Frightening word????? Bad person?? When you hear the word, repent, do you immediately feel guilty? And if ‘guilty’… of what? Do you try and distance yourself from whoever spoke the word regardless of circumstances? But do you realize that you repent often. Every time you change your mind… you repent, and I realize that this […]
Those of you who know me realize that I love object lessons because whatever is happening right in front of us is the best example. So, I have a couple of questions for you to think about. We seem to have little trouble embracing the concept of gifts. However, I wonder if there isn’t a
As I look back in recent postings… ‘know’ seems to have been motivational for me. I have looked at the word from a variety of perspectives. I think my point is that ‘know’ is far more important and says far more about us that we realize. Do you understand what you know? Know, in my
How do you react to questions? As an intrusion? As an attack or challenge to what you just said? As a ‘inquiring minds want to know’? Then again, you need to know the question-asker. Personally, I’ve never met a question I didn’t like… and, I never ask an idle question. However, that may not be
Point #1 The Great Commission is NOT a suggestion – but a commandPoint #2 You have a MessagePoint #3 You have a Role You are aware you have a message – yes? It can be called your witness or your testimony but it all means the same. And, there is no message too insignificant to
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until you try. Failure, defeat , success, accomplishment lie just beyond taking that first step. Granted no one wants to fail or be defeated, but sometimes that happens – sometimes due to ourselves not analyzing the situation and option planning and sometimes it’s beyond our ability to control or influence. Regardless… the feelings that are
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There’s an old gospel song called ‘Do Lord’. It’s one of those rare songs that crosses all denominational borders. It’s a toe tappin’, knee thumpin’, foot stompin’ kind of good message song. It’s probably one of the first gospel songs a new believer hears. Well.,, it use to be. Most churches have become too dignified
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Which are you? Do you act… and then think. Or think… and then act? The latter is the much preferred method. The former can, or does, result in multiple missteps, apologies, scrapped knees, bumped noses, embarrassment – and the list goes on. Personally I prefer the latter but more often than not act the latter.
Not always so easy… is it? Doesn’t eliminate that we may have a need to let things go – both the good as well as the bad. And yes, both define us… actually, how we respond to both of these ‘states’. In my world, ‘letting go’ is the first step but step 2 is also
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I’ve probably written on this a number of times… but repetition can be a great method for understanding (and thus agreeing… or not). This point: do you realize that when we act in ‘one accord’, the power of this action is greatly increased? Actually, you really don’t have as strong a foundation when we don’t
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Just write down any questions that you may have and I will get back to you in a jiffy!
