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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

No Excuses in Relationship with Self It has been said that “prayer ushers us into perpetual communion with the Father” (Foster). Too often we view prayer as a talkfest, where we consume “minutes” telling God what he already knows, then once we have run out of breath, we end our prayers and begin our to… Read More »

No Excuses in Relationship with Self We often kneel before God and wonder how we got to a place of sin and needing His forgiveness yet again. How could I have been so foolish? Where did I go wrong? I want to live for God every day and in every way, but too many times… Read More »

No Excuses in Relationship with Self How long have you been a Christian? I often hear from young people, “When I get older I will get serious about this God stuff. I will worry about it later”. The truth is that later gets here and we are still living an immature Christian life. “We have… Read More »