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Recovery part 4

06/23/2021 16:53
Recovering your ilfe is not about YOU doing something. It is about what GOD did on the cross. In our key passage for this Rant series Jesus said, "I'll show you how to take a real rest." That's what being a disciple is all about--a disciple of Christ is a student of love. Learning how to love by...

Recovery part 3

06/22/2021 18:18
Get away with Jesus. Walk with Him and work with Him and you'll recover your life. To me, that means that life is walking and working. Walking by faith and not by sight. Working from a posture of rest. Love is maximum effort. Love is giving everything you have and everything you are. AND to live is...

Recovery part 2

06/21/2021 19:29
Something was lost when Adam and Eve ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (the tree of death). And, in a word, it was life. The abundant, everlasting, eternal, Resurrection Life of God that is the relationship between Father and son. Because, at that point, Adam and Eve--humanity--began to...

Recovery part 1

06/20/2021 20:14
There's an idea in theology that I really like: Being totally consumed by the consuming fire that is God. The bush that burned but wasn't consumed. Love engulfing and consuming everything but itself, until only love remains. And that, friends, is what happened on the cross. The Messianic Rebirth of...

Show, Don't Tell part 5

06/19/2021 17:44
Charity is love in action. Not just saying something that someone would find nice to hear, but actually DOING something to help them. Here's the key though: You can't give what you don't have and you can only give what you do have. So, with that in mind, look at Hebrews 4:15-16 (NLT), "This High...

Show, Don't Tell part 4

06/18/2021 19:12
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Right? People can say whatever they want, whether it's true or not, and you don't have to listen. In other words, you are not what people call you... but you are what you answer to. Which is why it's so important to listen to the...

Show, Don't Tell part 3

06/17/2021 19:48
"Preach the gospel always, and if necessary, use words," St. Francis. I think this quote is great. Because preaching the gospel is so much more than just hitting people over the head with "chapter and verse" from the Bible. I think people are turned off by religion. I know I am. And I'm a pastor....

Show, Don't Tell part 2

06/16/2021 19:33
There's a big difference between showing and telling. Even to the point that after Jesus told us what the greatest expression of love that a man can have is--laying his life down for his friends--He went to the cross and did just that. he didn't just tell us... He showed us. He put His money where...

Show, Don't Tell part 1

06/15/2021 19:49
It's always more effective to show than it is to tell. A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument. What you THINK doesn't compare to what someone KNOWS. I think that's why there are so many verses in the Bible like Psalm 85:7 (NLT), "Show us your unfailing love, O...

The Light of Love part 5

06/14/2021 19:35
There are a few things in the Bible that God is concretely described as. God is Spirit. God is light. God is love. God is a consuming fire. These are important because in understanding who God is... we understand who we are. As He is, so are we in this world. So we need to know Him as He is. That's...
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