You know… sometimes it really isn’t your fault but you are caught in the blame fallout. That is incredibly frustrating. What this SHOULD teach us is that we should wait to point fingers or assess blame, because sometimes we aren’t right or are basing our decisions/thinking on what others are telling us or what they […]
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Wow … a great deal of meat can be found in 1 Corinthians 15! Have you ever studied out the wisdom Paul wrote in this chapter’s letter? One of the first teachings is found in verse 3, MSG: “…of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to [that which]
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“But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in
at all the wrong times to all the wrong people and typically for all the wrong reasons? Does this describe you … too often? Do you feel that there is nothing you can do to change this behavior? What’s happening that makes you feel this inadequate? You do realize, don’t you, that you don’t have
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Assurance: (Webster) “the state of being assured (I really hate it when they define a word by the word!); confidence of mind or manner : easy freedom from self-doubt or uncertainty… Synonyms: assuredness, certainty, confidence, conviction, doubtlessness, sureness, surety,” Personally, I believe the word is so much stronger and on a firmer foundation when defined
There are many references related to fruit, being fruitful, etc. Being fruitful… your goal? Do you know how? Actually, there are over 100 verses that talk about being fruitful. But how is this defined? And what is required of us? “Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself
[Note: I have expanded an article for my church’s newsletter because I thought this issue/problem/status is one we all face.] Feel a bit beaten down? Or maybe you think you have so much on your plate that you can’t add… one more thing. Perhaps you are so busy in your life that you’ve forgotten or
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“Patience is not the ability to wait but the ability to keep a good attitude while waiting.” (Joyce Meyer) Patience is not a subject I typically write about. We have never been great mates. However, as I’ve ‘grown older’, we seem to have developed a cautious detente. Oh, this is not something I brag about,
However you refer to this act and status – salvation, born again, saved – this is not something to be taken lightly. I know I talk about this subject… often, both implied and directly. The reality is that when it comes to spiritual matters… we are always learning, always seeing new understandings about the ‘topic/subject’.
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It appears that we are far more adept at seeing specks in other’s eyes (life) than the log in our own. Is this because it is so much simpler to focus on someone else’s ‘deficiencies’ than to work on correcting our own? Or are we simply attempting to deflect the attention away from ours by
Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
