I recently traded in my wife’s perfectly good, functioning car for another one. Why? You’ll have to ask her if you ever get the chance. She wasn’t thrilled but fortunately has learned to live with my “issues”. Suffice to say that while my intentions were good, things didn’t work out exactly how I planned. Many […]
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ref: True Love In Action KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: SIMPLY NOT QUITTING is an excellent, God-given quality called steadfastness. ref: True Love In Action – blog 9/27/19 We know Whom we have trusted, and that even though we are weak and lack faith at times, He is perfectly faithful. We must be willing to
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What’s Fair? What’s fair? That’s a good question; one that most of us have asked ourselves over the years, especially when we feel slighted, or dare I say jealous. Fair enough? (wink, wink) Seriously, though, what is “fair” if not a relative concept? It’s nothing. Without a relative norm there’s no baseline for judgement. Therein lies the
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Counterfeits don’t only deceive us, but they are DESTRUCTIVE, especially destroying our peace and intimacy with the Lord. Anything we do to our own body, we are doing to God. Perspective: why don’t we think about how we’re hurting the Lord when we sin?? Aren’t we sinning against the One
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Life is short! And TODAY is what matters most! If you don’t know when the Lord’s return is, then why act as if it is some great distance from you? When we believers lack a sense of urgency, we’re carrying around the wrong perspective. We’re missing something very important! Many
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:If you don’t know when the Lord’s return is, then why act as if it is some great distance from you? We have become intricate members of God’s grace economy. Good perspective may cause us pain, but since it is righteous, it is good.
It’s difficult to say the title of this blog without immediately singing the melody, isn’t it? It’s a lovely one and, if you’re anything like me, you can sometimes glaze over the words in favor of the music. It’s not that I don’t sing the words or understand them while I’m singing them, it’s just
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: How about purposely pursuing a different perspective that might help others, to the glory of Christ??? “4only1” Salvation Tract And Jesus Himself, as the Great Shepherd, is willing to leave the 99 “healthy” sheep (Prov 20:9, Rom 3:10) on the hill to go search for the one who is lost
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: My Old Friend, Job – blog 12/6/24 Job’s response to his friend’s errant assessment reminds me of the adage, “Don’t judge someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” Good friends always give each other the benefit of the doubt. The question is, how often are we “good friends”? Be
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Joy and thanksgiving are very intimately related. Especially for believers in the Lord Jesus, there’s good reason we should always be thankful, for something!! “My Old Friend Job” – blog 12/6/24Suffering is nothing more than God’s way of showing His children that His faith endures. Never forget that any suffering that
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