OUTLINE: EncouragementDon’t be an island, or think others are OK being that way. Heb 10:25, Ro 1:12 Ro 1:12 [NLV]Both of us need help. I can help make your faith strong and you can do the same for me. We need each other.Do Not Be DeceivedIt’s a privilege to have the time/energy/opportunity to encourage another human being. (Ref. Jn […]
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OUTLINE: Ro 1:12 [NLV]Both of us need help. I can help make your faith strong and you can do the same for me. We need each other. Do Not Be DeceivedIt’s a privilege to have the time / energy / opportunity to encourage another human being. (Ref. Jn 15-10-13) Escaping Misery It’s impossible to remain miserable if we focus
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A few years ago I wrote a blog titled, “The American Dream Is a Trap,” which raised a few eyebrows, I’m sure. Nonetheless, I stand by my convictions (said blog is now a part of my book titled, “Diary Of a Journeyman – Volume I,” which is free for download on the North Christian Church website). The gist of
OUTLINE:Living In ChristIf we will abide in the sphere of His love, His peace can overtake us, allowing us to focus on encouraging others as the day draws near. (Col 3:15, 1Th 5:11, Heb 10:25) What’s more important than protecting your peace? Trust in God.(Ps 28, 56; Jer 17:7) Gratitude Protects UsThe minute we lose
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OUTLINE: Living In ChristIf we will abide in the sphere of His love, His peace can overtake us, allowing us to focus on encouraging others as the day draws near. Col 3:15, 1Th 5:11, Heb 10:25 Gratitude Protects UsThe minute we lose thankfulness in our hearts, we fall into the curse of familiarity, and we wrongly
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OUTLINE: Our Debt Has Been PaidBy grace, God ensures we aren’t enslaved to debt. (Ref: Ro 6:23) “seek”from zeteo – means to run through with the eyes any series or succession of men or things, and so to seek out, search through, make diligent search; to seek in order to find (Thayer).Knowing GodWe don’t have the right to
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“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” I can’t remember the first time I heard this, but I’m confident it was after I had been verbally abused by another child. I imagine either my mom or an elementary school teacher handed this little quip down to me. I’ve since
OUTLINE: “seek”from zeteo – means to run through with the eyes any series or succession of men or things, and so to seek out, search through, make diligent search; to seek in order to find (Thayer). Jas 1:17Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights,
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OUTLINE: God’s Whole PersonGod’s sovereignty, like every other facet of His character, never functions in the absence of grace. He never drops one part of His character while operating in another. He is who He is. Ex 3:14-15, 33:17-19 God’s Whole Person“Learn about Me and My perfect nature, and then you’ll see how all the things of God
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OUTLINE: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress“God’s grace is the most incredible and insurmountable truth ever to be revealed to the human heart, which is why God has given us His Holy Spirit to superintend the process of more fully revealing the majesty of the work done on our behalf by our Savior.”John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress“He teaches
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