No Excuses in My Relationship with God’s Kingdom Read: Matthew 6:31-33 “So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness,… Read More »
Sunday Highlights 1.26.2014
Today was a very good, but very busy day. It started for me @ 5am with coffee and a couple of hours in my study preparing for the day. Attendance was good in our two services and I spoke with several guests. One couple just moved here from Florida and today was their first time.… Read More »
Games and Guests
At times last night it was crazy loud. Monieca and I had fun hanging out with some of the young adults @ last night’s game night. One table was fairly quiet, but the others…LOUD! Our group was the loudest. But you can’t play “Classic Pit” without a lot of shouting. Best part of the night… Read More »
Positively Positive
No Excuses in Relationship with Others “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up…” (1 Thessalonians 5:11, NIV) Have you ever heard a kid on the playground say, “Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me.”? This vicious lie is impossible to believe, for we have all been wounded… Read More »
Other Prayers
No Excuses in Relationship with Others I remember having a list of all those I was praying for when I was a teenager. I would spend an hour each morning praying to God and included in that was a large amount of time praying for others. It was great for me as a young person… Read More »
Are You a Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone?
No Excuses in Relationship with Others Many times people who profess Christ with their lips fail to live Him with their lives. When we confess to be a Christian to those with which we work and play, then they use our lives as an example of Christ and His teachings. Too many times we live… Read More »
Are You a People Person?
No Excuses in Relationship with Others As we go through life it is easy to deceive ourselves into thinking we are someone that we aren’t as well as viewing others in the wrong way. Steve mentioned self-deception and its ability to cause us to be in The Box in our relationship toward others. Look at… Read More »
Living a Positive Legacy
No Excuses in Relationship with Others And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. – 2 Timothy 2:2 Did you know the Nobel Peace Prize is named after Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist who invented dynamite? How… Read More »
Commit the Omit
No Excuses in Relationship with Self There are two categories of sin; sins of commission and sins of omission. Sins of commission are those wrongs that we willfully do and actions that are in direct rebellion to God’s commands. A sin of omission is a sin that is the result of not doing something God’s… Read More »
“Not Feeling It”
My first post on this blog was December 16, 2011.This post will be #245. That’s an average of about 10 posts a month. I discovered some things about myself while doing this. One, I’m sometimes really motivated to write and at other times – “not so much.” Two, sometimes I notice things that make it… Read More »
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