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Stand part 1

05/31/2020 19:42

A long long time ago I heard a line in a song that said, "You've got to stand for something, or you'll fall for anything." And that stuck with me. Because I don't care about much. I'm really hard to bother. I don't sweat the small stuff... or the big stuff. I once had someone tell me, "The only...

The Measure of the Stature part 5

05/30/2020 20:12

The measure of the man is the size of him. What he's all about. Who he is. And that's why it's so important to know the measure of the stature of Jesus. Because in knowing who HE is, we know who WE are. Because as He is, so are we in this world. His measure is our measure. When we measure ourselves...

The Measure of the Stature part 4

05/29/2020 20:25

Jesus is God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in OUR flesh. Love in OUR body. That is the meausre of His stature. Love. And when we measure Him... we are really measuring each other. The whole God in OUR flesh, love in OUR body aspect. Because... as He is, so are we in this world. His measure is...

The Measure of the Stature part 3

05/28/2020 19:58

When you take the measure of the man, you're kind of sizing him up, right? Seeing what he's all about? What he's made of? And I'm sure you've heard the old expression that Christians are like tea bags. If you want to see what they're made of you have to put them in hot water. Which is to say, it's...

The Measure of the Stature part 2

05/27/2020 19:51

Here's our key verse in this Rant series, Ephesians 4:13, in the Message Bible, "Until we're all moving rhythmically and easily with each other, efficient and graceful in response to God's Son, fully mature adults, fully developed within and without, fully alive like Christ." Man, there's so much...

The Measure of the Stature part 1

05/26/2020 20:03

Knowing and believing is the way this "Christian" life works. And I put that word in paranthesis because I don't think I use it the same way most people use it. To me, "Christian" simply means Christ-like. Which you can't experience unless you know who Christ is. We can say, "As He is, so are we in...

Inter-personal part 5

05/25/2020 20:11

Longsuffering is a very important, vital part of any inter-personal relationship. Because nobody matches up with anybody in every way all the time. Even the people we love most in the world... can get on our nerves. People aren't robots. They are GOING to do things we don't agree with, or don't...

Inter-personal part 4

05/24/2020 20:07

Dealing with people can be a lot sometimes. Because people can be a lot sometimes. The thing we need to really remember is that everybody is going through stuff. Everybody is fighting a battle that you might not know anything about. And even if you know about it, you might not know the whole story....

Inter-personal part 3

05/23/2020 19:58

How we relate to each other is so important. Because we're all in this together. We can't do it by ourselves. No man is an island. It is not good that man should be alone. We need each other. So we need to be able to build those relationships. Look at 1 Corinthians 3:11, "For other foundation can...

Inter-personal part 2

05/22/2020 20:06

Relationship. The way we relate to each other. That, in large part, is what this life is all about. And here's the key: Our relationship with each other flows from our relationship with God. We have to have the one (with God) figured out before we can succeed in the other (with each other). And let...

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