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May 28, 2019
The Deadly Trap of Lying: Truth as God's Lifeline
Why do people tell lies? 🤷🏻♂️Well, that’s easy. Because lying might enable guilty people to escape responsibility and consequences for their misdeeds. Because lying might preserve the illusion of their innocence. Because lying helps the sinner avoid having to face up to the ugly and soul-pollu...
christian-livingMay 23, 2019
What Would Jesus Do? Witnessing Without Judging
Y’all remember the trend many years ago that we all wore in our arms and stuck bumper stickers on our cars that said, “WWJD”? (What would Jesus Do)I’ve been reading about how we should watch what we say and how we act and this came to mind. Why ever happened to it? Did we figure out what Jesus wo...
angerMay 22, 2019
Quick to Hear, Slow to Anger: Ending the Cycle
“Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.”James 1:19-20Seeking revenge or trash talking someone else when they hurt us is easy to do. We all have time everyday where someone has...
surrenderMay 21, 2019
The Vagrant Faith: Having Everything, Owning Nothing
What are you trying to hang on to that Jesus wants you to let go of, and turn it over to him for safekeeping? I’ve had to give up some things in my life that I thought I never could, but ultimately brought me closer to Christ. “This earth is not my home, I’m just passing through.” How many times...
missionMay 20, 2019
Called to Heal the Sick: Our Mission to Sinners
“And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."”Luke 5:31-32 You see, God sent His only son Jesus to Earth for primary purpose: to give us new life. In Luke, Jesus rewords His miss...
healingMay 17, 2019
From Lost Sheep to Found: Christ Our Shepherd
“He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.”1 Peter 2:24-25 Have you ever gotten lost? It can be one o...
repentanceMay 15, 2019
Which Side Are You On? The Call to Repentance
“There were some present at that very time who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? No, I tell you; but unless...
trialsMay 14, 2019
Beyond Our Strength: Learning to Rely on God Alone
Let keep digging into 2 Corinthians;“For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us...
weaknessMay 13, 2019
Embracing Weakness: When You Don't Know That You Don't Know
Hope everyone had a great weekend!I’ve thought about this all weekend and I wanted to start this week by discussing probably my most favorite verse in the Bible;“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a mess...
humilityMay 10, 2019
Conquering the Big Three: Pride, Lust, and Entitlement
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 ESVSo we all have to deal with pride, lust and entitlement to some degree. Some more in one area than others. But to be able to deal with the weak areas of our life we need...
spiritual-giftsMay 9, 2019
You Have a Gift to Share - Stewarding God's Grace
Did you know you have a gift to share? You do, whether you are aware of it or not you’ve got one. Some times these gifts may not internal knowledge or a skill you share. Many times is as simple as sharing a gift God has blessed you with. Maybe it’s a ride for a friend when their car is broken dow...
perseveranceMay 7, 2019
Grinding It Out: How Perseverance Builds Christ-Like Character
Grinding it out and persevering builds character. Plain and simple. Something about endurance has the incredible capacity to refine you. I guess it’s kind of like a fire for silver, removing impurities and strengthening the character. Often because endurance goes hand-in-hand with trials and tria...
resilienceMay 6, 2019
Bounce Back: Finding Grit Through Faith
“Last night I took an L, but tonight I bounce back!” -Big Sean 😂😂Ok, I started this weeks devotional with this Hip Hop lyric mostly to be funny...but, it’s a great jumping off point. How fast do you bounce back after an “L” (loss)?One of the great tragedies in modern-day Christians is that we a...
resilienceMay 3, 2019
Learning Contentment: Bouncing Back from Loss
I’m totally entrenched in our topic we started last week and I want to wrap it up with a simple question? How quickly can you or do you bounce back from hardship and loss? (We are dealing with one now) Maybe it paralyses you into a depressed state? The key is learning to press on in life regardle...
greedApril 30, 2019
Money vs. God: The Danger of Divided Hearts
So, I want to keep on track this week about some of the things that in many ways separate us from our relationship with God. The pursuit of “more” is definitely one of those things...“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity...
fearApril 29, 2019
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear
I’m sure I’m like the rest of us when I say I’m bad about fear and worry. No matter how much I KNOW my life is in Gods hands and he always provides, I still get caught in worry. When that happens, I think we are not necessarily driving God away, but we are certainly keeping him at bay. “There is...
bible-studyApril 26, 2019
Life's Instruction Manual: Building on God's Word
Ok folks, this next comment is mainly focused to us men, but ladies it applies to you too. Read the instructions...It’s OK to read THIS manual! 😂So I’m like you and often just wish sometimes that life had an instruction manual? Well, actually God has given us one. It’s called The Bible; it’s our...
churchApril 25, 2019
We Are Better Together in Christian Community
So, there is an old country song by Don Williams called, I believe in Love. There is a line in the song that says, “I don’t believe that Heaven waits for only those who congregate...”. I’ve liked this song for 40 years and it’s on my mind today because we’ve been talking about God’s love and lovi...
evangelismApril 24, 2019
Sharing the Gospel by Staying on Mission
So far this week we’ve talked about what God did for us by sending his one and only son to die for our sins. We’ve talked about loving God passionately and loving others selflessly. But how do we really share the Gospel? By staying on a mission! Now you and I know about God’s grace and the salvat...
loveApril 23, 2019
Love God Passionately, Love People Selflessly
Following Jesus truly comes down to two things: Love God passionately, and love people selflessly! 🎤👋Our world we live in is starved for love! Not the fake, strings attached kind of love, but the real kind of love that only comes from God. That’s the kind we get from a relationship with God tha...
good-fridayApril 19, 2019
Why Good Friday is Actually Good
To the non-believer, today is just Friday. To us, Christians, it’s Good Friday! But why is it good? Most would say it’s the day that Jesus suffered and died on the cross at Mt. Calvary. Tortured and ridiculed as he bled out and died a most graphic death. Why call it good? Good because His death w...
gods-loveApril 18, 2019
God Stands at the Door and Knocks
“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”Revelation 3:20 One of the most powerful things you need to understand as you Follow Jesus is how much God loves you, He isn't interested in some religious...
courageApril 17, 2019
Be Strong and Courageous: God's Command, Not Suggestion
“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."”Joshua 1:9 Hearing that you should be strong and courageous is a lofty notion. It’s a pretty idea. It’s something nice to hear. But God steps up H...
restraintApril 16, 2019
Better Left Unspoken: The Wisdom of Restraint
I got to thinking over the last week how some things are better left unspoken; don’t give them airtime. In other words, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all...right? Proverbs 10:19 “In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise”.Some th...