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Inter-personal part 1

05/21/2020 19:57

I think I talk about relationship a lot. Probably because I think it's important. Because we are all in this together. Because we need each other. We are all connected. And because of this connection, it is important that we spend our three T's (time, talent, treasure) on what really matters--each...

Endure part 5

05/20/2020 19:55

Life doesn't always go the way you want it to. Or the way you think it should. That's just a fact of life. That's just the way it is. So you basically have two choices: You can either let life wreck you... or you can live life to the fullest. And what that comes down to... is your attitude. Life is...

Endure part 4

05/19/2020 19:51

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get. Or so they say. Because life is always changing. It's never just one thing, and it's never anything for long. Taking the good with the bad and learning and growing--enjoying the ride--is a big part of what life is all about....

Endure part 3

05/18/2020 19:53

What Jesus endured on the way to the cross--being beaten, and mocked, stripped down, having a crown of thorns stuck onto (into) His head--is generally referred to as the Passion of the Christ. I think because it shows how passionate His love for us was (and is). Right? Because you would really have...

Endure part 2

05/17/2020 20:37

As always, I think my message is a simple one: Receive and release the gift of God. What is true about God is true about us. He has given us... Himself. His Spirit. His Son. His nature. His love. So when we're talking about enduring, a verse like 2 Thessalonians 3:5 in the Message Bible is very...

Endure part 1

05/16/2020 19:58

A big part of life is just living. Just showing up. Taking care of business. Doing the things you have to do in order to get from the start of the day to the end of the day. And that, by the way, includes self-care. Self-care is vitally important. You can't let yourself get lost as you go through...

Declare the Decree part 5

05/15/2020 20:09

To declare something means to confess it. To confess something is to let what's inside come out. A truth that you believe with all your heart. And, listen, I know the Bible talks a lot about confessing your sin. Confessing your faults. But I don't believe God wants us to go around all day every day...

Declare the Decree part 4

05/14/2020 20:22

I really truly believe that it's all about receiving and releasing. Because it's all about love. Love is the Alpha and Omega. The beginning and the end. And everything in between. And love is giving. Which is why receiving is so important. Because you can't give what you don't have. And you can...

Declare the Decree part 3

05/13/2020 19:57

I think in the last however many years I've been doing these Rants--somewhere around a decade, I think--one of my main thrusts has been receiving and releasing. And the reason I've been focusing on that so much for so long is because I think it is vitally important that we stop chasing what we...

Declare the Decree part 2

05/12/2020 20:01

Being a witness is a big part of our Spiritual life. And it goes well beyond just "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." Now don't get me wrong--I love that. I believe that if you read the Bible and come out of it with anything other than "Jesus loves me" you've completely missed...

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