If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. – 1 John 1:9 (NIV) So watch yourselves. “If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. – Luke 17:3 (NIV) “Forgiveness is unlocking the door to set someone free [...]
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Again and Again and Again
Posted in change, Christianity, forgiveness, gospel, grace, inspiration, Jesus, mercy, new nature, provision, redemption, refuge, sacrifice, salvation on October 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
And Sin Not
Posted in answers, choices, encouragement, expectations, faith, new nature, reflection, tagged change, faithful, heart, relationship, support on October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath.- Eph. 4:26 Paul shared a simple warning to those believers at Ephesus. He advised that the Christian not let the sun go down on his or her anger. In other words, don’t get so wrapped up in being angry that [...]
Forgiven People Forgive
Posted in choices, endurance, grace, love, Love Your Neighbor, new nature, patience, redemption, sacrifice, salvation, sin, tagged and mercy, Calvary, forgiven, forgiveness, grace, heart, love, mercy, redemption, sacrifice, salvation on August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven- Luke 6:37 (NIV) People who have been forgiven should be forgiving people. Grace, mercy, love and patience should all intertwine in order to offer forgiveness to others. Since God has forgiven [...]
Creating Fishers of Men
Posted in action, believers, calling, change, choices, discipleship, evangelism, expectations, follow, gospel, inspiration, Jesus, Love Your Neighbor, messiah, ministry, new nature, Operation Reach Out, preaching, productivity, relationships, resources, salvation, stewardship, strategy, teaching, The Great Commission, witnesses, works, tagged calling, change, Christ, discipleship, evangelism, fishers of men, Jesus, ministry, outreach, preach, relationship, sacrifice, Word on July 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Creating Fishers of Men: Then Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”-Mark 1:17 Practical Applications •Relevance “fishers of men” Jesus shared something that these fishers understood. They knew about fishing. Now they needed to learn about fishing for men. •Realism “. . . I will [...]
Live and Learn
Posted in Christian, daily, example, faith, growth, inspiration, new nature, reading, relationships, study, teaching, thoughts, tagged Bible, blessing, change, Christ, daily, discipleship, faith, Jesus, relationship on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me…- Matthew 11:29 (KJV) Grandma M.A. used to always say: “You learn something new every day.” My Grandma was right to a certain degree. You live and you learn. It happens the more we live. It becomes apparent to us. Key Question: Does your learning about Christ lead [...]
Mastermind Mentality
Posted in change, choices, Christianity, connected, encouragement, example, exhortation, faith, growth, inspiration, instruction, Jesus, new nature, salvation, solutions, teaching, trust on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.Philippians 2:5 (NKJV) It’s all in your mind. What makes a difference is already within you, if you believe in Christ as your Savior, but what may be holding it up, what may be blocking it from becoming your way of life, may also [...]
Bridging the Denominational Divide
Posted in America, answers, belief, Bible, brothers, choices, Christian, Christianity, church, denominations, encouragement, gospel, heaven, inspiration, Jesus, leadership, ministry, new nature, outreach, prayer, religion, The Great Commission, unity, works, tagged change, church, community, ministry, theology, work on May 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Thank God that the kingdom of God is not divided into areas for big, important people and areas for little, unimportant people. – A.W. Tozer We have come a long way since Jesus ascended into heaven, leaving His disciples to await the coming of the Helper, the Holy Spirit of God. Yet, we seem to [...]
The Lord Makes the Difference
Posted in believers, change, Christian, community, encouragement, example, growth, new nature, relationships, salvation, works, tagged change, discipleship, grace, power, redemption, relationship, salvation on May 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Joseph, a Levite from Cyprus, whom the apostles called Barnabas (which means Son of Encouragement), sold a field he owned and brought the money and put it at the apostles’ feet.- Acts 4:36-37 The Lord makes a difference in every believer. We read about in the Bible. We sing about it through those classic hymns [...]
