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Meditation can bring mysticism or a calming exercise to mind. But meditation in the Scriptures is entirely different. In this message, Pastor Lutzer guides us to simply ask the text some questions that help us analyze and personalize the truth. What if God’s Word reprogramed our minds in a godly, healthy direction? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

There are two distinct paths: one leads to destruction, the other leads to life. We need discernment that can only come by renewing our minds through the Word of God. In this message, Pastor Lutzer gives us the steps towards this path of blessing. Praying the Bible will lead us to joyful, productive lives, thinking and praying God’s thoughts. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Do Christians practically prepare before, during, or after a church service? If we come to it with pride or to merely listen, then we’ll go away without any transformation. In this message, Pastor Lutzer offers three compelling takeaways about hearing God’s Word. What if we prayed, “Oh God, what do You have to say to me today?” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

We can hear a sermon or read Scripture without our soul being stirred. How do we prevent self-deception? In this message, Pastor Lutzer instructs us to receive the Bible as a word from outside of ourselves. It’s time we didn’t just hear God’s Word to learn, but to be changed forever. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

We often have difficulties that sap our joy. Only by focusing on the Word of God can we have lasting joy that the world can’t take away. In this message, Pastor Lutzer celebrates the indispensable value of the Word. Do we believe the Psalmist? “The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart.” To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Is there enough evidence to believe in God? Psalm 19 offers compelling proof, as descriptions of Scripture equally apply to God Himself. In this message, Pastor Lutzer addresses honest questions skeptics have about God's Word. Discover evidence of God through both His creation and His Word. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

We often struggle to focus on prayer and Bible reading when we’re stressed or distracted. But like we need food and water, we need the Word of God daily. In this message, Pastor Lutzer shows us how to take in the Word of God that nourishes us. Isn’t it time we develop an appetite for the eternal Word of God? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Despite its widespread influence, very few people read the Bible every day. Our hesitation might stem from different beliefs, a lapsed faith, or difficulty seeing its relevance to life. In this message, Pastor Lutzer introduces the Bible’s origin and purpose as it speaks to us today. What if the revealed Word of God actually transformed our lives? To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Our bad habits create prisons of our own making. But God wants us to be free. In this message from Colossians 3, Pastor Lutzer gives us three ways to help us have victory over temptation: readjust, refocus, and reckon. That’s why God always makes a way of escape for us. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Some people feel trapped in their destructive habits like a prison. Even as new creatures in Jesus Christ, we sometimes still develop a sinful habit. In this message, Pastor Lutzer provides three reasons why that is. Those chains as part of a great spiritual war in which all of us are called to do battle. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

It’s one thing to resolve to break a bad habit. But what works a lot better is to resolve to develop a good habit. In this message from Matthew 4, Pastor Lutzer gives us five observations from Jesus’ temptation to help us in warfare. Meditating on Scripture is the key to overcoming bad habits. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Breaking stubborn and sinful habits is hard. We may have victory for a few days or weeks, but that’s when Satan will strike. In this message, Pastor Lutzer challenges us to accept the fact we’ll be tempted. In Christ, we have a whole new life with godly habits that can fill the vacuum of our former bondage to bad habits. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

It takes time to develop bad habits. And it also takes time to get rid of them. In this message from Genesis 3, Pastor Lutzer gives us three beliefs we need to become candidates for deliverance. Because of the victory of the risen Savior, we can break the power of our sinful habits and slavery to the devil. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

All of us have bad habits we need to lose, whether habitual lying, addictions to substances or sex, or persistent moral failures. But what we lack is the means to break the cycles of bondage that hold us prisoners. In this message, Pastor Lutzer reveals two crucial reasons why God allows temptations in our lives. God is, after all, in the business of deliverance. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Some people try to explain away or excuse their bad habits. But the Apostle Paul calls our bad habits “footholds for the devil.” In this message from James 4, Pastor Lutzer shows five habits of how God changes a person. Let’s resolve to submit to God—and resist the devil as well. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Many of us are stuck in a rut of bad habits and behavior. We want to change—and even promise to—but we can’t. In this message from Ephesians 4, Pastor Lutzer shows how God gives a person a new nature. In Christ, freedom is possible, even for those trapped in deep darkness. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

A Scripture verse quoted out of context and wrongly applied is very dangerous. Satan did just that when he tempted Jesus. In this message from Ephesians 6, Pastor Lutzer observes the power of God’s Word as it puts the enemy to flight. Believers are told to counter Satan’s attacks with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

All who call on the name of Christ are in a lifelong battle. That’s why we have been given the armor of God: five pieces for self-defense, and one weapon for offense. In this message from Matthew 4, Pastor Lutzer exposes three temptations Satan gave to Jesus. Jesus shows us, more than anyone else, how to wield the Word of God against Satan. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

Some say salvation can be lost, regained, and then lost again. But we can’t grow in the Christian life without the assurance that we’re a child of God. In this message, Pastor Lutzer explores the basis of our ultimate assurance. The testimony of God is greater than testimony of man. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29

We must protect our minds from the devil’s attacks. And the helmet of salvation is what we need when doubts arise about our status as God’s children. In this message from 1 John 5, Pastor Lutzer speaks to two groups of people who need the helmet of salvation. There is only one way to be assured of heaven. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/172/29