One of the most common situations I see members of my congregation struggling with is how to deal with worldly friends. Among the most difficult is the one where a person has “old friends” from before they became a believer, or “friends” at work they enjoy spending time with, for a variety of reasons. We […]
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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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Every day starts pretty much the same way for me: prayer, morning stretches, feed and play with Mulligan, coffee, read Bible, morning text, and so on. I find that my soul experiences a great deal of peace while performing these repeated activities. Daily routines bring a sense of comfort, the expected in a life filled
I messed up yesterday and I am paying the price for it today. I am emotional, antsy, and my flesh is begging me to get a drink or some chocolate, to watch a worldly movie or read a worldly book; anything to “turn off” my mind and not feel the way I do right now.
OUTLINE: The “Secret” To Strength Is HumilityHumility is our greatest source of strength and courage (aka “applied faith”). Why? Because we put the onus of victory on the Lord’s strength instead of our own. The Danger of WealthWealth is the breeding ground for arrogance that naturally evolves into a power-hunger. A corrupt heart precedes both
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I recently read John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. One of the characters, a farmer, was described as being quite content because he was, by contemporary social standards, uneducated. Because of this, he wasn’t distracted, drawn, or enticed by the lure of ‘better things’ outside of his ‘small’ circle of existence (I write with human perspective here).
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OUTLINE: Mt 16:26For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? WisdomIf you’re not with God, you’re against Him (Mt 12:30) – there is no neutrality. If you’re against Him, your life is vapid, your purposes
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OUTLINE: “How To Digest Social Injustice”Blog – 6/12/20 The Value of Reading Your BibleDaily reading of the Bible often results in the most profound realizations! If it is used by the Spirit to guide a pastor, it can certainly be used to guide you! We humans have a really bad habit of forgetting where we
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OUTLINE: Eph 5:13-14 [Amplified Classic]But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light.The Book of EcclesiastesSolomon’s wisdom is on full display for all to learn from. The key lesson is that a life apart from God is an
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OUTLINE: Pr 3:26For the LORD will be your confidenceAnd will keep your foot from being caught.Revolutionary ThinkingWe are to examine ourselves, compile all of our street credibility into one big heap of creature-credit, and light a match to it! This is precisely what Paul did (Php 3:7-9). He was blessed for it. “but that which
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