KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Don’t forget the miracles in your life; and be grateful to God for them! When Christianity Becomes an Excuse – blog 3/8/24 In Christianity, I see this play out over and over again, where people carve out a personality or project certain characteristics about themselves that are truly disturbing to someone […]
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Whenever I’ve asked my congregation to raise their hands if they’ve suffered this past week, month, or year, everyone raises their hands and there’s inevitably a collective sigh and usually a few chuckles. It’s a form of group commiseration, I suppose…a sort of, “Well, this is our life, and we don’t suspect it’s going to
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OUTLINE: God Is Not Bound By the Construct of TimePs 90:4 For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.2Pe 3:8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years
I’m the type of guy who spends a fair amount of time saddened by what I see in this world. The effects of sin on the lives of people are so prevalent that I often feel like I’m wading through a sea of despair (not even my own). I can only imagine how Jesus felt
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OUTLINE:Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. To “Receive” The Lord- Jn 1:12“Lambano” does not mean a passive, sit back and receive thing. It’s an active thing; to take hold of, to grab hold of, or
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OUTLINE: Learning God’s PerspectiveBecause of our lifetime training in the ways of the world, certain spiritual truths in the Bible hit us the wrong way at first. Take Hold By FaithWe should “receive” His truth, whatever it is He reveals to us from His Word, so that we can enter into His joy. Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11
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OUTLINE: NCC Curriculum This Past Month This is REAL!Being a believer in Christ isn’t supposed to be some ethereal hope that we cling to while we melt away down here on Earth. Being a believer in Christ gives us fortitude, strength, power – it makes us resolute, firm in our faith, able to stand up
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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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TODAY’S VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice always. The dictionary defines rejoice as to feel joy or great delight and joy as the emotion evoked by well-being, success, or good fortune or by the prospect of possessing what one desires. Now, let’s take a look at how the Bible defines joy and rejoicing. We will start by answering this question; what does today’s verse mean