Do you know what ‘a meaningful life’ is, means? Do you have your definition so that when ‘life’ happens, you recognize whether or not it’s part of your definition? At the end of the day as you are lying down and putting your head onto the pillow – what are your thoughts? Are you ‘happy’ […]
There’s a wonderful song by Rogers and Hammerstein: “When you walk through a storm, keep your head up high, and don’t be afraid of the dark…” This has been a favorite of mine almost from the first time I heard it. When it’s sung, it’s more than powerful because the music and words complement each
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This thought passed through my thinking as I was attending a meeting recently. We sometimes forget that -1- can make a tremendous statement. Now… apply this to you and what you do and say (and don’t). I’ve heard it said that it really isn’t all that important since it was only me (1). Not true.
That whine is really most unbecoming. And we do this in so many ways and times. For the Christian it really should never pass our lips … but it does even though we are told to take off the old man and put on the new man… “If in fact you have [really] heard Him
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“Now may the God who gives endurance and who supplies encouragement grant that you be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, .so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify and praise and honor the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” [Romans 15:5-6, AMP] However, before we get into the meat of these 2 verses,
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised but I’ve just discovered that I am terrible about compromising. It’s not that I view myself as infallible – I’ve been so very wrong so many times. I think it’s based in the fact that I am pretty much black or white. Rarely, if ever. both simultaneously. and not
Believe it or not, it IS easy to tell the difference between a test and a temptation or attack. Always start with checking out the source and your spirit. Do you feel embarrassed or even worse – condemned? If so… not the Lord, not how He works. Sometimes, your emotions give you a sense of
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When I was growing up in the dark ages, one of the more favorite sayings was ‘jack of all trades and the master of none’ typically preceded by a somewhat critical tone implying either – is this what you want to become or applied to another person. I think that the implicit assumption/judgement was that
Did you grow up knowing you needed a Savior? And ‘needed’ is spelled in capital letters. I suspect that unless your family was Pentecostal, the probability for most of we who were raised in mainstream churches didn’t. Baptists did though. Point being is that if you didn’t know… how do you know? What was your
Do you find yourself using those or similar words? It’s the same lament that Paul wrote about – doing the things he doesn’t want to do and not doing the things he did want to do (Romans 7:19). I definitely get irritated with me when I do this … and it’s not just the 1st
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