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Dress and Keep part 1

11/07/2020 19:34

We are God's garden. He is the Gardener. We can only do what He first does in us, and through us, and as us. That's what it means to rest--rest is not inactivity, it is Holy Spirit directed activity. So when we see the first "command" that God ever set down for us, Genesis 2:15, "And the LORD God...

Fruit part 5

11/06/2020 19:51

You are what you eat. That's what it comes down to. What you consume, what you fill yourself up with, is what will come out of you. Because what's inside--what you BELIEVE is inside--is too big to STAY inside. It has to come out. We all live from the inside out, whether we realize it or not. Here's...

Fruit part 4

11/05/2020 20:15

Let's get into the law of first mention today. The time in the Bible that a word or concept is first used, which then goes on to define how it will be used. Genesis 1:11, "And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose...

Fruit part 3

11/04/2020 17:07

You have to receive before you can release. Because you can't give what you don't have, and you can only give what you do have. Look at Matthew 10:7-8, "And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have...

Fruit part 2

11/03/2020 20:19

In the beginning, when God created the earth, He put man in a garden. Told man to tend it and keep it. I think that's important. And then, when Jesus rose from the dead, Mary mistook Him (but not really) for the gardener. Because here's the deal: WE are God's garden. He is our gardener. When we are...

Fruit part 1

11/02/2020 17:42

The Bible uses the picture of fruit a lot. Even all the way back to the misty garden of Eden. Eve ate the fruit from the wrong tree and it was kind of all downhill from there for a while. And people like to say it was an apple that Eve ate, even though there's nothing in the text to support that. I...

Life of Service part 5

11/01/2020 19:52

Let's start with our memory verse and then dig into it. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" (Romans 12:1). A life of service isn't meant to be more than you can...

Life of Service part 4

10/31/2020 19:41

Yesterday I said something along the lines of living a life of love, and in that way loving the life you live. It's a good turn of phrase. And it's completely true. Love is giving. You can give without loving, but you can't love without giving. Look at Acts 20:35, "I have shewed you all things, how...

Life of Service part 3

10/30/2020 11:36

Jesus showed us how to rule and reign on the earth when He girded Himself with a towel, got down on His hands and knees, and washed His disciples feet. I've heard it said that good leaders rule over people without always overruling them. Without controlling them. Withing making "leading" all about...

Life of Service part 2

10/29/2020 20:18

Jesus is our example, right? I mean, in a sense. Not to follow in His foot steps (which is impossible to do) but at least in the sense of Him showing us what He was about on His earth walk ministry so that we could have an idea. God told Moses to follow the pattern when buildling the tabernacle,...

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