Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Feb 8, 2012, 12:50 am
From Abide in Christ website http://www.abideinchrist.com/ Do I see the beauty of a holy life as Jesus saw it? Do I see lost people through His eyes? Do I understand the eternal purpose of God with the same conviction that Jesus had? The apostle Paul said, “We have the mind of Christ” (I Cori...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Feb 4, 2012, 7:53 pm
Psalm 119:104 Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.  105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 106 I have sworn an oath and confirmed it, to keep your righteous rules. 107 I am severely afflicted; give me life, O  Lord , according to your wor...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jan 17, 2012, 12:17 am
Commentary on Matthew 5:7  “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Can be found here: http://bible.cc/matthew/5-7.htm © 2004 – 2011 by Biblos.com Barnes’ Notes on the Bible Blessed are the merciful – That is, those who are so affected by the sufferings of others as ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jan 13, 2012, 12:59 am
Matthew 5:14-16 14 l“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 mNor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so nthatOr house. 16Let your ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Dec 29, 2011, 3:23 am
1 Thessalonians 4:3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: Articles of Faith: Sanctification We believe that sanctification is the process by which according to the will of God, we are made partakers of his holiness, that it is a progressive work, that it is begun in regeneration, and t...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Dec 1, 2011, 9:56 am
dis·con·tent/ˌdiskənˈtent/ Lack of contentment; dissatisfaction with one’s circumstances. A person who is dissatisfied, typically with the prevailing social or political situation. A restless desire or craving for something one does not have. Hebrews 13:5-6 5 Keep your life free f...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Nov 6, 2011, 7:57 pm
A Living Sacrifice 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,  by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world,  but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you ma...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Oct 19, 2011, 11:34 pm
John 4:20-24 English Standard Version (ESV) 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Fath...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 26, 2011, 1:39 am
Matthew 5:43-48 New International Version (NIV) Love for Enemies 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his s...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 24, 2011, 1:33 pm
Matthew 5:43-48 New International Version (NIV) Love for Enemies 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[a] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his s...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 18, 2011, 1:46 am
We live in a day when everyone insists on his or her personal rights. The courts of law are full of people who feel their “rights” have been infringed upon grievously. It is the theme in every lawyer’s office. “You have your rights,” the highway billboard shouts to passing passengers. Whi...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 15, 2011, 12:15 am
We are either Pharaoh or Moses, leading people to death or life which one are you? Exodus 14:16-18 English Standard Version (ESV) 16 Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. 17And I will harden the he...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 6, 2011, 11:19 pm
Luke 11:45-52 45One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” 46And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. 47 Woe to you! For you build the...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Sep 4, 2011, 2:38 am
Have you ever thought about how your life would be if you truly got what you deserved?  Have you ever took a survey of all of your wrongs and rights.  All of your should, should haves, and should have nots?  All of the times when you should have done the right thing but you choose to turn the oth...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 19, 2011, 12:53 pm
  The one thing that is evident among those who don’t believe in Christ Jesus is this.  Once you remove ethics, morality, and life after death; what we are left with is a fear of accountability. Not responsibility but accountability as we live in a world that say “do what is right for you”...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 15, 2011, 1:27 am
GOD deserves so much more from me, how I love him. But I’m not speaking from love but pride in me as Christ has already satisfied Him.  That may sound confusing in how I say that I love God and how he deserves the best of me.  You would not think that anything is wrong in my statement.   It so...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 10, 2011, 12:07 pm
1 Peter 1:3-7 Born Again to a Living Hope 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfad...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 10, 2011, 12:07 pm
1 Peter 1:3-7 Born Again to a Living Hope 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfad...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 4, 2011, 2:28 pm
Luke 17:7-10 Unworthy Servants 7 “Will any one of you who has a servant  plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field,  Come at once and recline at table ? 8 Will he not rather say to him,  Prepare supper for me, and dress properly,  and serve me while I eat and dri...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Aug 4, 2011, 2:28 pm
Luke 17:7-10 Unworthy Servants 7 “Will any one of you who has a servant  plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field,  Come at once and recline at table ? 8 Will he not rather say to him,  Prepare supper for me, and dress properly,  and serve me while I eat and dri...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jul 27, 2011, 12:46 am
2 Timothy 4:1-5 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is comi...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jul 27, 2011, 12:46 am
2 Timothy 4:1-5 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is comi...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jul 14, 2011, 9:45 am
Romans 5:1-11 Peace with God Through Faith 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we  have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith  into this grace in which we stand, and we  rejoice  in hope of the glory of God. 3 More than...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jul 5, 2011, 3:03 pm
Genesis 9:6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image. When was the last time you looked in a mirror? Or how about a pool of water?  Have you seen your reflection?  Have you ever seen someone who you al...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jun 29, 2011, 11:23 am
Ephesians 2:1-5, 8-9 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh,...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jun 14, 2011, 1:37 am
My heart hurts as it struggles against my love for the LORD and my love for self. My desire to please my idol is strong but my need to follow Christ is crushing. God takes my breath away. The Holy Spirit pulls and pushes stronger than gravity. My knees break in His presence. What you have is tempora...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jun 3, 2011, 11:04 pm
Image via Wikipedia Sometimes we all think that we smarter than what we really are.  We tend to think we are wise and give great advice.  We take credit for every genius thought while blaming someone for every stupid one.  We are all hypocrites in disguises as we are all better and wiser than th...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Jun 1, 2011, 6:36 pm
Job 31:1-8 Job’s Final Appeal 1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin? 2 What would be my portion from God above and my heritage from the Almighty on high? 3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? 4 Does not he see my way...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - May 31, 2011, 1:49 am
Job 2:11-13 Job’s Three Friends 11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They made an appointment together to come to show him sympathy and comfort him. ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - May 25, 2011, 1:55 am
Job 19:13-22 13 “He has put my brothers far from me, and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me. 14 My relatives have failed me, my close friends have forgotten me. 15 The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger; I have become a foreigner in their eyes. 16 I call to ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - May 18, 2011, 2:22 pm
Job 1:6-8 (New International Version) 6 One day the angels[a] came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan[b] also came with them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.” 8 Th...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - May 11, 2011, 1:04 am
Zombie ~ a.  the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose. b. the supernatural force itself. c. a person whose behavior or responses are wooden, listless, or seemingly rote; automaton. d. an eccentric or p...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - May 1, 2011, 4:00 am
1 Corinthians 5:9-13 (English Standard Version)  9I wrote to you in my letter(A) not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10(B) not at all meaning(C) the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters,(D) since then you would need to go out of the world.11B...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 29, 2011, 2:48 am
Image via Wikipedia Romans 5:6-11 (English Standard Version)  6For(A) while we were still weak, at the right time(B) Christ died for the ungodly. 7For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— 8but(C) God shows his love for ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 23, 2011, 12:53 am
April 22, 2011 by: Subscribe to…   On the panel at The Gospel Coalition I was asked how my preaching may have become more Christocentric over the years. Here’s the summary of my answer. My devotion to the truth that God magnifies himself in all that he does has been increasingly refined in...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 20, 2011, 1:57 am
Image via Wikipedia James 4:3 When you ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you get on your pleasures. We have been told that “faith” is the key to a successful prayer life.  We have been told that it will unlock an abundant life of prosperity....
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 16, 2011, 1:57 am
I guess people wonder why I do what I do.  I guess they wonder why I post so much on facebook or why I post blogs so often.  I guess they wonder why I have some many twitter posts too.   It wouldn’t be an issue if it wasn’t for the content of my posts, status, blogging and tweets.  Some migh...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 13, 2011, 1:51 am
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Luke 18:9-14 9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himsel...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 9, 2011, 1:30 am
Image via Wikipedia During our lifetime we perform many jobs.  As children we  dream of having a job that we will enjoy doing for rest of lives.  We run off to the universities and various institutions of higher learning in order to follow our dreams.  We spend whatever it takes so that duty wi...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 7, 2011, 12:10 am
The following questions are also posted on  http://thirstyones.com/ by Greg Wilson Thirteen Questions on Discerning Idols (from Soul Idolatry Excludes Men Out of Heaven, by Puritan Pastor David Clarkson) What do you most highly value? What do you think about by default? What is your highest ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 2, 2011, 3:13 am
I just finished listening to a sermon by Beau Hughes of The Village Church entitled “Deep Idols“.  He discussed that our surface idols of money, sex, work , family, relationships and the like, have a much deeper idols.  These deeper idols serve as saviors; they are complex and come in the form...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Apr 1, 2011, 2:41 am
Is church today about the Gospel of Jesus Christ or self affirmation?  This question kept coming back to me since I finished reading the Book of Acts.  I’m now studying 1 Corinthians and again the state of the Gospel message within the church community arose.  So how much value do we place on C...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 30, 2011, 2:16 am
John 3:1-7 (New International Version, ©2011) Jesus Teaches Nicodemus 1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 29, 2011, 12:14 pm
I pray Lord God for biblical integrity amongst ministers. In that men of God would study and not just Google word topics, using one line scriptures out of context.  Doing so just because the word that they have focused on appears there.  I pray that ministers would no longer fear losing membe...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 22, 2011, 11:54 am
Being Mocked: The Essence of Christ‘s Work, Not Muhammad‘s February 08, 2006 by John Piper Topic: The Person of Christ What we saw this past week in the Islamic demonstrations over the Danish cartoons of Muhammad was another vivid depiction of the difference between Muhammad and Christ, and ...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 16, 2011, 9:17 pm
Isaiah 53:1-6 1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3 He was despis...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 15, 2011, 8:33 am
My gracious and heavenly Father, Forgive us Lord for we have grieved your Holy Spirit and profaned your hallowed name.   We honor you with lip service while our hearts are as far from you as the east is from west.  We call upon you daily for blessings and ignore your commandments.  We have s...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 10, 2011, 12:58 am
If I said that blessings are coming your way, you would like it but if I said satan has asked sift you  (luke 22:31) you would rebuke me and say I have a demon. John 8:49 “I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. 50 I am not seeking glory for...
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Roy Martin posted an article on Anointed Place - Mar 8, 2011, 9:21 am
Growing up I use to help my dad around the house with repairs or with working on the car.  He would show me how to use the electric saw or a hammer.   While he was trying to teach me how to do something I would always say “I know”.  He would respond by repeating me over and over again;  “...
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