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Escape Hatch part 1

08/09/2020 19:49

The Bible talks a bit about escaping. Which I think is probably where we get this pie in the sky, some glad morning, rapture me up out of here mindset comes from. And listen to me, if that's where you're at... and you're happy there... that doesn't bother me. It's not my job to make you believe the...

Tenderhearted part 5

08/08/2020 19:23

There's a line in one of my favorite books that I just completely disagree with. Luckily it's said by one of the antagonists so I don't need to agree with it. But what she says is, "God doesn't want you happy, he wants you strong." Completely disagree. What Father wouldn't want His Son (in whom He...

Tenderhearted part 4

08/07/2020 19:56

A little bit of kindness goes a long way. Which, on the one hand, is kind of sad. Because we are so used to the opposite that it's like we're starving for it. Desperate for it. But, on the other hand, it means we can really affect each other on a deep level by simply being kind. By doing things...

Tenderhearted part 3

08/06/2020 20:05

Let's look at our key memory verse again, because there's really only one thing I want to say today: "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you" (Ephesians 4:32). Here's what I want to say: Be kind, please rewind. Some of...

Tenderhearted part 2

08/05/2020 19:34

I like the chapter in 2 Peter where it talks about adding things. Add to your faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge... like that. But the part I really like about it is 2 Peter 1:4, "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine...

Tenderhearted part 1

08/04/2020 19:38

I don't like to fight. You might have picked that up by now. There's a TV show in which the main character is hiding in the bathroom, and her best friend asks her what she's doing. She says, "Eating cookies and avoiding confrontation." For the most part... that's me. If I can avoid a confrontation,...

Resist Not part 5

08/03/2020 19:41

Here's where I want to end this Rant series: "And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake." Some things need not be resisted. Evil, for example. Simply overcome it with good. The lie. Which can be ignored when you know the truth. And some things need to be resisted...

Resist Not part 4

08/02/2020 20:11

Yesterday we talked about "resisting" by not resisting. Knowing the truth and ignoring the lie. Turning the other cheek, shrugging our shoulders, and walking away. You don't have to fight when you understand that Jesus won the war to end all wars. He fought so that we don't have to. So finished the...

Resist Not part 3

08/01/2020 19:36

So. In Matthew 5:39 Jesus says, "But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Don't resist evil. That's the point of this Rant series. You don't have to fight. If someone slaps you, you don't have to slap back. You...

Resist Not part 2

07/31/2020 19:48

You don't have to fight. Anything. Ever. Except for the good fight of faith. Which is laying hold of the gift you've already been given. Knowing and believing that you have what you need. That you have what God says He has already given you. Look at Zechariah 9:15 in the Message Bible,...

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