KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: God is on the move, believe it! You have the right to be happy as a child of God. Not only that, but you have stupendous reasons for it. Just Give Me the Truth, I’ll Deal With It– blog 7/19/24People need to be themselves. The only Person capable of changing […]
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My favorite characteristic in a person (at least at the very top of the list) is authenticity. The older I get, the more I value this. I think it’s because life has taught me that people need to be themselves. I’ve often taught messages from my pulpit that pivot on the phrase, “you do you,”
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God is unity. God is love. The essence of God’s character implies He cannot be divided. We don’t ever get just a part of God, nor should we ever presume that He is OK with man attempting to divide Him. His essence (and all aspects of who He is) is indivisible. To love God is
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I really enjoy the word grit. It’s a mix of tenacity, perseverance, a roll-up-the-sleeves-and-get-dirty-attitude, resilience, and the ability to get things done. In many ways, it’s the difference between success and failure, winning and losing. It tends to reveal itself after normal working hours on the job or beyond the normal human tolerance for suffering. It
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I have always found giving criticism a daunting task. But I’ll get back to that… Godly criticism (aka “criticism”) requires at least two things: wisdom and integrity. Wisdom is something God imparts to us as He sanctifies us by His Word. The more we learn, the more mature we are in the faith, the more
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OUTLINE:Holy love cannot help but express itself.Mt 6:1“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.”Mt 16:23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you
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I’ve long thought that lawyers, though a Godsend for those being wrongly sued, are often agents of satanic thinking. It makes sense, given that Satan (hassatan in the original Hebrew, which means accuser, adversary, or in context, prosecuting attorney) is a lawyer. Anyone who tempts you to sue another person for punitive damages is appealing to
The greatest expression of love is to guide someone to truth. No matter the hills or valleys a person must climb, it is the truth a righteous person seeks and desires to impart to others. Seeking the truth may require a bit of courage (courage being applied faith). We may need to pray for more
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“My condolences.” This seems to be the go-to statement that most people offer to those who’ve recently suffered a death in the family. We say this because it’s “safe” during what is, for many of us, an uncomfortable situation. I mean, death has such a ripple effect in the lives of loved ones that any
OUTLINE: Pulpit Messages 11/14/21 – We Are Sanctified to God’s Glory 11/11/21 – Beholding God’s Glory 11/7/21 – Whose Life is This? Whose Glory? 11/4/21 – Do All to the Glory of GodGod ordains the evil of man to His own glory, ultimately. To God’s GloryWhile man conjures up evil as a result of trying to glorify himself, God
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