Mean what you say? Clarity of message? Perhaps the question should be, do you listen to what you say? If you heard you, would the message be clear and understandable? Honestly… what’s more important to you – the message or your recognition? If the message isn’t the focus, emphasis then why bother getting upset when […]
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Both important. Just like we can’t always live in the rarefied mountaintops, we can’t continually live in the valleys (and stop seeing valleys as negative, stressful, unforgiving). We live on both, separately, and both are important to our growth. Both provide learnings and insights into living our lives. We all need encouragement, and typically those
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NEVER say the ONLY thing I can do is pray. If you believe that prayer is that ineffectual, why do it? Prayer is never an ‘only’ … remember what it is and what is accomplished. Many churches have Prayer Chains that people can contact to request prayer for their need. Most of these requests fall
I love starting my day with a cuppa and chatting with the Lord. Offensive? Not reverential enough? Presumptuous? Why??? Exactly what is your relationship with Him? ‘Out there’? For crisis times? Honestly, I don’t believe this is what the Lord desires. Coming to Him only when we need something (for ourselves or others) doesn’t seem
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Now that you are saved, are you ‘doing’ anything with your new state? Do you see evidences in your life of a changed life? Do you see evidences that you are growing in the things of the Lord? Is it important to you? And please don’t read this as accusatory – I’m speaking as much
Have you ever considered that… You are a gift? I believe you are. Read again what Paul talks about in Ephesians 4:15-16. NASB “…but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together
What does that even mean? Do you have any understanding? OK… admittedly, this is undoubtedly an individual definition, but the concept – Practicing Christian – do you have your definition? Let me provide mine so you have a context. Being a Christian is meant to permeate all of who we are, everything and everyone we
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That’s the point, yes? If we repent of our words and/or actions, surely our ‘proof’ of our change is a firm vow not to repeat. And then we need to produce fruit from the change (Matthew 3:8). Otherwise, why would we say we are sorry? Do we even mean this? Or is it only a
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Do we really believe this? Especially with those fundamental and foundational areas in our lives… are any really one and done? OK, some things can be one and done, like salvation. As long as salvation is defined in terms of the beginning and not the end of this life change. I believe that most things
is not the same as a Zest for Living. A zest for life is far more impersonal, abstracted than a zest for living. The latter requires, demands an involvement. A zest for living invites you in and then consumes any pretense or falsifying of who you are. But then, that’s my romantic definition. However, it
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