Looking for weekly inspiration to stay rooted in the word? From mastering your emotions to conquering your fears and everything in between, Changing Your World Podcast with Creflo Dollar delivers weekly messages to your favorite podcast platform!
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Creflo Dollar's revolutionary teaching, Favor Revealed by the Cross, reveals the two aspects of Jesus' ministry. Many of the things Jesus said were directed toward the Jews, who were subject to the Law at the time. However, the second part of His ministry focused on the freedom we would all experience in the new covenant after His death. Be free because Jesus never intended a Christian to strive to live by law!
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Living the Grateful Life
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Regardless of whatever situation we are going through or any challenges facing us, pausing in the midst of it to give thanks helps us to keep our perspective. God gives us good things we do not deserve; there is no need for us to look very far to find something to be thankful for. Having a grateful heart is important and reminds us of everything we…
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The Supernatural Power of Thanksgiving
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There is much to be said for a grateful heart. When bad things happen, thanking God may be the last thing on our minds; however, learning how to thank and praise Him unleashes tremendous power in the spiritual realm. What many people may fail to understand is that we do not thank God for the situation, but in the midst of it; there is a difference.…
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Overcoming Negative Emotions with Thanksgiving
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We are in the midst of a spiritual battle against the devil, and we gain the upper hand when we learn to control our emotions. Satan tries to use negative emotions against us, but he is rendered powerless when we take authority in the emotional realm. Life is by no means perfect and bad things happen, but God has given us His Word on what to do whe…
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How to Attack Approval Addiction
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Being addicted to others’ opinions of us is extremely destructive. An excessive need for people to approve and validate us can cause guilt, shame, and insecurity in us. This kind of addiction leads us to seek others’ approval before we can value ourselves, and causes us to greatly fear rejection and disapproval from people who do not even care abou…
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Overcoming Approval Addiction
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Addictions to anything are very dangerous and destructive. This includes being addicted to others’ approval. It is a huge mistake to determine our value and sense of self-worth by what other people think of us. The craving for others’ validation and the fear of rejection can destroy our mental health, cause us to focus on the wrong things, and actu…
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Five Conditions of a Worthy Walk Pt 2
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Understanding how deeply God’s grace impacts our lives frees us from toiling in self-effort to please Him. In a world where most people work hard to earn God’s blessings, all we need to do is to accept and believe in His finished works. We have already been blessed and accepted as members of God’s royal family; this happens automatically when we ge…
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Five Conditions of a Worthy Walk Pt 1
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God has given each of us an assignment and placed a calling on our lives; to succeed in completing that assignment and fulfilling that calling, we must know who we are in Christ. Through his grace, God has done much for us to determine our identity. His grace has given us the opportunity to get born again; it has made us righteous, holy, wise, and …
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The Worthy Walk Pt 3
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A life of grace focuses on what God has already done for us. We have been saved and delivered, and made righteous and holy; this is our stance in heaven and is independent of our behavior during our Christian walk. When we have accepted Christ, God sees us as faultless, regardless of our earthly state. He then appeals to us to live in harmony with …
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The Worthy Walk Pt 2
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Walking worthy of Christ is not something Christians need to strive to do through self-effort. This is impossible through our own merit; we can only do this through faith in Jesus and in His finished works. God chose us to be holy and blameless even before we were conceived; seeing ourselves the way He sees us gives us clarity as to who we really a…
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The Worthy Walk Pt 1
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Believers are called to live life on a higher plane. God has declared us righteous because we’ve been born again. This position of righteousness and holiness is not something we could ever earn; it is a grace gift from Him that is permanent and independent from anything we do. God appeals to us to display good conduct to match our status as members…
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Benefits of a Calm Disposition
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Maintaining control over our emotions in the midst of a situation is another component of emotional maturity. Being emotionally mature does not mean shutting down our feelings, but instead refusing to allow our emotions to dictate our response. Emotionally immature people fly off the handle when they get upset; by comparison, the ability to remain …
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The Behavior and Character of the Last Day Society Pt4
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We are living in the last days before Jesus’ return. Studying the Scriptures reveals the exact signs to look for not only in our physical environment around us, but also in people’s attitudes. We are now seeing everything Jesus prophesied would happen. Demonic influence is everywhere, and many people are being fooled by their teachings and theories…
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The Behavior and Character of the Last Day Society Pt3
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In the days just before Jesus’ return, we are seeing a marked increase in ungodly behavior, including a surge in ingratitude. More people than ever before are unappreciative of kindness shown to them. It is God’s will that we are thankful; however, everywhere we look we see thankless, ungrateful attitudes displayed by people wanting to grumble and …
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The Behavior and Character of the Last Day Society Pt2
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During His earthly ministry, Jesus prophesied that the approaching end days would be marked by numerous natural disasters as well as immoral and ungodly behavior. We are seeing this right now. One of the biggest indicators is children’s disrespectful and dishonorable attitude toward their parents. God is serious about His instructions to children t…
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The Behavior and Character of the Last Day Society Pt1
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We are living in the end times. This is evident in how more and more people around us are behaving. During His ministry on earth Jesus prophesied that mankind would fall away from God and evil would be widespread; His prophesies are coming to pass right before our eyes. Depravity and ungodliness continue to escalate and those who choose to go that …
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The Value of Knowing God
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In a world that does not know God, having an intimate, personal relationship with Him is valuable beyond comparison. Everything we need in life flows from it; our success and ability to accomplish what is humanly impossible comes not from our own strength, but from walking with Him. It is not enough just to know about Him; we must experience Him fi…
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Gods Ways vs Man's Ways Pt.2
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God does not operate the way we do. His thoughts and actions are completely different from ours, and on a much higher level. Unlike religion, which tells us we must earn God’s blessings, God blesses us not because of what we do, but because of who He is. Religion says God will punish us with curses if we do not behave properly; however, Jesus took …
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God's Ways vs Man's Ways
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God’s way of thinking and His method of operating are very different from ours. On life’s journey, He expects us to encounter detours and stray from the path from time to time. However, unlike people who shame and condemn us for making mistakes, God takes it all in stride. Under grace, He will never judge or punish us for not living godly; He inste…
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The Truth About God's Ways
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There is a huge difference in the way God operates and the way mankind operates. Unlike us, He thinks and works on a much higher level than we are capable of. God blesses us not because we are good, but because He is good; the grace He shows us is not based on what we do, but because of what He has done through Jesus Christ. By contrast, man’s ways…
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Knowing That You Don't Know Everything
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As Christians, our goal should be to continue along the path of becoming more emotionally mature. One of the signs of emotional maturity is admitting that we do not know everything and that there is always something new to learn. An attitude like this demonstrates flexibility and a willingness to keep an open mind, and positions us for the kind of …
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What to do When Righteousness is Under Attack.
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Whether we fail or succeed in life often depends on where we get our information. Religion will tell us that to be righteous before God, we must obey the Law of Moses through our own self-effort. However, this is impossible to do without God’s help; we simply sin more. By comparison, faith in Jesus Christ puts us in right-standing with God, indepen…
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What to do when you feel like God doesn't Care pt 2
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Pain and adversity are a shared experience for us all, and at times like these we sometimes wonder if God even cares what we are going through. Thoughts like this are a lie from the enemy; the truth is that God cares deeply for us. The God who created the universe and everything in it loves us so much that He wants to live in us and lead us through…
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What to do when you feel like God doesn't Care
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We have all gone through painful times of adversity and trouble, and wondered if God really cared about us. Feeling this way is part of being human; however, God actually loves us very much and cares deeply about our suffering. When we entertain these thoughts, there are some practical ways to deal with them. First, we must realize that God never p…
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What to do When Life Knocks You To the Ground
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People who are emotionally mature believe in themselves. Although as believers we have learned to have faith in God, our belief in ourselves is based on what God says about us. Someone with emotional maturity is not deluded, and does not have a false sense of self; however, they do have optimism in their God-given abilities. This distinction is imp…
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Living Life on a Divine Plane pt 3
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There is a difference between trying to live life by our own idea of morality and letting grace discipline and train us in how to live moral lives. Some things we simply cannot achieve without depending on God. It is ironic that all of creation—except for mankind—depends on Him. God’s grace enables us to do things we cannot do on our own; it change…
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