KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Living stones”, ala 1Pe 2:5, are another picture of the supernatural, and how we are NOTHING, even dead as a stone, without God’s help! “Conscience”: it is the point at which a person confronts God’s holiness. By grace, His Spirit convicts our conscience of the Word, AND how and when […]
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If you read last week’s blog, you know that I when I sat down in the morning to write it, I became immediately irritated because of a nagging disruption placed there, apparently for my benefit. Rather than attempting to fight off the distraction, I embraced it as a teaching moment. The result was a blog
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Within a few years of beginning my ministry, I taught a series on the Book of Job that was quite eye-opening. See, most Christians go to this book looking to commiserate with him in one way or another, thinking the main doctrine taught is suffering. But it isn’t. It is faith. Suffering is nothing more than God’s
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “test” – dokimazo – means “put to the test, prove, examine; distinguish by testing, approve after testing; establish fitness.” We should never be afraid of putting things to the test. Affirmation of good things is always good. For a true believer in Christ, possessing an ‘assurance of faith’ is a wonderfully settling,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Grace is no longer grace if we must work for it. Surviving Kids Versus Raising Them Properly – Blog 10/4/24 If God our Father never took the opportunities presented to Him to discipline you, where would you be right now? What kind of parent would He be? Would you know His
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24 Great 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 9/13/24 True empathy implies sacrificial love. Great leaders
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: To have integrity to God is to have integrity to what He’s given you by grace. Just as much as we get convicted when we fail, we can rejoice when we follow Him faithfully. Because we know God is faithful in allowing us to reap well! Most Vows Never Surpass
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Consider for a moment the whole of human history from God’s viewpoint. He is not bound by the construct of time; therefore, He sees the entire timeline all at once (unlike humans, who view time as it passes by – sort of like watching a parade pass through a window, one section or moment at
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We know there’s a MUCH bigger plan than ourselves, and He gives us the privilege to keep the faith during trials to bring Him glory before the angels. We know there’s a MUCH bigger plan than ourselves, and He gives us the privilege to keep the faith during trials to bring Him
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: God provides miracles within us, by grace, and maybe just maybe He gives back more than He takes, in ways no one can see but the person suffering the loss! Is it possible that God’s grace is sufficient, even blessing abundantly those who suffer a loss?? 2Co 12:9 If He’s
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