“Your personal convictions [on such matters]—exercise [them] as in God’s presence, keeping them to yourself [striving only to know the truth and obey His will]. Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves [who does not convict himself by what he chooses to do]. But […]
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“But a time is coming and is already here when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit [from the heart, the inner self] and in truth; for the Father seeks such people to be His worshipers.” [John 4:23. AMP] Have you discovered worship? To me, it’s different than praise and both are critical
A few months ago I used the following scripture as the focus for a post. I’m using 2 Timothy 1:12 again… but with a different perspective/emphasis. “I am not ashamed; for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in the
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Are you? Don’t you realize who You are and Whose you are? Don’t you realize that if you’ve made Jesus your Lord, that you are a new creation!? Read 2 Corinthians 5: 17-21 and discover YOU! Do you believe you have potential? You do… even if you’ve been told that (fill in the blank) is
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always, always, always makes us stumble (if not worse)! Then again, perhaps we should first look at who the best intentions are aimed at and why we think our determination is for their best! Tad presumptuous on our part… isn’t it? Who are we to determine what the best is for someone else? Unless they
It’s true you know. Many times the devil will use the most insignificant, the Itty Bitty things of life, to trip us up. You’d think that after a number of these incidents that we’d get smarter… not necessarily. Experience doesn’t always bring wisdom. We typically are on guard against the larger temptations and/or seductions and
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It’s true, you know – it depends on our perspective – it affects everything about how we react and interact with (fill in the blank)! And sometimes this is overly influenced by our mood. And our mood is greatly influenced by what we do first thing in the morning. Personally, I’m a slow waker-upper. I
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“And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.” [1 John 5: 14-15, ESV] 1 John is
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I sometimes wonder if we’ve totally misunderstand what witnessing is all about. First of all, it’s not You who saves others – only the Lord can (1 Corinthians 3:6-9). And if you respond with – ‘I know that!’, then what’s the problem about witnessing to others who the Lord is and what He does? In
Do/Have you ever want/ed to do ‘something’ even though you know there’s really nothing you can do? In my case, even though I knew it was totally impossible, I wanted to ‘repay’ the Lord for all He did and continues to do for me. But… is this even possible? Short answer – NO! It’s not
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
