And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. – Mark 11:25 (ESV) Problems come up when we have to deal with each other. Jesus addressed it. He stated it plainly. He didn’t sugar-coat the truth. He offered [...]
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Problems in the Pews
Posted in action, answers, forgiveness, Love Your Neighbor on March 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Let Your Faith Be Seen
Posted in action, community, faith on March 9, 2012 | 1 Comment »
“Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them.”- Mahalia Jackson Faith is expected to be on display. In one way or another, believers are expected to somehow show that they truly believe what they profess and proclaim. We are supposed to walk and live by faith. One [...]
Do All for Him
Posted in action, faith, labor, tagged change, church, community, discipleship, faithful, glory, Jesus, relationship on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.- Colossians 3:17 (ESV) Some do their own thing and think that it’s okay to do so. They do as they please and they do what pleases them, living without any [...]
One Question
Posted in action, change, expressions, poetry, writing on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“Freedom is a hard-bought thing and millions are in chains, but they strain toward the new day drawing near.”- Paul Robeson (singer, actor & activist) Artists must learn to become activists. Artists must somehow yearn to become activists who speak up and speak out, giving an artistic voice to the voiceless and raising some sense [...]
From Eden to Egypt- Day 15
Posted in action, faith, From Eden to Egypt, Genesis, relationships on December 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
…he did all that God commanded him.- Genesis 6:22 (ESV) Noah did what God said. There’s no biblical record of Bill Cosby’s comical rendition of Noah questioning God. That’s comedy, not the Bible. The Bible shows Noah doing just as God said for him to do. In fact, verse 5 of the next chapter says: [...]
Pray at the Polls
Posted in action, America, believers, California, change, choices, community, faith, prayer, tagged change, faith, glory, help, power, prayer, Word on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Election day is upon us again. In California, we don’t know if it’ll be Meg or Jerry . We’re certain that Arnold is done, though. Could Barbara Boxer be unseated after all of these years? Who knows but God? That’s about all that we are certain of in this election. There are numerous laws and ordinances [...]
No Middle of the Road
Posted in accomplishment, action, believers, calling, faith, glory, God, inspiration, study, testimony on November 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“We have been created for a purpose.”- Rick Warren In this day and age, it is pretty hard to figure out who hasn’t heard anything about Rick Warren. Whether good or bad, his name has come up in a conversation about a best-selling book, a political agenda and relationship with President Obama, or Saddleback and [...]
Excuses or Excellence
Posted in accomplishment, action, business, choices, doubt, expectations, faith, fear, folly, goals, growth, new nature, perception, priority, productivity, stewardship, success, tips, work, tagged calling, change, daily, faith, glory, heart, help, ministry, power, relationship, service, support, work on October 23, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” ~Benjamin Franklin Exceed expectations. Are you getting any closer to excellence? Merely meeting expectations is a minimum. When you exceed those same expectations, you start to enter into excellence. We are to offer God our best every step of the way. [...]
Advocate for All
Posted in action, believers, choices, community, freedom, Love Your Neighbor, outreach, peace, service, solutions, witnesses, tagged church, community, fishers of men, ministry, outreach, service, work on October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak [...]
Dealing with Doubt
Posted in action, doubt, example, perception, teams, works, tagged gospel, Jesus, ministry, relationship, service, Word, work on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
2When John heard in prison what Christ was doing, he sent his disciples 3to ask him, “Are you the one who was to come, or should we expect someone else?” 4Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see – Matthew 11:2-4 (NIV) Jesus dealt with doubt. This episode in the [...]
