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A Soft Heart part 2

12/18/2015 12:11

Guarding and keeping your heart is vitally important. But understanding what it means to guard your heart--not closing it down but opening it up--is equally important. Because the heart is the door to everything. And if the door is closed nothing can get in or out. But if the door is open... that's...

A Soft Heart part 1

12/17/2015 10:40

I just preached this last night, but I think it's important so I'm going to spend this Rant series really digging in and exploring it. But, as I often do, I'm going to give away the punch line first. Ready? Ok. Proverbs 4:23 in the NLT reads, "Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the...

Be part 5

12/16/2015 10:36

In order to truly live--to partake of the Divine Nature and experience the abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life that is the gift of God--we need to stop trying to finish a work that is already finished. We need to stop struggling to get something we've already got. We need to stop...

Be part 4

12/15/2015 15:03

I really think in this world of ours there is too much trying and not enough flowing. Too much work and not enough rest (Spiritually speaking, of course). Too many of us spend our three T's (Time, Talent, Treasure) trying to be someone we're not instead of being who we are. And that's why this life...

Be part 3

12/14/2015 15:06

We're human BEINGS not human doings. What we do flows from who we be. That's why it's so important to know (and believe) who we are. And who we are, in a Word, is Jesus. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God poured His Spirit out on all flesh on the cross. He drew us all into Himself when He was...

Be part 2

12/13/2015 12:33

If you know who you are you can BE who you are. You can stop TRYING to be someone you're not. And that's the difference between works and labor (which don't work) and rest. That's the difference between living FOR God (as if He's your boss or some such nonsense) and living BY God. Living IN God as...

Be part 1

12/12/2015 16:51

"Be" is a very small word, but a very important idea. Some of this I've touched on before, but I want to really explore. Because there's an absolute truth in the universe. But unless you know this truth, and believe this truth, it really doesn't mean anything to you. It's a gift. And even though...

The Conclusion part 5

12/11/2015 12:55

The conclusion sums it all up. You take it all in and you make it concise. You give it a bottom line. You pull out what is most important. The conclusion is love. Fear God--revere Him in awe, because His love is so awesome--and obey His commandment--the New Commandment for the New Man, to love one...

The Conclusion part 4

12/10/2015 11:25

Here's the conclusion. The thing that's above all else. The thing that's the most important. Here's the bottom line. Ready? In a Word... love. It's all about love. Love is what we crave. What we NEED. Without it, we have nothing. Without it, we abide in death. Which is why we're willing to spend...

The Conclusion part 3

12/09/2015 08:53

It's easy to get stuck on something. Believe me. It's easy to get caught up, swept up, and the next thing you know your molehill has become a mountain. You find yourself trying to overcome instead of resting in the One who already overcame. This life becomes about anything BUT living. Because to...

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