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Success, Significance, Salvation, Seeking
People spend the first part of their life seeking to be successful (learning skills to prepare them for work, establish their family, begin a job or career) then spend the second half of their life being significant. The challenge is to ensure we are not only focusing on success but being significant by serving God. …
Everyone Needs A Champion
How did you survive childhood, become successful & prosperous? Why are you a Christian? Someone took time to care about you & your circumstances. Some people do not enjoy the benefit of caring parents, a loving family, a concerned mentor, or have the opportunity to be surrounded by Christians. How can we help others who …
When The Water Is Still
I went fishing for a couple of hours recently, caught one fish, and learned a lot. I drifted into a daydream as the ripples kept a steady rhythm on top of the water. As I thought a little deeper, I thought of the little ripples in the pond as kind of like the activities of …
Don’t Quit
Many times, we encounter challenges that make us re- think our commitment to Christ & the church. When we consider quitting or lessening our relationship with Christ & the church let’s: Remember why we started…Revelation 2:5—the church at Ephesus left their first love. Go back and remember why we chose to become a Christian, why …
What Have We Found? The Same Old Fears..
This past Saturday, me and my family decided to go on a short drive in hopes of spending some quality time together. In addition to spending time together, we also stumbled upon a few unknown “little shops” that allowed us to explore their contents. I found a table full of historic patents that were …
Help Wanted
We continue to see unprecedented job opportunities in our nation & locally. It almost seems employers are literally begging people to work. We can find work if we are seeking. This is especially true in the work of the church. Someone once told me, “their should never be any unemployed Christians.” Much work is to …
Leave Your Message After the Tone…
“Hi, this is Greg. Leave your name, number, and message after the tone. I will return your phone call.” A distant cousin of mine passed away on Monday, March 8th. Our grandfathers were brothers. I had never met Greg, but I had talked, emailed, and texted with him so much for the past 12 months, …
What Are You Permitting?
Many times we may think if we are “silent” on an issue or do not take a stand, we convince ourselves we are not going along with something that opposes God’s expectations for us. Therefore, we are “pleasing” the Lord. What we “permit, we promote.” Meaning, if we “go along” with sin or immoral behavior …
What’s The Answer?
It seems there is no end in sight in our world and society when it comes to conflict and division. Sin separates us from God but also creates conflict with humanity. As I type, our government is divided on just about all issues and our country continues to brace for division and protests. We live …
Why Do We Do What We Do?
Why do we attend worship services? Hebrews 10:25 Why do we have congregational singing? Colossians 3:16 Why do we participate in the Lord’s Supper? I Corinthians 11:23-26 Why do we long to hear lessons from the Bible? Acts 17:11-12 Why do we “give of our means? Philippians. 4:15, I Corinthians. 16:2 Why do we participate …
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