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Willing Worker Wednesday – Unwilling Workers Are Easy to Spot!
“Then Herod secretly summoned the wise men and asked them the exact time the star appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you find Him, report back to me so that … Continue reading
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – God Protects Magnificent Marriages!
“Then the Lord said to Noah, “Enter the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you alone are righteous before me in this generation.” (Genesis 7:1, CSB) For I have seen that you alone are righteous … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
Tagged Ark, benefit, blessing, couple, danger, defender, desire, drestruction, earth, Generation, God, godliness, heart, heartbeat, household, humanity, imminent, life, Lord, love, marriage, Noah, people, protect, pure, realities, reality, refuge, relationship, right, righteous, safety, shield, shiled
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Hurry, Go and See What God Has Revealed!
“When the angels had left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go straight to Bethlehem and see what has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” They hurried off and found both … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
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Faith Filled Friday – Is Anything Too Hard For the Lord?
“The Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Shall I indeed bear a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Faith-Filled Fridays
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Train Them Thursday – Attitude’s Key to Discipleship!
“And Mary said: “My soul exalts the Lord, And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has had regard for the humble state of His slave girl; For behold, from this time on all generations will count … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
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Train Them Thursday – Perplexed When Favored By God!
“Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged amazing, assurance, complicated, confusion, cooking, Creation, devoted, disciple, discipleship, dismay, drama, eternal, eternity, favor, Galilee, God, heart, honor, humanity, humility, Israel, Jesus, Joseph, joy, judge, life, Lord, love, Mary, motive, Nazareth, Palestine, ponder, promise, reality, redeem, redemption, reputation, salvation, serve, service, technique, Virgin
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Exploding in Praise!
“And Mary said: My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, because He has looked with favor on the humble condition of His slave. Surely, from now on all generations … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged act, attitude, bleak, bless, blessed, call, calling, character, choice, choose, control, eternity, faithful, favor, fear, Generation, give, God, Great, greatness, holy, humble, intuitive, intuitively, leader, life, Lord, love, Mary, mater, merciful, mercy, mighty, Mighty One, mission, plan, praise, reality, rejoice, rescue, resource, reveal, right, Savior, serve, significance, slave, special, submission, succeed, surrender, time, timing, unique, willing, wise, worker, worth
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Anticipating God’s Blessing!
“She who has believed is blessed because what was spoken to her by the Lord will be fulfilled!”(Luke 1:45, HCSB) She who has believed is blessed. So often we forget that our knowing isn’t enough as a leader … Continue reading
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Tagged accepted, act, action, angel, belief, believe, bless, blessed, blessing, change, character, choice, commitment, criticism, devil, difficulty, directive, disciple, doubt, effective, faith, future, God, goodness, grow, heart, Jesus, knowledge, Leadership, life, Lord, Mary, motivation, obey, pain, promise, reality, respond, rewards, right, significant, sin, slave, submission, submit, surrender, Trust, whim, will, work, working, wrong
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Responding to God’s Warnings!
“For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
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