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Mitch Horton

Dec 9, 2020
3 min

Why A Virgin Birth Was Necessary

Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God (Luke 1:34-35). After Adam and Eve sinned, God had to find a way to bring man back to Himself. He couldn’t just forgive his sin. That would violate God’s morality and would be unjust. All sin must be

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What You Can Do If You Have Become Hardhearted Towards God

Mitch Horton

Jul 21, 2020
4 min

What You Can Do If You Have Become Hardhearted Towards God

Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, till He comes and rains righteousness on you (Hosea 10:12). Fallow ground is unproductive, untilled ground. When I was young my dad bought some land far away from city life and built a house there. There were fields with various kinds of produce surrounding my house. One field sat unplowed for a long time. The government land bank program paid the farmer to allow it

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Here Is What We Can Learn From Balaam, Esau, And Samson

Mitch Horton

Feb 12, 2020
3 min

Here Is What We Can Learn From Balaam, Esau, And Samson

We as believers are in Christ and are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 1:3). However, we can cancel the intended favor and blessing of God on our lives through disobedience and sin. We can learn a lot from the stories of Balaam, Esau, and Samson. Here are some lessons we can glean from them. In Numbers 22-24, You can read the story of how Balak (King of the Moabites) tried to get the prophet Balaam to curse Israel. And what a blessing we

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Mitch Horton

Nov 21, 2019
3 min

Is Your Conscience Tender Or Hardened?

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:12-13). While in Ethiopia years ago, I saw firsthand what can happen when a precious brother in Christ goes astray. A man who had walked with us, prayed with us, loved God with us, began seeking to prevent God’s purposes from coming to pass. Th

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Three Things You Can Do When You Are Tempted

Mitch Horton

Apr 23, 2019
3 min

Three Things You Can Do When You Are Tempted

But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). (James 1:14 – Amplified) The most dangerous person in my life is me! Self deception hinders more people in God than perhaps any other one thing. We all must ruthlessly deal with ourselves, honestly admitting our areas of weakness to the Lord, to ourselves, and if necessary, to another trusted friend. The verse above is written to believers. Every believer has a built

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Mitch Horton

Apr 20, 2019
7 min

Three Days And Three Nights

For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights (Matthew 12:40 – NLT). For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ (2 Corinthians 5:21 – NLT). When Jesus died on a barbaric Roman cross, His last words were, “Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit.” Many have the idea that Jesus

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Mitch Horton

Mar 23, 2019
3 min

Jesus Our Substitute

Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away. But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us b

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Life Lessons From Balaam, Esau, And Samson

Mitch Horton

Feb 14, 2019
3 min

Life Lessons From Balaam, Esau, And Samson

We as believers are in Christ and are blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms (Ephesians 1:3). However, we can cancel the intended favor and blessing of God on our lives through disobedience and sin. We can learn a lot from the stories of Balaam, Esau, and Samson. Here are some lessons we can glean from them. In Numbers 22-24, You can read the story of how Balak (King of the Moabites) tried to get the prophet Balaam to curse Israel. And what a blessing we

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Let’s Keep Ourselves From The Influences Of What The Bible Calls The World

Mitch Horton

Jan 22, 2019
5 min

Let’s Keep Ourselves From The Influences Of What The Bible Calls The World

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world (John 17:14-16). God’s people have always been a separated people. We are to shine as lights in the darkness around us. We have the influence of salt in a bland, sin-filled world. John tells u

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Some Thoughts About Staying In Close Fellowship With God

Mitch Horton

Jan 5, 2019
3 min

Some Thoughts About Staying In Close Fellowship With God

Fellowship is the mother of faith. Faith grows in the climate of rich, deep fellowship with the Father. Faith shrivels when fellowship is compromised. Relationship is a result of birth or covenant, but fellowship is only by choice. Fellowship is a sharing together, a communion. It’s two people coming together with a mutual interest and a part to play in that interest. Fellowship must be fostered on purpose. I’ve found that many believers lack the rich fellowship with the Fat

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How To Pray For A Christian That Has Fallen Away From God

Mitch Horton

Dec 8, 2018
3 min

How To Pray For A Christian That Has Fallen Away From God

We all know believers who have for some reason fallen away in their walk with God. As Paul said they have become “shipwrecked” in the faith. In some way the world, the flesh, and the devil have made inroads into their faith life, and they are away from God and out of fellowship. I have found James 4:5 to be a real key in praying for these prodigal sons and daughters of God. Listen to it in these various translations: Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spiri

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Beware Of A Continuously Violated Conscience!

Mitch Horton

Nov 15, 2018
3 min

Beware Of A Continuously Violated Conscience!

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin (Hebrews 3:12-13). While in Ethiopia several years ago, I saw firsthand what can happen when a precious brother in Christ goes astray. A man who had walked with us, prayed with us, loved God with us, began seeking to prevent God’s purposes from coming to

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Mitch Horton

Sep 26, 2018
3 min

Give Yourself A Spiritual Checkup!

We know that whoever is born of God does not sin; but he who has been born of God keeps himself, and the wicked one does not touch him (1 John 5:18). If you’re going to walk closely with the Lord, you must guard or “keep” yourself. We must be vigilant to continue to do the things necessary to keep our walk with the Father strong and robust. The writer of Hebrews said it well: Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away (Hebrews

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Mitch Horton

Jul 31, 2018
3 min

Cleanse Yourself!

Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God (2 Corinthians 7:1). This is a day to cleanse ourselves. To be the salt and the light we’re called to be, we must look and act different than the world. In Exodus 33 Moses told the Lord that it was His presence that made the Israelites different from the heathen nations surrounding them. In Acts 4 people notice that Peter and

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Mitch Horton

Jul 30, 2018
2 min

Are You Spiritually Hungry?

Blessed Are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled (Matthew 5:6). Our hungers define us. Hunger motivates. What we desire shows us what we really are within. Spiritually, hunger is the indicator of our spirituality. Physically, hunger is one of the signs of health and prolonged lack of hunger is an indicator of illness. If we lack spiritual hunger, something has gone wrong! When my children were young, they sometimes came to the dinner table w

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Mitch Horton

Jun 18, 2018
3 min

Will You Be Confident or Ashamed?

And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming (1 John 2:28). Two classes of believers will stand before Jesus when He returns; the confident, and the ashamed. The confident are those who loved not their lives to the death. They resisted the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life. They kept the world at a distance by bathing themselves daily in the Word of God, and by cons

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May God Deliver Us From Self Exaltation!

Mitch Horton

Jun 2, 2018
4 min

May God Deliver Us From Self Exaltation!

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us (2 Corinthians 4:7). The exalted self is perhaps the biggest casualty of Adam’s sin. This residual effect of spiritual death has left its roots system in every child of God. The root of the exalted self is pride. And we know that pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall according to Proverbs. You can see this exalted self in the pastor seeking to

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3 Things To Do When Temptation Comes Knocking

Mitch Horton

Apr 30, 2018
3 min

3 Things To Do When Temptation Comes Knocking

But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). (James 1:14 – Amplified) The most dangerous person in my life is me! Self deception hinders more people in God than perhaps any other one thing. We all must ruthlessly deal with ourselves, honestly admitting our areas of weakness to the Lord, to ourselves, and if necessary, to another trusted friend. The verse above is written to believers. Every believer has a built

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Don’t Allow “The World” To Cool Your Affection Towards God!

Mitch Horton

Apr 27, 2018
2 min

Don’t Allow “The World” To Cool Your Affection Towards God!

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world — the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life — is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever (1 John 2:15-17). The “world” is one of the enemies of the believer. Theologian Kenneth Wuest defines the “world” as all the

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Mitch Horton

Mar 31, 2018
3 min

God’s Love Rests On His Justice

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God (Romans 5:1-2). Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Mercy and truth go before Your face (Psalm 89:14). Here’s what the judicial side of our redemption demanded. A man got us into sin, and a man must legally pay our sin penalty. But not just

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