being the church
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When Bad Things Happen
When God allows things to happen, it doesn’t make it right. I have learned that God can take evil and use it for good. He’s done that in my life. He can do it in yours. Trust. Pray. Surrender. God often uses tragedy for us to repent and be refined for His glory.
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In Your Quest for Self-Gratification, Do You Neglect Others?
In your quest for self-gratification, do you neglect others? “Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and muscle and intelligence—and love your neighbor as well as you do yourself.” (Luke 10:27 The Message) And if you don’t love yourself, ask God to show you how He sees you. Understanding His great…
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Getting The Honey
“We get new ideas from God every hour of our day when we put our trust in Him – but we have to follow that inspiration up with perspiration – we have to work to prove our faith. Remember that the bee that hangs around the hive never gets any honey.” – Albert E. Cliffe
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Are Monsters Beyond Forgiving?
“If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have…they are given the power to keep their evil alive in the hearts of those who suffered most. We give them power to condemn their victims to live forever with the hurting memory of…
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A Kiss Instead of a Lecture (Grace)
“You’re worried about permissiveness – about the way the preaching of grace seems to say it’s okay to do all kinds of terrible things as long as you just walk in afterward and take the free gift of God’s forgiveness… While you and I may be worried about seeming to give permission, Jesus apparently wasn’t.…
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You Can’t “Put God On the Shelf”
Be Indifferent About the Stuff that Doesn’t Matter! “Our world is full of distractions away from God. Don’t let your heart become indifferent to His presence and power in your life. Jesus died to give you the life you could never have apart from Him—eternal life. And He will never, never leave you alone to…
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Fearless One Minute, Freaking Out the Next
“Whether you deny Jesus in what you do or don’t do, he forgives and restores you as he did Peter.” I shared this above with a friend and she replied… “That was fantastic!!! Thank you for sharing! I love all your ‘Peter’ moments! What an honour to know that you (we) will rise and fall,…
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You Are Golden
I may have many friends, but only one or two whom I call ‘Golden’. One of which this post reminded me of. She is sincere and calls me to sincerity – not by telling me to simplify my life but simply by watching her live hers. She… is… golden. Read… Two Golden Words | The…
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What is Worship?
In our current culture and confusion over worship, this was refreshing… Read… 7 Things That Worship Is | The Resurgence.
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Sharing Jesus at Home Takes Courage
“I’ve seen far too many Christians who are more than willing to travel halfway around the world to volunteer for a week in an orphanage, but who cannot bring themselves to take the personal risk of sharing Jesus with the co-worker who sits day after day in the cubicle right next to them.” – Lee…
Following and Trusting : Encountering God Out of the Box 