Posts Tagged ‘relationships’
Authority is for Building Up
We live in a world built by powerful people for powerful people. Just open any news source and read of the battle for power. One side claims the other side doesn’t deserve it. One side uses it to rule over the other. For many people life isn’t about working hard for the sake of hard…
Read MoreAlways a Chance
In my more than thirty years of ministry I have met too many people who have given up on God. They have given up on their ‘chance’ for a better life. They have decided they are not worth anyone’s time, let alone God’s time. In each of those moments in the past thirty years I…
Read MoreEpisode 458 – Learn to Forgive
It can be difficult to forgive those who use their free will to hurt us. It might be difficult but as we learn in the lesson of the Master who forgave 10,000 talents teach us, we will only be forgiven the sins we commit against God if we forgive even the smallest sin someone else…
Read MoreA New Way
The ‘original’ name for the Church was “The Way” because it expressed not only the ‘way’ to heaven, but a way of life. God came to show us a new way of living, not one bound by rules and regulations, but by love and grace. Sometimes I think the Church should have kept the name.…
Read MoreAroma of Christ
It might be tempting to think that salvation vs condemnation is a matter of action. If we sin, we are condemned. If we do not sin, we are saved. What if our condemnation was a matter of how we feel in Christ’s presence? What if our salvation isn’t because we were perfect? It is easy…
Read MoreForgiveness Defeats the Devil
When Jesus commanded us to forgive “seventy times seven” times, He was teaching the lessons of victory. Many think we ‘lose’ when we forgive someone for what they have done to us. When we refuse to forgive, we are not the winners. Brethren, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you…
Read MoreTogether for Christ
Christian unity has been a priority for the Church since Christ returned to His Throne on Asension Day. We must never ignore His prayer prior to His Passion that we “are one” as He is one with the Father. Unity in Christ is much more than being in the same room. Paul, an apostle of…
Read MoreUnderstanding Sin
A popular trend in Christianity is to argue about sin. We argue about what it is, and what it is not. The funny thing is we fight about it to control the behavior of others and to justify our behavior. They sin, but we do not. If you have every been ‘there’ today’s blog is…
Read MoreEpisode 456 – Give Hope to the People
When we are faced with people with needs, we must understand that God has already given to us what we need to help them. Sometimes the needs are physical, but more often the needs are spiritual and emotional. So many of our friends need hope and peace, that can only come from God. We have…
Read MoreChase Away Sin
Take a moment and look around at the behavior of those around you. Is the behavior worthy of Christ? We are surrounded by people who refuse to honor Christ. Or worse, those who think they are honoring Christ while refusing to ‘give up’ their sin, so we chase them away. This is the most common…
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