love

God Teaches Us Trust

When someone says, “I love you,” is it fair to assume that they are simultaneously saying, “You can trust me”? I mean, isn’t love just that – a show of trustworthiness? Isn’t that also how our own love for others develops over time? Love in the absence of trust seems incomplete somehow. Is it fair

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Part 30 – Proverbs 17 Wisdom

OUTLINE: “I’m better!”Your so-called “victory” becomes your judgment. When the flesh’s perspective “wins”, you lose. That is your “punishment” (ala Pr 17:5). “seared”from kauteriazo – means to brand (sear) with a red-hot iron; (figuratively) cauterized, which destroys the “spiritual nerve-endings.” “God gave them up”“gave up” is from paradidomi – means to give (turn) over; “hand over from,” i.e. to deliver over with a

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If You Could Read My Mind

“If you could read my mind right now!” Have you ever had someone say that to you? Have you ever said those words to someone else? It’s a funny proposition, isn’t it? I suppose in many ways, the fun is in the speculation, as the exclamation is like an invitation to make guesses about another

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Part 1 – Eternal Assurance: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled

OUTLINE: See Jesus?Php 4:8Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. D.L.MoodyThe light of heaven is the face of JesusThe joy of heaven is the presence of

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