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
What happens when human beings recognize that they are in the presence of the holy, sovereign God of the Universe? On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was.
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I think Heaven is going to blow our minds because the things we thought had the greatest impact will pale in comparison to things we did with little regard. A just balance and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work. – Proverbs 16:11 Jesus taught the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard to His
KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Finding Purpose In Your Work – blog, 6/14/24 If you’re struggling with work, particularly in finding the right motivation, then remember this one thing, you work for the One who paid your ransom price. You work for the One who purchased you from the slave market of sin. You work for
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If experience has proven anything to me it’s that I fail more than I succeed. When I was young, I never thought this would be something I’d concede as a fifty-five-year-old man, but it is true. And I’m glad about it. Let me explain why. I’m a lifelong learner. However, I don’t necessarily learn from
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