Is Your Life Getting Too Wordy?
Just as important as what you are saying, consider the words you are consuming each day. Are they nourishing your soul or are they distracting you from Christ?
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Sometimes as we go through life, the old ways of the flesh creep in. This requires us to constantly examine our life to edit out the worldly things so only Christ comes through us.
Changing Your Clothes for Christ
Sin can have the same appeal to us as it did to Eve, pleasing to the eye and desirable for wisdom (Gen. 3:6). It promises to give us something we think we do not already have in our life. Whether it’s the physical appeal that creates desire or the emotional appeal of knowledge and status, it tempts us to indulge; to be the God of our own life; to create our own definition of good and evil.
Read More Changing Your Clothes for ChristTurning a New Page for Christ
It took a major intervention by Jesus Christ to change Saul’s biography. He becomes filled with the Holy Spirit and from that point on he is called Paul (Acts 13:9). The power of Jesus Christ changed his life story from one rich in the ways of the world to one rich in the Kingdom of God.
Read More Turning a New Page for ChristReality Check
Our selfish desires can paint an image of ourselves that makes us think we are better than others. Even the disciples fell into this trap. In Mark 9:33-35, Jesus asks them what they were talking about as they walked along the road. The disciples don’t answer “because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest (NLT).”
Read More Reality CheckThe Real Treasure in the Room
My family was brought together by my mom’s declining health and her need to move to an assisted living facility. As I looked at my siblings in the room, I was reminded of the importance of family relationships. This was the real treasure in the room
Read More The Real Treasure in the RoomBe Resolute this New Year
As I look to a new year, I wonder if I have grown closer to God in the past 12 months. Psalm 119:1-24 is instructive as I look at how to align my life more with God’s desires.
Read More Be Resolute this New YearA Give to Time
When it comes to giving, often we think of it in terms of donating things like money, food, or clothing to those in need. But how often do we think of giving in terms of time? Do we think of people starving for time or as being rich with available time? Paul writes in 2 […]
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