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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“Trust me.” “Why should I trust you?” “Because I love you.” This brief interaction describes many situations in this life where one person asks another to take their hand, whether literally or figuratively, for their own sake. As the prior guides the latter, out of love, the latter begins to realize that the prior truly
OUTLINE: Heb 13:8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.2Co 9:15Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!The Ancient TruthThe Gospel transcends human history as we think of it, for it was planned by God from eternity past. God has always known that His creatures would fall and that He would save them.
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OUTLINE: Heb 12:14-15 [Amplified]Continually pursue peace with everyone, and the sanctification without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. See to it that no one falls short of God’s grace; that no root of resentment springs up and causes trouble, and by it many be defiled.Ro 12:9, 17-18Let love be genuine. Abhor what is
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OUTLINE:GratitudeWe must be grateful for the blessings we have today because there’s no guarantee they will remain forever. Gal. 6:9-10And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially
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OUTLINE: GratitudeWe must be grateful for the blessings we have today because there’s no guarantee they will remain forever. Gal. 6:9-10And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and
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OUTLINE: Ecc 3:1 [Amplified]There is a season (a time appointed) for everything and a time for every delight and event or purpose under heaven— a time to break down, and a time to build up. GratitudeWe must be grateful for the blessings we have today because there’s no guarantee they will remain forever. Jas 2:15-16
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OUTLINE: Heb 12:10b“[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.” Unconfessed Sin and UnrepentanceUnconfessed/unrepented sin is like a splinter – until it is removed, it causes pain. While you may not even see the splinter, you know it is there because the pain tells you that it is. RepentanceThe end goal
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OUTLINE: Family Discipline APPLIEDThe faithfulness of our God disciplines us when we need it, out of His tremendous love for us. Family Discipline APPLIEDGodly discipline ensures we don’t just waste our lives away and have regrets for all eternity! We’re On A Mission!We have the greatest purpose we could ever imagine in life… to bring
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