How do you react to pain and stress? I have observed, in both myself and others, that people tend to turn inwards during times of pressure and suffering. This always reminds me of pill bugs. Those are the little gray bugs you see that roll up into a ball when distressed. Poor little guys, I […]
KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!! “Strive” – from diokete – means to pursue with all haste (“chasing” after), earnestly desiring to overtake (apprehend). “everyone” from pas – means “all” in the sense of “each (every) part that applies.” The emphasis of the total picture then is on “one piece at a time.”
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As a child of God, you have been PREDESTINED (your destiny was set before you were born) to be “conformed to the image of His Son”!!! When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!! You must have a balanced diet of training and discipline so that your whole body is ready
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: As a child of God, you have been PREDESTINED (your destiny was set before you were born) to be “conformed to the image of His Son”!!! When you understand GOD’s divine design for suffering, then you EMBRACE it!!! Since our Father loves His children, He disciplines them. Said discipline is meant
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: Faith is vindicated by the works it produces. William Lane on Biblical Discipline The Biblical concept of discipline combines the nuances of training, instruction, and firm guidance with those of reproof, correction, and punishment. “conformed” – from summorphos – means properly, conformed, by sharing the same inner essence–identity (form); showing similar behavior from having the same
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: P.G. Muller on Jesus in Hebrew 12:2 He strode ahead of all believers in faith and led faith to its definitive end. “perfector” – from teleiotes – means “consummator“; specifically refers to Jesus, the one bringing the life of faith to its complete conclusion (consummation, finish). In every scene of His earthly life, Jesus lived
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TODAY’S VERSE: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” We recently spent some time in prep school discussing the blessing of giving thanks to God. The kids were asked to write down 5 things that they were grateful for, including details about why
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KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE: To have success in ANYTHING of any value in this life, you MUST put in the hard labor. There are no shortcuts, only lies from the KoD suggesting there are, and myriad alternatives to keep you distracted and ultimately, frustrated. Just because grace is “free” doesn’t mean there isn’t any
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We all have a sense of fairness we use to evaluate judgement, whether in giving or receiving. For the most part, we obtain this scale of values through experience. For example, as parents we use the experiences from our own childhood to calculate what type and severity of punishment is fair for our children. If
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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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