KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A good church is a disciplined church. The end goal of discipline is PEACE! The best way to inspire change is to model it. We should strive for excellence in all we do. How do we, as a community, deal with sin in the church? Sin in a local assembly
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One of the reasons actors sometimes refuse otherwise good roles is because they may have already played a similar one in the past. Though they may have been wildly successful in it, they don’t want to play it again because they run the risk of being typecast. Once an actor is typecast, audiences struggle to
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Before you speak, check to see if you are walking by the Spirit (vs. your flesh), and then choose your words wisely, seeking reconciliation for all parties to God. With unbelievers, the goal is evangelism. With fellow believers, it’s realignment with God’s will. The Holy Spirit Is Using You – blog
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Before you speak, check to see if you are walking by the Spirit (vs. your flesh), and then choose your words wisely, seeking reconciliation for all parties to God. With unbelievers, the goal is evangelism. With fellow believers, it’s realignment with God’s will. The Holy Spirit Is Using You – blog
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If you’ve been following along with the weekly blogs, you know that last week my wife, Tammy, wrote a blog titled, Misalignment. Knowing her intimately means that I have a front-row seat to seeing what the Holy Spirit is doing in and through her. It’s truly beautiful because it is a living manifestation of God’s
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Putting ourselves in another’s shoes motivates us to be compassionate and to give and serve where we may not have thought to; and that’s a very good thing. Jesus allowed Himself to be “moved with compassion”. So should we. We mustn’t be afraid to be moved for good, godly reasons;
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion is often most amplified, and therefore the most fruitful, when both parties have similar experiences. Such is the value of regularly gathering, as sheep under a pastor at NCC,
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Misalignment For those of you who do not know me, my husband is Ed. He is also my pastor. This morning, I was telling him about what I was studying and an analogy that the Holy Spirit brought to my attention. His response was that what I was saying sounded like a blog and that
KEY POINTS FROM THIS MESSAGE: “compassion” – from splagchnon – to have the bowels yearn, i.e. (figuratively) feel sympathy, to pity; to have (be moved with) compassion. [Strong’s] Compassion shines especially bright during the lowlights of life. Why? Because it breeds mercy! The Militant Evangelist – blog 9/28/25 We aren’t called to be militant evangelists. We are called to
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TODAY’S VERSE: Psalm 149:4 “For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.” As we continue our Christianity vs. Religion series, let us review the terms we are using for this study. When we say religion, we are referring to the religions of the world which teach people they must work to earn
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