Category: relationships
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God is Available
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he […]
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Get People Back into Church
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? – Luke 5:4 (NKJV) Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, […]
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Simple Strategies for Getting Back on Track with God’s Plan
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer’s ear; It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. –John Newton We are supposed to stay with Jesus. Truthfully, we are supposed to stick with Jesus. In fact, we are supposed to abide in Christ as He abides in us. Does […]
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Faithful as Father Figures
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. – Ephesians 6:4 God doesn’t desire us to be parents who provoke our children. That’s not God’s way. That’s not what He desires for us. Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.– […]
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A Ministry of Reconciliation
“The perfect church is not on earth.” – A.W. Tozer What keeps some people from coming back to church? I would dare say that it cannot simply be the church’s mission statement. The church has a God-given mission that includes restoring people as well as reaching and receiving people. The church makes a whole lot of […]
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Where God Could Exist
What if God was one of us?Just a slob like one of usJust a stranger on the busTrying to make his way home – Joan Osborne “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde (Lady Windermere’s Fan) Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can […]
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Connections Count
Read the last verses of the Gospel of John’s first chapter and you will see how much connections count in Christianity. John the Baptist proclaimed the Lamb of God as He appeared in the remote region where John was baptizing people. Two of John’s disciples attached themselves to Jesus, one being John the disciple whom […]
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Who is Your Gomer?
And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms…- Hosea 1:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the Lord still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and […]
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Share Christ
40 One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus. – John 1:40-42 (NIV) Andrew, the brother of Simon […]
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Do Good for God
6 With what shall I come before the LORD and bow down before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of olive oil? Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression, the […]
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