I’m a bona fide nerd. It’s OK if you chuckled just then; I’m not offended. However, because I’m a nerd, I often use my nerdy experiences as a source for my analogies in these blogs. You have my sympathy. For example, the title of this blog has two variables that may be simplified to the […]
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“No” is just a harmless expression, a necessary convention in the English language. Its use is often avoided, but shouldn’t be, because people nowadays are hyper-triggered by not getting what they want. We need to flip the script. I suppose our opposition to being told “no” begins at a very early age, doesn’t it? For
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TODAY’S VERSES: Ephesians 5:15-16 “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” You have finished another school year! Summer is here, the days are longer, and you do not have to wake up early! What are you going to do with
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I have often preached sermons using a teaching device I call “push versus pull” (push-pull). The concept is simple. Suppose an object needs to travel from point A to point B. In the push-pull framework, that object can either be pushed away from point A towards point B, where the force is behind the object,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Coexist [Merriam-Webster] 1: to exist together or at the same time 2: to live in peace with each other especially as a matter of policy To live a life built on lies is like living in a building that is built to fail. Fear rules the heart.
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Perspective gives us the ability to focus on the signal instead of all the noise. Setting our minds on things above means setting our hearts, our affections, and our focus on the future. As believers in the Lord, children of God, and soldiers for Christ, we should keep WHO WE ARE IN THE
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: If you fall into the “me-oh-my” trap of thinking your life is filled with problems that others cannot understand, you’ve essentially cut yourself from one of the greatest blessings in your life – others! Love conquers all (1Co 13:8), starting with fear. We are not to mistake our time in this world as
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: There Is No Fear In Love – blog 5/16/26 For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. – 2 Timothy 1:7 Self-control implies the ability to turn from our fears and face the Lord. This is how we conquer fear. People often quip,
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The Apostle John, the so-called “Apostle of Love”, wrote: There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. – 1 John 4:18-19 This passage is so very pregnant with
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: You are abiding in the sphere of God’s love when you give to others with Christ’s heart. That’s God’s blessing. A blessed person says in their heart, “Life is great”, which speaks of the blessings they enjoy as a result of loving and serving others. God has designed us to
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