I literally love the people in my church. And I’m not talking about the impersonal love that I’m commanded to exercise, either, the one the Bible clearly states we all ought to have for others. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without […]
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24Great leaders are servants first. A servant’s first order of business is to tend to others. They are thrilled when others succeed and pained by their failures (ala Romans 12:15). We call this empathy. The Empathetic Leader – blog 9/13/24True empathy implies sacrificial love. Great leaders put
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: One great evidence of genuine faith is the love they have for God and for His people. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. Persistent good deeds done for God and his saints
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Abiding in the sphere of God’s love is a privilege. Own it. Live in it. Be grateful for it. Persistence in the faith is evidence of salvation. Conversely, a person who abandons the faith and lacks persistence shows evidence of an unregenerate heart. When God gives an oath to someone,
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:Why an Attitude of Gratitude Rocks – blog 4/26/24 When you live a life of gratitude, life becomes like a song. It’s contagious, too! You sing your way through it, in good times and bad, because you never lose sight of God’s grace. To you, nothing else matters but to worship God,
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Sound the alarms! Massachusetts (MA) is being taken over by wild turkeys! Just kidding, but if you live in my neck of the woods, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s a rare day when I drive down my street and don’t have to wait for a turkey or two to cross the road.
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Truth Is Light – blog, 6/21/24 Truth is light. Light shines into darkness. When it does, you have a personal choice to make; accept what the Word of God shows you, then grow or shrink away from it to your own demise. And for the record, it shouldn’t matter if what
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:Truth Is Light – blog, 6/21/24 Truth is light. Light shines into darkness. When it does, you have a personal choice to make; accept what the Word of God shows you, then grow or shrink away from it to your own demise. And for the record, it shouldn’t matter if what the
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We all know what giving is, right? We can give lots of things, like time, energy, and resources. The act of giving isn’t difficult to define or recognize; however, a person’s motivation is. Besides God, no one truly knows why one person gives to another. We may be convinced because a certain act is truly
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: We must be weak to receive God’s grace properly. When God gives us grace, and we DO receive it properly, we work with it, diligently, to multiple God’s glory! When you understand the value of God’s currency (grace) in this life, you want to SPEND it!
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