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Mark Ballenger

Founder of Apply God's Word Ministries

ApplyGodsWord.com is the writing ministry of Mark Ballenger.

To reach Mark, send him an email anytime: markballenger@applygodsword.com

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4 Things that Will Happen When God Is Giving You a Vision for Your Future

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Philippians 3:12-15

In this article, I’m not using the word “vision” in the supernatural way or the prophetic way. While I believe that throughout history God has given people visions as recorded in the Bible, in this article I’m simply using the word “vision” to mean “a specific goal or outcome God wants you to pursue for the future that is not yet fully realized in your present.”

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3 Signs God Is Asking You to Trust His Plan More for Your Future Marriage

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Psalm 139:16

Psalm 139:16 states, “. . . all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.” Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” And Romans 8:28 proclaims, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

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The Top 10 Most Viewed AGW Videos from 2019

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Why Does God Allow Bad Things to Happen to You?

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Hebrews 12:7-11

We know through studying the Bible that God is all powerful and thus he could stop bad things from happening to us if he wanted to. What makes matters even more confusing is that the Bible also teaches us that God is all loving. So if God is all powerful and God is all loving, the idea of anything bad happening seems impossible.

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4 Signs God Is Saying, “Don’t Settle!”

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Song of Solomon 2:2-3

Perhaps one of the best and most confusing piece of Christian dating advice is “never settle.” In one sense, the wisdom of this advice is self-evident. As Christians, God has given us standards we must not compromise on and which the Holy Spirit will empower us to follow. We must also remember how good God is and thus we must not lose faith and start to date or marry someone we know God does not actually want us to be with.