The FLOT Line Show
By Rick Hughes Ministries
FLOT is an acronym for Forward Line of Troops. The show teaches principles from the Bible and focuses on God’s 10 unique problem-solving devices. If you choose to learn and apply them, they will act as a main line of resistance in your soul, a FLOT line, preventing the outside sources of adversity from becoming the inside pressure of stress in your soul. The intent is to give you information to help you identify the plan of God for your life.
The FLOT Line ShowMar 15, 2024
Satanic Strategy (2013)
Satan has a strategy and a system of authority. His army consists of rulers, powers, forces of darkness and spiritual wickedness in high places. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world and against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph 6:12). Satan has assigned demon ambassadors that particularly influence world leaders to carry out satanic policy. Satan is trying to vindicate himself, so he doesn’t go to the Lake of Fire. If he could establish a utopia here on earth, then he could validate his claim that God is unfair. Satan’s greatest weapon is organized religion across the world. Demon influence is real. It is you choosing to let human viewpoint thinking into your soul and corrupt your thinking. One of the ways Satan influences unbelievers is to give a false gospel, a gospel that removes grace. It’s a counterfeit and is based on human morality and human works. There is only one way to get to heaven and it is by faith alone in Christ alone. If you put your faith in anything else but Jesus Christ, you are not saved.
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Do Not Fear (2013)
You have the means to stabilize your thoughts and meet every difficulty with peace and tranquility. Claim His promise to you: “Do not fear for I am with you. Do not anxiously look about you for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you. Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand” (Is 41:10). Fear is you assuming an unassigned responsibility. Fear is a sin. Fear is failure to use the faith-rest drill, a problem-solving device. Fear is putting your eyes on the circumstances and not on the solution. Your Heavenly Father knows exactly the circumstances you are in. God mandates, "Do not fear". Why? Because: "Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world." (1 John 4:4), “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col 1:27), and “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper.” (Isaiah 54:17).
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The Sustaining Pivot (2013)
The pivot is a group of spiritually mature Christians living in a client nation. Without a pivot, a client nation can’t sustain itself. America is a client nation responsible for sending missionaries throughout the world; guarding and teaching the Word of God; providing a safe haven for the Jews, and governance based on the laws of divine establishment. “I will bless those that bless you and curse those that curse you” (Gen 12:3). Learning and applying God’s Word produces divine wisdom which is necessary to be a member of the pivot. As goes your spiritual life, so goes this nation.
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Walk Worthy of the Lord (2013)
Walk worthy of the Lord. This is your objective as a Christian. Learn the Word of God. Apply it in your life. Glorify God to the maximum. “So you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects” (Col 1:10). You do this by staying filled with the Holy Spirit (this is your power) and learning God’s Word (this is your truth to live by). “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free” (John 8:32). Understanding and using God’s 10 problem-solving devices is walking worthy of the Lord. It is a phenomenal way to live. “It is no longer me but Christ in me” (Gal 2:20). “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith” (Heb 12:2).
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Stand Fast in the Lord (2024)
Stand fast in the Lord. God’s steadfast, unfailing love is an amazing promise for us. “Give thanks to the Lord, for His steadfast love is everlasting” (Ps 136:1). This country needs you to become spiritually mature and be a blessing by association. Don’t be discouraged in your spiritual growth by those who criticize you for being too committed to learning God’s Word. The Apostle Paul encouraged his congregations and us not to be deceived by enemies of the cross. Rather, to stand fast in the Lord. “With regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed by a spirit or a message or a letter” (2 Thes 2:1-2).
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Six Key Terms (2013)
Humility is teachability. “Think in terms of humility as God has assigned to each of us a standard of thinking.” (Rom 12:3). Grace is God’s policy. Grace is the giving the power of Jesus Christ our Lord to us. “For by grace are you saved” (Eph 2:8). Cognition is awareness including knowing you are a permanent part of the royal family of God. The number one priority in your life needs to be learning God’s Word consistently. The Word of God stabilizes you’re thinking. It is powerful, and so is prayer. Volition drives your spiritual life. Do you want to glorify God? If yes, then you must grow up spiritually. Focus on advancing to spiritual maturity.
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The Train Wreck Coming (2013)
The train wreck coming to America will be stressful if you haven’t developed a FLOT line in your soul. “Cursed is the man who puts his trust in man” (Jer 17:5). Without truth, nothing will stop the train wreck. Truth is God’s Word, the Bible. The solution to what we’re facing today is a divine solution. Human solutions are no solutions. Americans have been enjoying prosperity, the gifts, and have forgotten the Giver. “If you love Me you will keep My mandates and My mandates are not grievous” (1 John 5:3). This is where it starts. Every motivation in your soul starts with personal love for God and this love is reciprocal. God loves you and His Son gave His life for you. Honor, love and respect God Almighty. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “When I go away I will send the Holy Spirit and He will lead you into all truth” (John 16:7). Don’t deviate from the truth. “Some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceiving spirits” (1 Tim 4:1). Study under a pastor that teaches the truth, apply what you learn and you will be prepared for the train wreck that is coming.
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The Essence of God (2013)
The essence of God (His attributes) are sovereignty, righteousness, justice, love, eternal life, immutability, veracity, omnipotence, omniscience, and omnipresence. God’s essence remains stable. It never changes. God is immanent and He is transcendent. “'Am I only a God nearby, declares the Lord, ‘And not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places that I cannot see them?’ declares the Lord. ‘Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?'’” (Jer 23:23). Omnipresent God lives in you! “Do you not know that you are the temple of God and the Spirit of God dwells in you?” (1 Col 3:14). Jesus Christ controls history and therefore God’s purpose and God’s plans are always fulfilled.
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Learn of Me (2013)
“Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart and you will find rest in your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matt 11:28-30). Jesus Christ is asking you to yoke up and learn about Him. He gave you the template to live the Christian way of life. That template is found in the Bible. This is why it is critical you study the Word of God under the ministry of a pastor who will teach it to you accurately. And you have the power of the filling of the Holy Spirit to live it. “Learn of Me” is where you get the motivation to live a Christian life. You see what He did and how He did it. As you learn about Him you will find that His yoke—His guidance and control—is easy. He is not going to put a load on you that you can’t carry.
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Serpents and Doves, Part 2 (2013)
This is the mindset you need to operate in the devil’s world: “Be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves” (Matt 10:16). You must have divine wisdom gained from learning and applying God’s Word. You need to know when to be still. “Stand still and watch what God is about to do” (Ex 14:13-14). This is having a relaxed mental attitude even in adverse circumstances. You must be prepared and find opportunities to speak and represent the Lord Jesus Christ. “Don’t worry about what you’re going to say. The Holy Spirit will give it to you at that hour for it is not you that speak but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you” (Matt 10:17-20). You must have humility, this is being harmless as doves, and walking circumspectly. Be prudent and be wise.
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Serpents and Doves, Part 1 (2013)
“Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves” (Matt 10:16). Jesus Christ had trained the disciples and sent them out with these instructions. Christ was telling them and us we need to have spiritual wisdom. This is knowing and doing the will of God. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Rom 10:17). Spiritual wisdom is the Word of God you’ve learned and apply. Wisdom gives you the ability to understand the will of God. God’s geographical will is where he wants you to be. God’s viewpoint will is what He wants you to think, divine viewpoint, the mind of Christ. God’s operational will is what He wants you to do. God gives you a spiritual gift at the moment of salvation. This spiritual gift works within the body of Christ as you replicate the life of Christ within your community. As you “shine like stars among those in the world” (Phil 2:15).
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Complaining is Against God (2024)
When you complain about anything or anyone, you are complaining against God because God allowed the circumstances. If you are “gritching” you aren't using the faith-rest drill and impersonal love. Complaining is a sin. “Do all things without complaining or disputing; so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world” (Phil 2:14-15). Our job as Christians is not to complain about the crooked and perverse things we see in our government and circumstances but to reflect the glory of our resurrected Savior and hold fast to the truth found in Scripture. Our mindset must be Scripturally grounded. “In everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thess 5:18).
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Unrealistic Self Image (2013)
Prosperity can be a greater test than adversity. Be careful it doesn’t turn you into being lukewarm to learning the Word of God and not advancing spiritually. If you think you are rich and need nothing and develop an unrealistic self-image, note what our Lord says about these kinds of Christians, “I will vomit you out of My mouth” (Rev 3:14-18). An unrealistic self-image comes from arrogance. An arrogant person doesn’t see himself as he really is. Arrogance is a pattern of self-justification, self-deception and self-absorption, justifying whatever behavior he’s involved. God is not impressed with this. God is asking you for seven days a week, full-time occupation with Jesus Christ. Don’t love the prosperity. “Do not love the things of the world” (1 John 2:15). This refers to priorities. What is your priority, your material possessions or your relationship with your Lord and Savior? “We must progress and move on to maturity” (Heb 6:1).
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Scar Tissue (2013)
“He who hardens his heart shall fall into mischief” (Prov 28:14). Scar tissue builds up in your soul from perpetual carnality and turning away from God. Your heart hardened, your emotions control your thoughts and actions and you’re done for. You will react to hearing the truth. You’ll become unresponsive to conviction by God and be consumed by human viewpoint thinking. Your mind becomes a vacuum sucking in cosmic system thinking, Satan’s evil. When you stay out of fellowship with God and your rate of forgetting exceeds your rate of learning you’re going into revisionism. “Their understanding is darkened” (Eph 4:17-19). Heed God’s warning: “Harden not your heart” (Heb 3:8).
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Reversionism (2013)
Our Lord depended upon the Holy Spirit to guide and strengthen Him, give Him insight, and empower Him while he lived here on earth. This is the same thing we need to do! Our Lord used the 10 problem-solving devices when He operated in the devil’s world and these same resources are available to you to use. “Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5). A Christian who gets into perpetual carnality and doesn’t use rebound gets into revisionism. If you don’t use rebound to recover from sin you will begin to slide into revisionism. Those in revisionism can’t be distinguished from the unbeliever. You can’t think clearly in reversionism, and it leads to operation boomerang and the frantic search for happiness. You can recover from revisionism. Go to God the Father in prayer and admit your sin. Then get into God’s Word and grow. This will remove the scar tissue that has built up in your soul. “Happiness belongs to those who hear My Father’s Word and keep it” (Luke 11:28).
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Substitute Spirituality (2013)
Spirituality is being filled with the Holy Spirit. At any moment, you are controlled by the Holy Spirit or by your sin nature. Your volition decides. Our foundation is Jesus Christ. “For another foundation can no man lay than that which is laid which is Christ Jesus” (1 Cor 3:11-16). Substitute spirituality is you trying to impress God with how good you are, by how you act, or by what you do. This is human good, “wood, hay and straw” which will be burned at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Substitute spirituality is emotionalism. The Christian life is lived in your thoughts, not your emotions. “Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5).
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Power Politics vs Pivot Politics (2013)
One of the predominant lust patterns of the sin nature is power lust. Power politics is using human solutions to try and make society better. Human solutions are no solutions. Pivot politics adheres to the principles of freedom and advocates the function of the laws of divine establishment. You can be part of the solution to what our nation needs by being a part of the pivot—the group of mature believers who God recognizes as His people. “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and search for Me, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear their prayer and heal their land” (2 Chron 7:14).
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Absolute Standards (2013)
Truth is the Word of God. God’s Word provides our absolute standards for living the Christian way of life. “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). We operate by faith, and we verify everything with Scripture. What the Bible says should drive your decision-making. Spirituality is absolute. If you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you are spiritual. If you aren’t, you are carnal. At any time in your life, you are either one or the other. Salvation is absolute. All it takes is faith alone in Christ alone. “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom 10:13).
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Strengthen Your Spiritual Heart (2024)
You strengthen your spiritual heart when you exercise your spiritual life. “For bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come” (1 Tim 4:8). Godliness means the advanced spiritual life, growing to spiritual maturity. It combines being filled with the Holy Spirit, consistently learning God’s Word, and obeying it. This takes self-discipline. “Discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness” (1 Tim 4:7). Godliness strengthens the heart. “Seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence” (2 Pet 1:3).
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True Knowledge (2013)
“I am looking for those who know Me and understand Me” (Jer 9:23). God is looking for those who are serious about growing to spiritual maturity. Those who consistently study and apply God’s Word. As go the spiritual lives of Christians in a nation, so goes the nation. Knowledge of God is on a serious decline in this nation. We have turned our back on God. This will bring divine discipline. “There is no truth, no mercy, and knowledge of God in the land” (Hosea 4:1-6). Does this sound like America today? “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Since you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from being a priest [nation] for Me. Because you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will also forget your children.”
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America is in Trouble (2013)
America is in trouble. God is giving us some wake-up calls because as a nation we are focused on the gifts and not the Giver. “Each person’s ways are clearly seen by the Lord and He surveys all of His actions” (Prov 5:21). Satan uses all possible means to discredit the Word of God, discourage us and defeat us from ever reaching spiritual maturity. We need a spiritual revival in our nation and it starts with you. Can America be healed? Yes. It depends on you and your spiritual life. God promises, “If My people that are called by My name will humble themselves and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways then I will hear their prayer and heal their land” (2 Chron 7:14).
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Your Family Tree (2013)
Jesus Christ says all it takes to be saved is the faith of a mustard seed. The small mustard seed is the truth of the gospel. “God so loved the world that He gave His uniquely born Son so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). As a Christian, you are part of the Body of Christ. This is your family tree. Your family tree traces back to the Lord Jesus Christ! “For as the body is one and has many members and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit [the Holy Spirit] we are all baptized into one body [the Body of Christ] whether we be Jews or Greeks, whether we be bond or free, and we have all been made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member but many members.” (1 Cor 12:12-14). The gospel seed that Jesus Christ planted has grown into a large tree, a living organism, the Church, the Body of Christ.
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The Body of Christ (2013)
At the moment of salvation, you became a member of the body of Christ. “For by means of the Holy Spirit are we all baptized into one body” (1 Cor 12:13). As a member of the body of Christ, you have unique assets our Lord Jesus Christ passed on to you to live your spiritual life. You must stay filled with the Holy Spirit to have the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to guide you using these assets. This is the only way to live the supernatural Christian life. The body of Christ is comprised of believers and is a living organism. It’s the universal Church, the body of Christ, in distinction to a local church. You are in Christ!
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Prayer (2013)
Prayer is instant communication with God. Prayer is thought. “Whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved” (Rom 10:13). You will short-circuit your prayer and it won’t be heard if you have unconfessed sin in your life. “If I regard inquiry in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Ps 66:18). Part of the Holy Spirit’s ministry to you is to be the facilitator between you and God the Father in prayer. But if you have unconfessed sin in your life the empowerment of the Holy Spirit can’t work. “The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we don’t know what to pray as we should, but the Holy Spirit prays for us with groaning that cannot be expressed in words” (Rom 8:26). Prayer is the most wonderful way you can express your appreciation for what God does for you.
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Passing the Baton, Part 5 (2013)
Our objective, running the race, is to lift up Jesus Christ our Savior and to proclaim God’s Word as truth and infallible to those who would hear it and listen. Authority orientation is critical if you want to grow up spiritually. “Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God” is the way to survive in the devil’s world (1 Pet 5:6). Respond, don’t react. “Be strong and of good courage” (Deut 31:7). Client nations are formed on divine establishment principles including freedom, marriage, family and nationalism. You can see by looking at these that there is a great fracture in America today. People are preoccupied with the gifts and have forgotten the Giver. We need to heed “I command you this day to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His mandates” (Deut 30:15-16). Pray and ask God for provision and protection and strength to defeat our enemies so we may carry on as a free nation and evangelize the world by sending out missionaries. The final mandate in Deut 30:20, “That you may love the Lord your God, you may obey His voice, and you may cleave to Him, for He is your life.”
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The Spiritual Quiet Professional (2024)
God will use spiritual quiet professionals (SPQ) to deliver this nation. SQPs put their spiritual lives as priority number one. They understand the mechanics of the spiritual life and gain divine wisdom, insight and discernment by growing to spiritual maturity. Knowledge and application of God’s Word gives them strength. The SQP is a powerful witness through lifestyle. “Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore, let your words be few” (Eccl 5:2). Blameless, integrity and self-sufficiency are traits. “Mark the blameless man and behold the upright; for the man of peace will have a posterity” (Ps 37:37). As goes your spiritual life, so goes the history of this nation.
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Passing the Baton, Part 4 (2013)
Human viewpoint thinking is prevalent in America today. Divine viewpoint has been shoved aside. America has been going downhill ever since the Word of God started getting rejected in the public. We have discarded the rules found in the Bible. This is why it is critical you finish the race. This is your personal sense of destiny, your goal. To achieve it you must have a personal love for God because this is your motivational virtue to be faithful. “If we love Him we will obey Him” (1 John 5:3). And John says, “We love Him because He first loved us” (1 John 4:19). The Christian life is lived in the soul. You are competing with yourself, your volition, whether you will be obedient to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Whether we will replicate His life by means of renovating our thinking. God doesn’t need us. We need Him to finish the race. There’s only one thing that can change the decline of our nation and that is a national revival. This is only going to happen when enough people turn back to His Word (2 Chron 7:14).
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Passing the Baton, Part 3 (2013)
As the core group of mature believers shrinks, client nation America is in peril. America has an authority orientation problem. Unthankful, unforgiving, slanders and no self-control are terms used in the Bible to describe the people of a nation in decline. “Having a form of godliness but denying the power” (2 Tim 3:5). Paul warns us, “Turn away from these, they are ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth” (2 Tim 3:5-7). Believers must not be distracted or captured by the details of life. You must finish the race. You must pass the baton of the Word of God to the next generation. You may be sick and hurting and wishing to go to heaven but remember it’s not God’s time yet. He has a plan for you. He is still using you. Your children and your grandchildren must see the importance of the Word of God is in your life. They must see your fidelity of faith and your stance in truth. The race is not over until you put the baton in their hands.
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Passing the Baton, Part 2 (2013)
When the pivot shrinks, the client nation is in trouble. The trouble comes from the spin-off of believers who get distracted and get into self-absorption substituting ritual for reality. The justice of God will meet out judgment on this nation if the next generation doesn’t take the baton and carry on the torch of truth. “He who has My Word let him speak it faithfully because My Word is like a fire and like a hammer” (Jer 23:28-29). Very few understand the mechanics of the Christian life. You can’t live in the devil’s world in a blind condition. This is why it is critical to learn and apply God’s Word. “Your word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path” (Ps 119:105). Personal love for God is what motivated you to be obedient. “If we love Him we will obey Him and His Mandates are not hard” (1 John 5:3). We are in the end times of client nation America having the protection and the blessing of God if we continue on the course we’re on.
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Passing the Baton, Part 1 (2013)
The pivot is the core group of mature believers. As goes the pivot, so goes the nation. America is God’s designated client nation now. If America is going to survive as a free nation it depends on two things: the older generation of mature believers finishing the race and the next generation picking up the baton. Study, learn and grow. This is how you advance in the Christian life and become the person God wants you to be. “Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God” (Rom 10:7). If you’re not hearing the Word of God taught by a well-qualified pastor you are not going to grow. God has only one problem-solving way of thinking—divine viewpoint acquired by learning to think as Christ thought. Satan seeks to defeat America by veiling the gospel and through deception and distraction. His objective is to shut down the light so the next generation doesn’t believe In the Lord Jesus Christ. Many people are afraid to be alone and are lonely. Time alone with God is very critical, especially if you want to have a prayer life. This is how Jesus Christ spent His time when He was here on earth, “Now in the morning, having risen before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place and there He prayed” (Mark 1:35).
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The Four Problems Christians Face, Part 3 (2013)
Learn to handle sin and evil and have the discernment to identify both. Grace is the genius of God. Evil is Satan’s counterfeit of God’s grace. Evil sounds good, looks good, but is the opposite of grace. Evil is very deceptive. Arrogance will destroy you. “If a man thinks himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceives himself” (Gal 6:3). Be aware of your arrogance tendencies and counter them with spiritual growth. Be aware a lack of divine wisdom is a problem and you can get ahead or get behind God. Your goal is to stay in step with God. Once your relationship with God becomes priority number one and everything else lines up behind it, then you will have the greatest happiness the world has ever known. Another problem in the spiritual life is the failure to understand spirituality as an absolute. At any time you are either in fellowship with God filled with the Holy Spirit or you are in carnality with unconfessed sin in your life. Spirituality and carnality are absolutes. Understanding and using God’s 10 problem-solving devices becomes the real key to you living your Christian life because if you don’t live it God’s way, you’re going to get frustrated.
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The Four Problems Christians Face, Part 2 (2013)
The sin nature is a problem. Whatever trend or lust pattern your sin nature has, if your volition feeds it then you’re going to go there. This is why the filling of the Holy Spirit is so critical along with taking in the Word of God on a consistent basis. A problem Christians face is attempting to execute God’s plan through human power rather than through divine power. It won’t work because it’s a supernatural plan and requires supernatural power. Another problem is ignorance of Biblical doctrine especially regarding the Biblical mandates of love. “If you love Me you will obey Me” (1 John 5:3). The most serious problem in the malfunction of the spiritual life is failure to grow, failure to execute the protocol plan of God, and failure to make it the number one priority in their lives. “Study to show thyself approved unto God a workman that needeth not to be ashamed but rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Tim 2:15).
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From Flaws to Success (2024)
When a Christian doesn’t recognize arrogance in his life, it’s a mental flaw that neutralizes spiritual growth. Many have hang-ups with certain sins or with people and this derails their spiritual lives. “Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins” (1 Pet 4:8). Studying God’s Word is how to counter mental flaws. It will show you where you are hypersensitive or arrogant. You must deal with it to advance spiritually and become the person God wants you to be. “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4). Psalm 119 provides the keys to success in our spiritual life: walk, keep and seek.
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The Four Problems Christians Face, Part 1 (2013)
Placing relationships with people over our relationship with God is a significant problem for many. Our number one objective is to grow to spiritual maturity so we can glorify God to the maximum. “Daily they searched the Scripture” (Acts 17:11). Another problem is how you learn. You can’t teach yourself to spiritual maturity. You must grow from the ministry of a well-qualified pastor. Hearing and keeping the Word of God on a consistent basis is what brings spiritual momentum. “Happiness belongs to those people who hear My Word and keep it” (Luke 11:27-28). God gives us testing as an opportunity to apply the spiritual skills we’ve learned and to accelerate our growth. Evaluate your life in the light of the Word of God to stay objective. “A person’s pride will humiliate him but a humble spirit gains honor” (Prov 29:23). This requires humility. And humility is required before you can reach spiritual maturity.
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Distractions (2013)
Distractions stop you from growing in the Christian life. Wasted time is a serious problem. “For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the actual words of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.” (Heb 5:12) You face four dangers: Placing our relationships with people over our relationship with God. Attempting to execute God’s plan with our human power. “Be filled with the Holy Spirit" (Eph 5:18). Ignorance of the Biblical mandate of love. “If you love Me you will keep my mandates and they are not hard” (1 John 5:3).
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Failure and Frustration (2013)
We all have frustrations and flaws. Some flaws are inherited, and some are acquired. Flaws affect our lives and the decisions we make because they affect our thinking. “For that which I want to do, I don’t do, but the things that I hate to do, those are the things I do” (Rom 7:15). Nothing you can do in life will negate your salvation. Once saved, always saved. That’s eternal security. The problem is in guilt, we fail to forgive ourselves. Guilt is a sin. You’re going to fail. We all do. The key is to name the sin to God, pick yourself up, and keep moving ahead, taking in the Word of God and applying it in your life. Keep advancing in the spiritual life. “Forgetting those things which are behind me I reach forward to those things which are ahead” (Phil 3:13).
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Faith-Rest the Storms of Life (2013)
Use the faith-rest drill to calm yourself in the storms of life. Fear causes you to focus on yourself, but faith puts the focus on God and His Word. If the Lord Jesus Christ can calm the storm in the middle of the Sea of Galilee, can He not calm your storms and deliver you as well? He will—if you trust Him, stay filled with the Holy Spirit, keep your eyes on the facts and off of yourself, and don’t let fear take control. “My God shall supply all of your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus” (Phil 4:19). The Holy Spirit gives you strength by recalling the Word of God you have stored in your soul.
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Looking for Pivot Potential (2013)
God is looking for pivot potential. Those of you who will stand in the gap. “I looked for somebody to stand in the hedge between Me and the people and to make up the gap in the land but I could not find even one” (Ezek 22:30). A pivot is a core group of mature believers that God uses to sustain a nation. You manifest the light to a nation in darkness. You are the salt that preserves the nation. Through your spiritual life, your prayers, your blessing by association, your nation survives. You can’t be a member of the pivot if you compromise on God’s truth or serve another god. To be pivot potential you can’t be afraid to stand in the gap. God raised up Gideon, the mighty man of valor. “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor” (Judges 6:12). God uses prepared people, people that are alert, ready and equipped with the Word of God stored in their souls. God is counting on you to be a part of the pivot. We are facing unbelievable tests in the coming years and unless you reach spiritual maturity, unless you represent Jesus Christ to your generation, the next generation won’t have a chance. Are you serious enough about your spiritual life to realize the awesome responsibility God has given you?
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Your Spiritual Life (2013)
God has given you many operational assets to live your spiritual life. the Bible, the indwelling of the Holy Spirit and Jesus Christ, and pastor-teachers are all grace resources you have. If you don’t use these resources and can’t concentrate on the teaching of God’s Word your spiritual life will be a waste. “Those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil” (Heb 5:14). Solomon explains, “When wisdom enters your heart and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, then discretion will preserve you and understanding will keep you” (Prov 2:10-11). The heart is the real you. Your spiritual life is fueled by what you think. You are to think as Christ thought. “Let this mind be in you that was also in Christ Jesus” (Phil 2:5).
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Your Resurrection (2024)
Easter is a time to celebrate the power of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and eternal security through faith in His finished work on the cross. “Behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Cor 6:2). Easter is also a time to recognize the significance of your spiritual life and reflect upon what will happen after your resurrection. As a believer, your spiritual life will be evaluated at the Judgment Seat of Christ. Will your evaluation be filled with human works that will be burned up as wood, hay, and stubble, or with rewardable divine assets of gold, silver, and precious stones? (1 Cor 3:11-15) The goal is to hear Jesus Christ say, “‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your master.’” (Matt 25:23)
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Hearts of Stone (2013)
A Christian who yields to the temptations of their sinful nature and stays out of fellowship with God goes into reversionism. If you’re in reversionism you can’t grow spiritually. You’ll become hypersensitive and prolonged involvement in the cosmic system will lead to a frantic search for happiness. “They are lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God” (2 Pet 3:4).
It is never too late to recover from prolonged carnality. Use Rebound (problem-solving device number one), to get back in fellowship with God, and resume your spiritual life.
Rebound: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
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The Six Trials of Christ (2012)
Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ endured six illegal trials including beatings and horrid treatment before being sentenced to death by crucifixion. He never complained. “We have turned everyone to his own way and God the Father hath laid on God the Son the inquiry of us all. Jesus Christ was oppressed. He was afflicted and yet He opened not His mouth” (Is 53:3-7). When Jesus completed God the Father’s plan to go to the cross and bear the sins of the world, taking our place, He said “It is finished.” Believing in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross is how you get to heaven. Jesus Christ, the anointed Savior of the world, was crucified for you.
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When to Keep Your Mouth Shut (2013)
You can glorify God far more when you keep your mouth shut than when you run your mouth. Make this a principle in your life. Never judge another person. “Do not judge lest you be judged because, with the measure you measure, it will be measured back to you again” (Matt 7:12). Don’t stick your nose in another person’s business. Be careful what you say about others. Use impersonal love. This is the same love that God used with you. You should be greasy spots right now—you’re not because God loves us. He demonstrated love for you when He sent His Son, our Savior the Lord Jesus Christ, to go to the cross and pay the penalty for our sins. “A soothing tongue is a tree of life but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit” (Prov 15:4).
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Reversionism (2012)
A Christian who stays out of fellowship with God, who backslides and goes into reversionism, yields to the temptations of the sin nature. This shorts out the protocol plan of God. “They are lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God” (2 Pet 3:4). If you’re in reversionism you can’t grow spiritually. You’ll become hypersensitive and involvement in the cosmic system will lead to a frantic search for happiness. God will never abandon you. You may have turned your back on Him but He will never turn His back on you. God saved you. God gave you a destiny but you have moved into reversionism and lost sight of the objective. It is never too late to recover from prolonged carnality. Do it now. Use rebound, confess your sin, get back in fellowship with God and resume your spiritual life.
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What's Wrong with America (2012)
America will not survive much longer if we continue to spurn God and His Word, and not listen to His mandates and warnings. “The fool takes no pleasure in understanding” (Ps 18:12). The chaos we are experiencing is a result of unchecked sin natures. As the Lord looked upon His creation and upon the hearts of man, this is what He said, “Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was on evil” (Gen 6:5). Evil is the system of Satan. Satan loves to impugn the name of God. You are the answer to what’s wrong in America. As goes your spiritual life, so goes our great nation.” I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land so I would not destroy it, but I found none” (Ezek 22:30).
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No Need to Worry (2012)
God mandates ‘No Fear.’ “Do not fear, I am with you” (Is 41:10). Worry is not a way of thinking for a Christian. We must think with a divine viewpoint. Pick up the shield of faith. Stand behind the promises of God. Focus on His solution and not the problem—the solution is to orient and adjust to the plan of God. “Worry in the heart of a man weighs it down, but a good word produces a superabundance of happiness” (Prov 12:25). God provides logistical grace for you. He keeps you alive. You are not to worry. “Cast all your burdens on the Lord, He will sustain you” (Ps 55:22).
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Spiritual Life Failure (2024)
Spiritual life failure has consequences—our nation is in decline and under God’s discipline. “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge” (Hosea 4:6). It starts with you if you want God to guarantee His blessing on America, and your children and grandchildren. As your spiritual life goes, so goes your life, family, and the nation. “I [God] searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it” (Ezek 22:30). Will you be the one God finds to stand in the gap?
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Money (2012)
Relax even in the face of adversity knowing God has promised you logistical grace provisions. Faith-rest is a tremendous problem-solving device. “This I recall to mind and therefore I have confidence. It is through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is His faithfulness” (Lam 3:21-23). “Lay up for yourself treasures in heaven” (1 Cor 3:11-16). Treasures in heaven are the blessings God bestows on winner believers, those who grow to spiritual maturity and glorify God to the maximum. Keep your spiritual life as your top priority and money won’t be a distraction. Jesus Christ wants us to remember never to be a slave to money. “Let your lifestyle be free from the love of money. Keep on being content with what you have.” (Heb 13:5). Wealth can keep a person from seeing the need for salvation. “What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
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Preparation for Disaster (2012)
Be serious about your Christian life. Learn and live God’s Word to be prepared for the disaster that is coming. “Neither will you be afraid of destruction when it comes” (Job 5:21). Acquiring the mind of Christ will give you a stable mind. Applying it brings a relaxed mental attitude. God will provide your logistical daily needs. This is a divine promise. “Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness. He will provide your needs” (Matt 6:33). You have the two greatest supernatural powers in the world - the Holy Spirit and the Bible. Use them! This is your strength. This is where you get direction. Remember, “Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world” (1 John 4:4). You have a ringside seat observing the pending disaster. Keep your mind on the Lord Jesus Christ. Stand still and watch God deliver you.
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Growing Up Spiritually (2012)
The spiritually mature believer can live his life as unto the Lord and not as unto man. “Whatever you do, do it from your soul as unto the Lord and not unto man” (Col 3:23). You grow to spiritual maturity by coming to understand God’s plan and consistently functioning in it. You get to know God through Christ and understand God through the ministry of the Holy Spirit and Scripture as enlightened by a well-qualified pastor. Growing to spiritual maturity is the basis for blessings in time and rewards in eternity. God provides everything needed to grow up spiritually through His grace provisions. “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ” (2 Pet 3:18).
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