OUTLINE: Heb 3:13But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Ps 18:1I love you, O Lord, my strength. 1Co 13:13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.Take Time Alone with […]
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OUTLINE: 1Co 13:13So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.Take Time Alone with the LordLovingly submit to the Lord and His ways, and He will take care of you in every way. Ps 16 Summary?“Lord, I realize and embrace that my whole life is in Your hands….
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Bobbie was 7 years old and named after his dad. He liked sharing his dad’s name because he adored his father. He wanted to be like him, truth be told. Whenever there was show-and-tell at school, he’d bring in one of his dad’s tools from the garage and describe in detail how it was used
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OUTLINE:Take Hold, By FaithWe should receive His truth, whatever it is He reveals to us from His Word, so that we can enter His joy. (Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11) HumilityThere’s no such thing as humility in the absence of authority-orientation; otherwise, who/what would you be “being humble” to??? Will You Receive It?Slavery to Christ is a
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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 His joy. (Jn 8:31-32, 15:10-11)
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OUTLINE: The More I Love…Blog – 5/21/21 Obedience (aka righteousness) means peace.The Downfall of “Drama” Self-Absorption Precludes Big-Picture Thinking“Drama kings and queens” spend too much time hyper-focused on themselves and their own problems. This is a very sticky form of dysfunction that destroys any real hope of stepping back and seeing the big-picture! Jas 1:22
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OUTLINE:The More I Love…Blog – 5/21/21 How can we be more obedient?Heb 12:11For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.Obedience (aka righteousness) means peace.Commit this to your memory RIGHT NOW!!! Self-Absorption Precludes Big-Picture Thinking“Drama kings and
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OUTLINE:Ro 6:16Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?2Pe 2:19For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved.Php 4:13I can do all things through him
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My favorite person to think about is Jesus; but, not always for the typical reasons (e.g. He died for me). I often think about Him as a person, a human being, a man with a personality. I think it’s easy to forget that He is like me, a human. I think it’s easy to spiritualize
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OUTLINE: Slavery Is Real, For You! Since Christ has redeemed you from the slave market of sin, you are His possession (Tit 2:14). There are eternal implications of this that you ought to be ever-so-grateful for! Being a slave of Christ is the best thing you could ever hope to be (ref: the alternative is being
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