OUTLINE: A Grateful Heart Is a Blessed Heart Blog – 4/16/21 Guarantees to Hang Your Hat On Things that are NOT guaranteed Are blessings “yours” to demand or are they God’s to give?SynthesizePs 50:12b…for the world and its fullness are mine.Ps 50:14aOffer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving… Self-Induced MiseryIt’s when we think we have the […]
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OUTLINE: The Sphere of God Blog – 4/9/21Guarantees to Hang Your Hat On Things that are NOT guaranteed Self-Induced MiseryIt’s when we think we have the RIGHT to demand such things as permanent blessings that we place ourselves in bondage to poor expectations! Your joy is intrinsic to your abiding in the sphere of God’s love.Jas
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OUTLINE: Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.2Co 9:15Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!The Ancient TruthThe Gospel transcends human history as we think of it, for it was planned by God from eternity past. God has always known that His creatures would fall and that He would save them.
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OUTLINE: 2Co 9:15Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!The Ancient TruthThe Gospel transcends human history as we think of it, for it was planned by God from eternity past. God has always known that His creatures would fall and that He would save them. There was never a time where salvation wasn’t an option,
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OUTLINE: Heb 12:14-15 [Amplified]Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.Ro 12:9, 17-18Let love be genuine. Abhor what is
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OUTLINE: Ecc 3:1 [Amplified]There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven— a time to break down, and a time to build up. GratitudeWe must be grateful for the blessings we have today because there’s no guarantee they will remain forever. Jas 2:15-16
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OUTLINE: “Not as the world gives do I give to you.”Do not be deceived! If you’re looking to the world to make your life better in 2021, you’ve already missed the mark! The world will NEVER be able to give you peace. Never! Ps 118:24This is the day that the Lord has made; let us
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OUTLINE: How Long Does Gratitude Last? Blog – 12/18/20 The Season of Encouragement – blog 12/20/19God loved us so much He became a man (what a humiliating prospect) in order to reconcile us to Himself. Love, my friends – this ought to be our focal point this Christmas season; not presents, not food, not even family
There was a bunch of poor kids from the neighborhood playing a pickup game of football at the park. A good day for them was making it home with no broken bones or any cuts from the shards of broken glass strewn across the field (the park doubled as a seedy hangout by night, where
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OUTLINE: Ac 20:35b“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” – Jesus“not as a command”Paul never commanded the Corinthians give to the ministry. He, like any good shepherd, tried to lead them to the blessings of giving that are realized to the giver’s account. His motivation was never money; rather, it was that the sheep