KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24Great leaders are servants first. A servant’s first order of business is to tend to others. They are thrilled when others succeed and pained by their failures (ala Romans 12:15). We call this empathy. The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24True empathy implies sacrificial love. Great leaders put […]
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I’ve often asked myself what it is, exactly, that differentiates a good leader from a great one. Are people born with certain leadership abilities, or are they developed over time? Are great leaders always the smartest in the room? Rarely. Are they the loudest or the most vocal? Sometimes, but that’s more of a personality
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: One great evidence of genuine faith is the love they have for God and for His people. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. Persistent good deeds done for God and his saints
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Abiding in the sphere of God’s love is a privilege. Own it. Live in it. Be grateful for it. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. When God gives an oath to someone,
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I remember a disappointing experience I had in rifle training during my time in military boot camp. After emptying a magazine of rounds, my instructor and I analyzed the paper target, noticing a nice, tight cluster of holes. Unfortunately, the cluster was focused up and to the left of center, which meant that I wouldn’t
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Gratitude is a key to living in His peace as we go about our days on earth. We must walk around grateful! Why an Attitude of Gratitude Rocks– blog 4/26/24 When you live a life of gratitude, life becomes like a song. It’s contagious, too! You sing your way through
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:Why an Attitude of Gratitude Rocks – blog 4/26/24 When you live a life of gratitude, life becomes like a song. It’s contagious, too! You sing your way through it, in good times and bad, because you never lose sight of God’s grace. To you, nothing else matters but to worship God,
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TODAY’S VERSE: Romans 1:16 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” We have learned about the first 2 sections of the New Testament, the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. This month
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Jesus said: If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” – John 8:31b-32 Paul wrote: Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: A person who doesn’t bear good fruit IS NOT SAVED! The hearts of God’s children are so grateful to Christ that they want to do SOMETHING (that might describe many of you). You may not know what He wants you to do at times, but you know you want to
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