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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Treating Our Spouse With Respect!
“Early in the morning Abimelech got up, called all his servants together, and personally told them all these things, and the men were terrified. Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said to him, “What have you done to us? How … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – Leveraging Our Platform!
“Then he said, “Since I have ventured to speak to my lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He replied, “I will not destroy it on account of twenty.” Then he said, “Let my lord not be angry, and I will … Continue reading
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Who Are You Connected To?
“So the enemy took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their provisions, and went their way. They also took Lot, the son of Abram’s brother, who was dwelling in Sodom, and his possessions, and went their way.” … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged alone, calmity, captive, care, catastrophe, connection, dark, endear, enemy, escape, friend, friendship, Impossible, intercession, life, lives, love, pain, powerful, pray, problem, problems, rescue, stole, suffering, trouble
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Train Them Thursday – Lifestyle Matters!
“In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. They were both righteous in … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged Aaron, Abijah, action, Bible, blameless, children, command, couple, disciple, discipleship, disobey, Elizabeth, financial, firends, friendship, God, Herod, Jesus, law of life, life, lifestyle, live, Lord, love, obedience, obey, personal, principle, requirement, result, right, righteous, significance, success, truth, vocational, Word of God, Zacharias
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Train Them Thursday – Grace For the Race!
“For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” (John 1:16, NASB95) Grace upon grace. We all make mistakes. We all have bad days. We all get grumpy. So why is it that we are … Continue reading
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Why don’t today’s marriages last?
Photo credit: https://www.lifehack.org I was asked recently … Why don’t today’s marriages have the longevity, stability, strength, endurance & true essence of LOVE? Here’s my response … Love = sacrifice. (John 15.13) Most people don’t understand that and have a different … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasies, friendship, God, Jesus, king of kings, lord of lords, love, lust, marriage, mission, relationships, sacrifice, self-centeredness, selfishness, Vision
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Loyalty Grows Through Sacrifice!
“For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her to make her holy and clean, washed by the cleansing of God’s word. He did this to present her to … Continue reading
Posted in Becoming Like Jesus, Discipleship, Engaging Culture, faith, Leadership Blog, Missional
Tagged church, discipleship, evangelism, friendship, Great Commission, heart, Invasion, love, loyalty, mission, missional, neighborhood, relationship, reward, sacrifice, self-centered, selfishness
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