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God Doesn’t Treat All People the Same!
We hear it all the time in the Mythology of Churchianity: God blesses all people the same, or God doesn’t have favorites. But, does God treat everyone the same way? David tells us, “No! He does not!” In fact, we … Continue reading
Posted in Adundant Life, Discipleship, faith
Tagged blessings, character, crooked, faithful, favorites, intergity, proud, pure, suffering
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When Problems Plague a Nation!
In one of the most familiar passages for most Bible students, King Solomon of United Israel dedicated the Temple he had built to the Lord. Then he prayed a passionate, well thought out prayer for mercy from God. For 2 … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog
Tagged calamities, cause, condition, country, drought, forgive, God, heal, heaven, humble, Israel, locusts, Lord, lost, mercy, nation, offering, pandemic, passionate, people of God, plague, pray, prayer, prayerlessness, pride, problems, proud, rain, seek, Solomon, spiritual, temple, wicked, wickedness
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Hope For Today – Appreciating God’s Vindication!
Reality. It’s hard to find it when we come to a Church or a Bible message these days. There’s a lot of, “God loves you” – which is so, so true! But, what about the evil all around us? What … Continue reading
Hope For Today – Praising God’s Incredible Protection!
Everyone loves to win! At our church, when we fellowship on Friday or Sunday nights, someone often brings out the chess board or the Monopoly game – or both! Of course, in every game there will be a winner … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged action, anger, attack, avenged, avenger, Bible, birthright, bullied, champion, chess, child, church, enemies, enemy, eternal, eternity, experience, faithful love, fellowship, God, guidance, hope, hurt, Job, Leadership, life, Lord, loser, losing, love, marriage, mistreated, monopoly, oain, parent, praise, protection, protector, proud, seek, suffer, surrender, threatened, Trust, victories, victory, win, winner, wrong
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Willing Worker Wednesday – God Is On The Case!
“He has done a mighty deed with His arm; He has scattered the proud because of the thoughts of their hearts; He has toppled the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly. He has satisfied the hungry with … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged agenda, attention, battle, commission, deed, devil, disciple, distrust, energy, enliven, flesh, follow, goal, God, Good News, growth, help, helped, Holy Spirit, hunry, Jesus, Leadership, love, lowly, maturity, mercy, mighty, mind, mission, ponder, proclaim, promote, proud, rich, satify, scatter, sent, servant, skills, sou;, spiritual, struggle, success, topple, trials, troubles, Trust, will, willing, world
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Working on Loving Like Jesus!
It is a deep desire of my heart to be like Jesus. I am sure it is yours as well. As I work on this characteristic, I have chosen to take a very familiar passage and exchange the word “love” … Continue reading
Posted in christian life, Discipleship, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, calm, character, courageous, covet, focus, God, insistent, integrity, Jesus, judgmental, love, patience, persistence, pleasure, pride, proud, selfish, selfless, temper, Trust
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Transformed Podcast #182: We Refuse to Obey and Are Belligerent!
Rebellion carries with it a whole new level of hurt and destruction. Pride makes us believe we are smarter than God. Life has a way of showing us that is far from accurate. Welcome to the transformed podcast! Dr. Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Suffering, Transformed
Tagged abandon, appreciative, Bible, catastrophe, Christ, Christianity, deceive, depressed, enslaved, failure, faith, grace, Jesus, judge, judged, lip service, neglect, pain, proud, rebel, rebellious, refocus, refuse, reject, rejected, remove, repent, resist, sin, suffering, tragedy
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Transformed Episode #155 – How to Pray For Money!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. God loves His children and longs to meet their every need. So many people today have a shortage of finances when it comes to their daily needs. God encourages us to ask for the resources … Continue reading