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Finished part 1

12/03/2019 20:10

My all-time favorite verse in the Bible is 1 Thessalonians 5:17, "Pray without ceasing." And I chose that verse, in part, because my dad's favorite verse is John 11:25, "Jesus wept." He picked the shortest verse. I picked the next shortest. But, in reality, I think the most powerful three word...

Attitude part 5

12/02/2019 19:50

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you deal with it. Because you can't control anything but yourself. Jesus said in this world you WILL have tribulation, right? Like... life happens. Every day. The trick is making sure that instead of letting things get into you, you let...

Attitude part 4

12/01/2019 20:11

Your attitude determines your altitude. I've been saying it. Tonight I want to really kind of try to dig into it. And here's my key memory verse for tonight: "Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth" (Colossians 3:2). You don't have to believe everything you think. You can...

Attitude part 3

11/30/2019 18:53

One of my favorite Bible verses (and yes, I know I claim just about all of them as my favorite) is in the New Living Translation. 2 Corinthians 5:14, "Either way, Christ's love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life." That...

Attitude part 2

11/29/2019 19:04

When we operate from a posture of rest (which is not inactivity, but Holy Spirit directed activity) we are not trying to GET anything, but simply GIVING what we've already got. The only way to do that is to know what you've got. Because you can't give what you don't have, and you can only give what...

Attitude part 1

11/28/2019 18:38

Here on Thanksgiving I thought it was appropriate to do a Rant about the attitude of gratitude. That's what Thanksgiving is all about, right? I mean, we've kind of turned it into family, food, and football. Or the old Black Friday sale. But it's really about appreciating what you have. Taking a...

The Shield part 5

11/27/2019 15:26

We looked at the first time the word "shield" is used in the King James version of the Bible. Now let's look at the last time. "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked" (Ephesians 6:16). That's also the only time the word is used...

The Shield part 4

11/26/2019 20:37

God is our shield. Which means love is our shield. Let's look at it in that context. Love. Psalm 28:7, "The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusteth in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him." Love is our strength and shield. My...

The Shield part 3

11/25/2019 20:06

Captain America throws his mighty shield. That's the part of his old school theme song that I remember. It stuck with me through the years. In fact, I can remember staying home from school one day, "sick," and watching a live action Captain America movie on TV. Now, apparently it's pretty terrible....

The Shield part 2

11/24/2019 19:52

You all know I like the law of first mention, right? Where the first time a word, or phrase, or concept is used in the Bible kind of sets the tone for how it will be used thereafter. Well, the first time the word "shield" is used in the King James Version of the Bible is in Genesis 15:1, "After...

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