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Value part 4

02/08/2017 17:17

It's so important to meet people where THEY are at. When we put our own expectations on them we will almost certainly lose them. At the very least we are starting out on rocky footing. When we ought to be starting out on the unshakeable foundation of love. My favorite example of this idea is in...

Value part 3

02/07/2017 17:26

When you understand the value of YOUR actions--giving, not trying to get--then it becomes much easier to understand the value of OTHER people's actions. And, in short, unless you know and believe the love of Christ... unless you know that you are loved... your actions are going to be all about...

Value part 2

02/06/2017 18:11

The reward of a good deed is in the doing. If you're looking to get something... then you've missed out on the truth that you already have something. And if you're trying to use LOVE to get something... then you don't understand love at all. Because love is never about getting. Love IS giving. And...

Value part 1

02/05/2017 11:29

Lately, for pretty much the first time in my life, I've been looking at WHY people do things. Up until now I've just kind of assumed people would do whatever they wanted to do. But for the last couple of weeks I've kind of been peeking behind the curtain and trying to see what's going on behind the...

Little and Little part 5

02/04/2017 16:59

I like this Rant series because it's hopeful. And I think hope is sometimes pushed to the backburner. Even though, "Three things will last forever--faith, hope, and love--and the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13 NLT). We focus a lot on faith. And rightfully so. We focus the most on...

Little and Little part 4

02/03/2017 19:41

The smallest spark can start the biggest fire. A Holy Ghost wildfire that burns out of control. With love. Consuming everything in its path and feeding on itself (Himself) and growing and growing and growing. I'm telling you, sometimes you don't even realize how big the small things are. So while I...

Little and Little part 3

02/02/2017 17:53

Here's my thought for today: You have to start somewhere. And there's no place like the one you're in right now. No time like right this second. Look at Zechariah 4:10 in the NLT, "Do not despise these small beginnings, for the LORD rejoices to see the work begin, to see the plumb line in...

Little and Little part 2

02/01/2017 17:16

The way you walk by faith... is one step at a time. By little and little. That's how you POSESS the land that you've been given. Let me say it another way, "For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little" (Isaiah 28:10)....

Little and Little part 1

01/31/2017 17:25

I spend a lot of time talking about the Finished Work. And appropriately so, I think. Because it's uber important that we stop waiting for a move of God and we start getting a revelation of Jesus. The Finished Work of the cross WAS the move of God that humanity was kind of unknowingly waiting for....

The Love of Christ part 5

01/30/2017 17:22

It boils down to this: "This is real love--not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins. Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other" (1 John 4:10-11 NLT). That's what the love of Christ is all about--He...

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