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Train Them Thursday – Parenting Our Children
“Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast.” (Luke 2:41–42, NASB95) Now His parents went to Jerusalem every … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Train Them Thursdays (discipleship)
Tagged Christ, conversation, cross, dedication, disciple, discipleship, faith, Generation, generations, grace, heart, Jerusalem, life, lifestyle, lives, Lord, maturity, mind, Nazareth, newborn, parening, Passion, passionate, ridicule, sacrifice, songs of ascents, soul, spiritual, spiritually, supernatural, The Twelve
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Attitude and Character!
“In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole empire should be registered. This first registration took place while Quirinius was governing Syria. So everyone went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged attitude, Bethlehem, Bible, birth, care, character, compassion, complaint, David, determination, elements, error, fail, gossip, grit, implications, interpretation, Joseph, leader, leaders, life, love, Mary, Nazareth, pain, plan, ponder, pregnant, ridicule, servant, willing
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Magnificent Marriage Monday – One Couple Can Make a Huge Difference!
“When the Lord saw that human wickedness was widespread on the earth and that every inclination of the human mind was nothing but evil all the time, the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and he … Continue reading
Posted in Magnificent Marriage Mondays, Marriage
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Turn-Around Tuesday – Enjoying the Incredible Benefits of Obedience!
“And Noah did all that the Lord had commanded him … Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, … Continue reading
Posted in 2 - Turn-Around Tuesdays (trials and troubles), Suffering
Tagged Ark, character, confess, direction, easy, fail, fear, forgiveness, God, hard, history, hope, Jesus, joy, joyful, life, Lord, love, Noah, obedience, obey, rebellion, repent, ridicule, shortcut, situation, suffering, warning, working conditions
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Revealing Incredible Trust!
““I am the Lord’s slave,” said Mary. “May it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel left her.” (Luke 1:38, HCSB) I am the Lord’s slave. Attitude is the key to our spiritual altitude. We see … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
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Willing Worker Wednesday – Enjoying An Impossible Mindset!
“Mary asked the angel, “How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?” The angel replied to her: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Willing Worker Wednesdays
Tagged ability, able, accomplish, angel, Ark, ask, believe, faith, faithful, galaxies, God, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Jesus, king of kings, Leadership, life, lord of lords, Noah, plans, power, problem, ridicule, servant, serve, supernatural, think, timing, Trust, virgin birth, willing, worlds
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When Depression Falls On the Child of God – Part 2
Photo Credit: carroll.edu “Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me?” (Psalm 43:5, HCSB) We return to the anathema subject of depression in the Christian today because the Bible addresses the reality that many suffer from it, even … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Leadership Blog, Suffering
Tagged Christian, Christianity, depressed, depression, faith, God, hope, Jesus, love, pain, questions, ridicule, suffering, worship
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When Depression Falls On the Child of God
“Why am I so depressed? Why this turmoil within me?” (Psalm 42:5, HCSB) There seems to be a stigma to those Christ-followers who profess some sort of sadness of soul these days. Critics scorn them with pious platitudes like, “How … Continue reading