ref: True Love In Action KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: SIMPLY NOT QUITTING is an excellent, God-given quality called steadfastness. ref: True Love In Action – blog 9/27/19 We know Whom we have trusted, and that even though we are weak and lack faith at times, He is perfectly faithful. We must be willing to […]
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Integrity isn’t free. It comes at a personal cost, sometimes a great one. I’ve lost countless friends over the years because of my stance on the Bible. Some of these individuals, who still see fit to attack me, are former Christian friends of mine. No matter. So whoever knows the right thing to do and
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My heart breaks whenever I hear a person utter words about how worthless they are. I get angry whenever I hear someone say that about someone else. If you were worth creating, then you’re worth something to the Lord. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you,
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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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Expectations are a killer to our happiness. Human strength is a form of weakness, because when relying on our own strength, we drop the Lord’s hand in the process. We mustn’t EVER be wholly dependent on any one aspect of our lives as if it were something we couldn’t do
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The KoD exploits our weaknesses. I Can’t Shut Off My AI – blog 1/31/25 Here I am, irritated when I normally would be focusing on content…Then something occurred to me – why not write about this distraction? Every time I hit return on my keyboard, a little icon pops up asking
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: “Pleasure Without Joy Is a Ruse”– blog 11/22/24 Satisfying fleshly desires will never be the source of joy; rather, it is, at best, a temporary “drug” to help you through the day. To give into the human heart’s base desires is to give into something that is truly sick and
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I remember when the two airplanes flew into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 (aka 9/11). We Americans were shaken to our very core. We were incensed, appalled, and scared. Do you remember the effect this even had on church attendance? In the weeks following 9/11, churches were reporting record high attendance. It
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The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly. – Proverbs 15:14 It’s election season as I write this. As always, otherwise civil people are now at each other’s throats and it’s ugly. I usually avoid talking about politics simply because it’s often like lighting a short
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“Humility is key”. This phrase has been said and the topic taught repeatedly by my Pastor over the years (http://www.pastoredcollins.org/). As time marches on and I observe the lives of those around me, as well as my own of course, I have come to realize the immense truth behind these words. A supporting phrase also