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Weak part 1

06/10/2020 20:20

I always say, "Meekness is not weakness, it is strength under control." Which, to me, really helps a verse like "Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth" (Matthew 5:5) make a lot of sense. It's not about just laying down and letting people walk all over you. I remember one time I...

Communication part 5

06/09/2020 19:51

The best way to communicate with people is to love them. Look at Colossians 3:8, "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth." None of those are helpful. None of those do anything except escalate a situation or make a situation worse....

Communication part 4

06/08/2020 19:53

This was one of the verses that I had in mind when I started this Rant series: Ephesians 4:29, "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." Our words can heal... but, unfortunately, they can...

Communication part 3

06/07/2020 20:25

I want to drop a memory verse here that I think has been kind of misunderstood and misused over the years. And maybe I'm going to misunderstand and misuse it right here, but I'm going to tell you what I think about it. And if I'm wrong... at least I'm erring on the side of love. "Be ye not...

Communication part 2

06/06/2020 20:48

Talking is a part of communication. But it isn't all there is. There is also listening. And there is also behavior. Sometimes the only way people can express themselves--especially when it comes to frustration, or sadness... big emotions--is to lash out. To explode, in a sense. And instead of...

Communication part 1

06/05/2020 19:49

They say communication is the key to any relationship, right? Well, let's spend some time talking about that. Communicating about that. And before we even get into any memory verses I want to throw this out there: Communication isn't just talking. It's always listening. A lot of the time, listening...

Stand part 5

06/04/2020 19:55

I think I have a very simple message to end this Rant series about standing. 1 Thessalonians 3:7-8, "Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord." There's distress in this life. Affliction. Trials....

Stand part 4

06/03/2020 19:38

This is one of my favorite Bible verses, which I never hear preached ever. "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy" (Jude 1:24). It seems like all we ever hear about in religious circles is what to do...

Stand part 3

06/02/2020 20:00

There's a story in Exodus chapter 14 where Moses is leading the people out of bondage. And the people--who have been slaves for, like, hundreds of years--start grumbling and complaining. Exodus 14:12, "Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, let us alone, that we may serve the...

Stand part 2

06/01/2020 20:09

The important part, to me, is what you stand FOR. Like in the verse Proverbs 22:6, "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it." Train up a child in the way he SHOULD go. We seem like we end up focusing too much and too often on the negatives. Like we...

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