If you ever played in an organized sport, you likely remember your coach telling you to get some rest before a big game. If you ever traveled for a team sporting event, your coach likely gave you and your teammates a curfew that was strictly enforced (e.g., if you broke curfew, you would be benched). […]
KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: String of pearls… Rejecting God’s grace means you get no faith (faith is a grace gift that must be received with an open heart). No faith = no rest.Godly rest implies God’s grace. If you refuse His grace, you forfeit your peace.
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KEY PRINCIPLES IN THIS MESSAGE: Putting in the Reps – blog 2/2/24 Learning the Bible is a daily activity. Like athletic training, we must maintain proper formwhile exercising our minds. It’s not just quantity, but quality that results in progress.Proper form in our biblical exercise includes reading with the intention of learning more about the Lord.
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OUTLINE:In the sphere of love there is infinite creativity.Rest in HIS Yoke!Jesus has taken the weight out of life, so that we can transcend all things in this world, always being in union with Him, protected in the sphere of His love. Mt 11:28-30 1Co 2:9But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor
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OUTLINE: “Sabbath”from shabbathon (Hebrew) – means to make cease; translated “complete rest (4), rest (4), sabbath observance (1), sabbatical (1), solemn rest (1)” Integrity to God’s PurposesThere’s nothing heroic about burn-out. If you run the first mile of a marathon without regard for the remaining 25.2 miles, you’re an idiot, not a role model. Everything comes at
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OUTLINE: “Sabbath”from shabbathon (Hebrew) – means to make cease; translated “complete rest (4), rest (4), sabbath observance (1), sabbatical (1), solemn rest (1)” “The Sabbath was made for man”The Jews made a religion out of something that was designed to give them rest……and, as a result, they actually robbed themselves of the very fruit of
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OUTLINE: “Sabbath”from shabbathon (Hebrew) – means to make cease; translated “complete rest (4), rest (4), sabbath observance (1), sabbatical (1), solemn rest (1)” Integrity to God’s PurposesThere’s nothing heroic about burn-out. If you run the first mile of a marathon without regard for the remaining 25.2 miles, you’re an idiot, not a role model. 2Th
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OUTLINE: The Mind of ChristThe Bible, as a whole, is the very mind of Christ. We don’t just “hear” from Jesus Christ when we read red letters in our Bibles. The Bible is His Word, mind, thoughts, heart. Religious PerversionThe Jewish leaders had made the Sabbath (Ex 20:8) part of a religious works program, which
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When we were kids, my friends and I used to find silly experiments to perform for the sake of entertainment (that’s what we did before cable TV and the Internet took over). I especially loved the ones with unexpected results. Unfortunately, some of these experiments caused pain, which meant that one of us in the
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“You’re what we runners call a ‘Clydesdale’,” said my podiatrist, chuckling to a phantom audience of other “runners”. We both had a good laugh after he explained that there actually exists a category of runner in organized running called “The Clydesdales.” As you might have already guessed, it is an exclusive club for runners over