Category: Victory Call
The Easy Way or The Hard Way
Posted on October 22, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple minded? Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. – Proverbs 1:22-23 A wise person once said, “There are three ways to learn – through instruction, by example, or more painfully, through experience.” Solomon, […]
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No Place Like Home
Posted on October 21, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
…for then we will be at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8b (NLT) It was a rainy night, cold and dark, and we needed to head out right after a long day at work… to attend to our many errands we had scheduled for that night. The rain and the darkness added to the […]
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Prove it
Posted on October 18, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. James 2:18 I have been partnering with our Accounts Payable Manager on a project for over a year now and periodically she refers to “proving” an account. In […]
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First Glance
Posted on October 17, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
I did not know until recently that the book of James was so controversial. “The letter of James has strong claims to be both the most celebrated and most criticized of all New Testament books. This alone makes it worthy of close attention—we are unlikely to be left unaffected by it! It has generated enormous […]
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A Simple Truth Take 2
Posted on October 16, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Galatians 5:6 In yesterday’s Victory Call, in view of Galatians 5:6, we considered that nothing other than Christ counts for our salvation. No matter what words we put in place of circumcision and uncircumcision, the works they represent count for […]
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A Simple Truth
Posted on October 15, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. Galatians 5:6 One evening, in small group, one of the men mentioned his favorite verse in the entire Bible was Galatians 5:6. I was curious about that. I’ve heard a lot of favorite verses over the years, but never Galatians […]
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Joy?
Posted on October 14, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. James 1:2-3 Count is all joy? Who considers suffering joy? I have heard this question posed to me over the years. How do I count this trial all joy? It is difficult to see trials as […]
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How to Build a Stronghold
Posted on October 11, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. 2 Corinthians 10:4 The word ‘stronghold’ in this verse is a fortress used metaphorically. But it also indicates, at least in this verse, that some strongholds are harmful and need destroyed and warfare is involved. Stronghold: a fortified place; a place […]
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In Weakness, Fear and Trembling
Posted on October 10, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in […]
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Deeper not Backwards
Posted on October 9, 2019 by Erin Culleny in Victory Call
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. Philippians 1:6 I am in the final stage of training for my Recovery Coach certification. Last week while speaking to my supervisor he made a comment about the common human experience of being discouraged by slow […]
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