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What do you need to know to properly care for your soul? Pastor Colin opens up the Bible’s teaching on what the human soul is, what Jesus says about the value of your soul, how your soul can be saved or lost, and the basics of caring for your soul.

Then he introduces you to four friends for your soul, honored guests who come into your inner life and stay there–the Son of God, Word of God, the fear of God, and the love of God. If you want to keep your heart right, you must make room for these guests.

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“Whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?”  Mark 8:35-36 Jesus confronts us with four profound realities: Your soul is of great value.

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What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? Mark 8:36 Jesus is saying, “You have a soul and your soul is of great value.” Your soul is your life—all that makes you the person you are. It’s the seat of your memory, feelings, imagination, convictions, desires, and affections….Read More

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Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.   Proverbs 4:23 The word heart refers to the inner life. What the writer of Proverbs is talking about here is the life of the soul. The message today is a very practical one: What does it mean to keep your heart?…Read More

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I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. (Galatians 2:20) Christ lives in me! Paul, who wrote this, tells us (1 Timothy 1:12-17) the kind of man he had been: I was a blatant sinner, a blasphemer with a foul mouth. I was an…Read More

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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16) 1. What the Word Is Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. (Colossians 3:16) Notice that God’s communication with us,…Read More

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I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their own good and the good of their children after them. (Jeremiah 32:39) My first task today is to make the case that the fear of God is a friend. For many people, the fear of God sounds more…Read More

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God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. (Romans 5:5) Think with me for a moment about the love of God. The quality of any love directly relates to the capacity of the being who gives it. Do insects experience love? It seems reasonable to…Read More

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