OUTLINE:The More I Love…Blog – 5/21/21 How can we be more obedient?Heb 12:11For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.Obedience (aka righteousness) means peace.Commit this to your memory RIGHT NOW!!! Self-Absorption Precludes Big-Picture Thinking“Drama kings and […]
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“Trust me.” “Why should I trust you?” “Because I love you.” This brief interaction describes many situations in this life where one person asks another to take their hand, whether literally or figuratively, for their own sake. As the prior guides the latter, out of love, the latter begins to realize that the prior truly
OUTLINE: On Marriage and FamilyWe believers are held to a higher standard. And, remember, man does not set the bar. At the head of each family, God has placed a man. “disregards not man but God”If you stand up for the Truth, expect to be persecuted (ala Jn 15:20“If they persecuted me, they will also persecute
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OUTLINE: Life Is GoodThis is not conjecture, it is a fact. God says so. (Ref: Jas 1:17; 2Ti 2:19-21; Phm 1:4-7; Php 4:4-9) Life Is GoodSince God is good AND God is eternal life, then the life that God has is good. This is the same life we are given at salvation; it’s called “eternal life”,
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OUTLINE: 1Th 5:16-18Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Life Is GoodThis is not conjecture, it is a fact. God says so. (Ref: Jas 1:17; 2Ti 2:19-21; Phm 1:4-7; Php 4:4-9) Jas 1:17 [Amplified]Every good thing given and every perfect gift
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Have you ever heard the phrase, “Ask Jesus into your heart”? Is this biblical? Doesn’t it presuppose that Jesus is sort of just hanging around waiting to be invited into the heart of man? The whole fictitious scene reminds me of a shy kid waiting to be asked to dance at a school function, as
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