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Clouds part 1

10/08/2020 20:21

One of my favorite sayings is that every cloud has a silver lining. Because I believe you can always find the good in a situation if you look for it. What you seek is what you will find. What you magnify in your life is what will manifest in your life. Everything--EVERYTHING--can fall into either...

Vocation part 5

10/07/2020 19:58

I like to quote Romans 8:28 a lot. It's one of my favorite verses. Today let's start there and go a little further. "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according ot his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to...

Vocation part 4

10/06/2020 19:41

I've heard people talk about "working" for God. Seen a bumper sticker that says, "Jesus is my boss." And while I guess I can appreciate the sentiment... our "Christian" lifestyle is so much more than that. Because, let's face it, most of us who have jobs punch out at the end of the day and forget...

Vocation part 3

10/05/2020 19:58

Here's where I think it gets a little bit tricky: "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called" (1 Corinthians 7:21). And I say tricky--even though it seems really simple--because it seems like all we ever want to do in this life is get out of our lane. Be someone we're not. And I...

Vocation part 2

10/04/2020 20:00

The thing about walking worthy of your vocation, your calling, is that you can't do it without walking. Rest is not inactivity. It is Holy Spirit directed activity. And the only thing the Spirit of love will ever direct you to do... is love. So our vocation, our calling, our invitation, is... at...

Vocation part 1

10/03/2020 19:54

I think one of the biggest struggles we have in this life is finding out who we are. Why we're here. That age-old question of "What's this life for?" We spend so much time and energy on it. Trying to fit in. Trying to stand out. Trying to be someone. Trying to do something. That's so much trying....

Stumble part 5

10/02/2020 20:05

When you stumble, that at least means you were walking. You were doing something. Trying something. And that, friends, is a big part of what grace is all about. Look at 2 Peter 3:18, "But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for...

Stumble part 4

10/01/2020 19:59

Look at 1 John 2:10. "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him." That's about as simple as I can make it. If you're loving people, you're walking in the light. Walking by faith. If you're loving people, you're fulfilling your purpose in life....

Stumble part 3

09/30/2020 19:58

We think we're horrible. I mean, really, as a people, we think the worst of ourselves. And usually of each other. We wonder how we could possibly be loved by anybody. Let alone God. Especially God. Because, like me myself, God knows every horrible rotten thing I've done. Here's the thing though:...

Stumble part 2

09/29/2020 19:52

There's a quote from the Rocky Balboa movie that I think really says what I'm trying to say in this Rant series: "You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving...

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