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    Michael Jakes
    • Oct 15, 2016
    • 5 min

    The Missing Ingredient

    Imagine your favorite food. You taste, and it’s just not right; something is missing. You go and get that one ingredient that will make i...
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    Michael Jakes
    • Jul 1, 2016
    • 8 min

    The Truth The Devil Just Can’t Handle

    https://thatsthewordnow.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/tbs_live6_30_16_the_truth_the_devil_cant_handle.mp3 Ye are of your father the devil, ...
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    Michael Jakes
    • Jun 17, 2016
    • 6 min

    What Does It Really Mean To Be A Christian?

    Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:...
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    The Toothless, Chained Lion
    Michael Jakes
    • May 19, 2016
    • 3 min

    The Toothless, Chained Lion

    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8 So goe...
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    What To Do While You Wait
    Michael Jakes
    • Dec 15, 2015
    • 4 min

    What To Do While You Wait

    Have you ever noticed some of the things people do while they wait? For instance, when waiting on an elevator, we keep pressing the butto...
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    The Art of Sight: Not Looking at What You Can See-And Seeing What You Can’t
    Michael Jakes
    • Nov 14, 2015
    • 3 min

    The Art of Sight: Not Looking at What You Can See-And Seeing What You Can’t

    While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the...
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    I Didn’t Sign Up For This…Or Did I?
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 22, 2015
    • 4 min

    I Didn’t Sign Up For This…Or Did I?

    One of the most pervasive untruths spread by many so-called ‘new gospels’ seem to give the impression that once you’ve given your heart t...
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    Careful What You Pray For-You Might Just Get It!
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 13, 2015
    • 3 min

    Careful What You Pray For-You Might Just Get It!

    There’s a great quote I read on social media recently, it said, ‘Sometimes God will give you exactly what you wanted just to show you it’...
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    Don’t Tickle My Ears-Tell Me The Truth!
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 12, 2015
    • 2 min

    Don’t Tickle My Ears-Tell Me The Truth!

    A smile. A scripture. A shout. Your best life is now! A smile. A scripture. A shout. You are the righteousness of God! A smile. A scriptu...
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    The Devil’s Joy or Things Church Folk Do That Make the Devil Smile
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 10, 2015
    • 4 min

    The Devil’s Joy or Things Church Folk Do That Make the Devil Smile

    https://thatsthewordnow.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/the_devils_joy1.mp3https://thatsthewordnow.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/the_devils_joy...
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    Profanity in the Pews
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 10, 2015
    • 5 min

    Profanity in the Pews

    What did he say? My mind blinked. Then it paused just before it began to race with a flood of emotions. How should I react to this? Shoul...
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    The Real Gospel
    Michael Jakes
    • Mar 8, 2015
    • 4 min

    The Real Gospel

    For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of non...
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    Leaving The Word Behind
    Michael Jakes
    • Feb 28, 2015
    • 5 min

    Leaving The Word Behind

    Allow me to set the stage. Several years back I was standing outside of a church after the service. The weather was cold, raw and damp. T...
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