeria in Kissimmee, Fla., in the summer of 1979, and I had just lost my temper. I had been …
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When You Can’t Have It Your Way
DOES GOD EVER ASK HIS SERVANTS TO WALK WITH HIM IN PLACES THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND EVEN UNDESIRABLE? THE SCRIPTURES AND HISTORY TELL US, YES.
One of the most stunning comments I ever heard, almost a throwaway remark, came from one of the most famous ministers in the world. He said to me, "R.T., the more God uses me, the less I am able to enjoy it."
This may be incomprehensible to some, but I know exactly what he meant. God has many ways of ensuring that while we enjoy His blessing, we do not become conceited.
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Do You Have A Thorn in the FLESH?
Even the apostle Paul struggled with the pull of his sin nature. You can allow weaknesses to cripple you, or you can discover the secret of overcoming.
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When Forgiveness Seems Impossible
WE KNOW THAT BITTERNESS HINDERS OUR EFFECTIVENESS FOR GOD. BUT HOW MUCH FORGIVENESS IS ENOUGH?
Most of us have times in our lives when we are pushed to our limits with regard to forgiving others. I have vowed not to retell my story, but suffice it to say, I had never been hurt so deeply before or since.I couldn't discuss it with my family members. But one friend from Romania was far removed from the situation, so I was able to tell him everything.
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Don’t Hold On to Your Hurts
Jesus commands us to forgive, yet most of us treat His words as suggestions. We must learn to release all offense. All of us have been wounded at some time in our lives, many of us deeply. And it’s not something to take lightly. People experience real pain when they or those they love are …
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Don’t Fall for a Cheap Imitation of the Holy Spirit
What people think is the Holy Spirit is often a cheap imitation. Don’t be deceived. Pigeons and doves are in the same family and look much the same. But the pigeon is not the symbol of peace. It was not a pigeon that came down and remained on Jesus. The turtledove–symbolizing the Holy Spirit–is different …
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