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:Ignoring the Truth Never Changes ItYou’re better off facing the truth head on and dealing with the consequences, whether good or bad. The Practical Road to PeaceBlog – 5/14/21 Eph 5:9(for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true).The Practical Road to PeaceThe KoD is designed to keep
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“What’s wrong, my friend?” “I’m just so miserable…and I’m not even sure why anymore.” “I can empathize. I’ve been there myself on more than one occasion in my life.” “Tell me how to find peace…please!” “Get yourself a good Bible. I use the MacArthur Study Bible, English Standard Version. If you promise to read it,
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OUTLINE: Righteousness Implies Being Right – Blog: 2/26/21Once a person understands their depravity, they are set free from the charade of maintaining self-righteousness. In fact, this is why a humble person gladly throws up their arms and asks for deliverance from their Creator, out of fear and respect for Him (ala Pr 1:7). Disobedience implies the
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OUTLINE: Heb 12:10b“[God] disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.” Righteousness Implies Being Right – Blog: 2/26/21 Once a person understands their depravity, they are set free from the charade of maintaining self-righteousness. In fact, this is why a humble person gladly throws up their arms and asks for deliverance from their Creator, out
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OUTLINE: Deliverance is but a change of perspective away!MacDonald on Jas 1:21“It is not enough to receive the implanted word, we must obey it. There is no virtue in possessing the Bible or even in reading it as literature. There must be a deep desire to hear God speaking to us and an unquestionable willingness
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OUTLINE: If you want your perceptions to match reality, then you must possess the truth (aka the “light” – Eph 5:13-14).Popular “Do-Overs”The Gospel, Salvation, and Sanctification – Sep 2015 (117 parts)The Deceitfulness of Sin – Dec 2018 (74 parts) The Deceitfulness of SinThe more you INSIST on your “light”, the deeper you sink into the deceptiveness of
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Confession vs. PunishmentConfession of sin reorients one’s thinking with God’s (reconciles our thoughts). Punishment is discipline meant to train us to not sin that way again. Self-Induced MiseryTo live in sin is a choice. To refuse to confess that sin is to remain in it, under the judgment (and punishment) that it incurs. 1Jn 5:4For
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Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. The Value of ConfessionA stubborn person who refuses good counsel is only harming themselves. Arrogance is unteachable.God Teaches Us TrustBlog: 10/920 Ro 1:32 [Amplified Classic]Though they are fully aware of God’s righteous decree that those who
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