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Remain part 4

06/08/2017 18:02

I think one of the biggest--if not THE biggest--keys to life is showing up. Life is a participation sport. And a lot of the time it seems like we miss it. Because we're too busy trying to earn a gift... or because we're afraid to experience the gift we've been given. We think its too good to be...

Remain part 3

06/07/2017 17:11

The Kingdom of God (the Kingdom of LOVE) is upside down and backwards to the natural mind. Things that seem too good to be true... are actually so good that they MUST be true. But a lot of the time it seems like we refuse to believe our eyes. We lose the simplicity that is the Gospel; God is love,...

Remain part 2

06/06/2017 17:13

We remain in God's love by loving people. That's the commandment--the NEW commandment for the New Man--that Jesus gave. And He didn't just give the command, He also gave us the ability to obey that command. Love one another... as Jesus loves us. We don't have to--and thank God, because we can't--do...

Remain part 1

06/05/2017 17:55

I think this is an important concept, because it seems like people think love is conditional... like there's a flower and we're picking the petals off. "God loves me... He loves me not..." And we think those flower petals are our actions. "I mess up... and He loves me not." And its like we're just...

Edification part 5

06/04/2017 17:43

Things get broken. That's called life. And sometimes its nothing cataclysmic at all. Sometimes its just general wear and tear. I've long held the opinion that the hardest part of life is living. Sometimes its all we can do to just show up. But its important to realize that showing up is way more...

Edification part 4

06/03/2017 11:19

I think this verse goes along with what I was trying to say yesterday: "All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not" (1 Corinthians 10:23). We CAN do whatever we want. And if you don't believe that you're fooling yourself....

Edification part 3

06/02/2017 21:36

"It doesn't cost anything to be nice." I agree with that statement 100%. And yet... it seems like its so much easier to be mean. And when people do mean, selfish, wicked things it seems like they shrug their shoulders and blame "human nature." They say, "Meh. I'm only human. What do you expect?"...

Edification part 2

06/01/2017 18:32

When you edify someone you build them up. You know, as opposed to tearing them down. You, as our key verse in Romans chapter 15 tells us, bear the infirmities of the weak. Don't sell people out... HELP people out. Because, at the end of the day, we're all in this together. The "us vs them"...

Edification part 1

05/31/2017 16:53

You all know I'm hard to bother, right? I'm mostly unflappable. But one thing I REALLY don't like... is bullies. It drives me nuts when someone thinks they can be mean just because they're bigger or stronger than someone else. And I know this has rubbed off on Logan, because he always sticks up for...

Now part 5

05/30/2017 17:46

We have everlasting life through our faith in Jesus, right? I think we can all agree to that. But the fact remains that we only have ONE life to live. So rather than letting the past drag us down, or the letting the future scare us with what might (or might not) happen... instead of waiting for...

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