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Inheritance part 1

12/23/2019 19:23

Listen. There's way too much to say about our inheritance. It would fill a lot more than a five-part Rant series. So all I really want to talk about for the next few days is the idea that, "What's mine is yours." This is something I've told my son ever since the day he was born. And he took it to...

Endurance part 5

12/22/2019 20:08

I almost didn't go here. But I figured I might as well. Especially to end the Rant series. Just kind of drop it here and let it be what it is. Hebrews 12:7, "If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?" Something that we don't...

Endurance part 4

12/21/2019 20:54

Life is 10% what happens to you, and 90% how you deal with it. I've been saying this a lot. Because it's important. It's like when Jesus asked Peter (who had just been walking on water) "What's gotten into you?" See, the problem isn't what we get into as much as it is what gets into us. God has...

Endurance part 3

12/20/2019 20:01

"I can't do this." Maybe not by yourself. But I'm here to tell you, "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13). I'm here to tell you that, "There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted...

Endurance part 2

12/19/2019 20:06

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. Those are the kind of phrases I like. Because life is hard. It is. Life happens every single day. The hardest part of life... is living. Enduring. Making sure to take care of business. Look at James 5:11, "Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye...

Endurance part 1

12/18/2019 20:12

It's not a sprint. It's a marathon. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that particular piece of wisdom. Along with nuggets like, "It came to pass, not to stay." Or, "Tough times don't last, but tough people do." Well, here's the thing, and this is directly from Rocky Balboa, "No one will...

Consuming Fire part 5

12/17/2019 15:43

When you are totally consumed with, and by, the love of God... that's when what's inside you--the love of God--comes out of you. When you set your affection on things above, that's when things on the earth stop dragging you down. Jesus can, and will, and does keep us from falling. LOVE can, and...

Consuming Fire part 4

12/16/2019 16:47

Our God is a consuming fire. He goes before us, buring away (consuming) everything but Himself. Our God is love. Love goes before us, consuming everything but Himself. I always say, "Follow your heart" right? Well, if you don't let your heart lead... how can you follow it? Everyone wants to be a...

Consuming Fire part 3

12/15/2019 20:25

I feel like I Rant about this idea a lot. But I do that because I think it's important. And because I think we learn best through repetition. So let's talk about the burning bush. Good old Moses. Out in the backside of the desert. Where bushes burned on the regular. That was no big deal. So look...

Consuming Fire part 2

12/14/2019 19:35

Our God is a consuming fire. That is one of the most concrete pictures we have of Him from the Bible. Three verses in the King James Version of the Bible describe Him that way. Yesterday we looked at the first and last one, and kind of looked at why the New Testament verse left out the part the Old...

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