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Growing up Godly
Principle: God wants to make me like His Son. Physical growth moves from baby to child to adult. It looks like this: Baby bottle - baby spoon - adult fork This is a natural progression of life. We start…
Created 3 months ago
Ephesians 4:13 (MSG), Ephesians 4:14 (MSG), Ephesians 4:15 (MSG), Ephesians 4:16 (MSG), 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (MSG), 1 Thessalonians 5:22 (MSG), 1 Thessalonians 5:23 (MSG), 1 Thessalonians 5:24 (MSG), 1 Thessalonians 5:25 (MSG)
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The Purpose of Evangelism
"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness…
Created 3 months ago
Matthew 4:17 (MSG), Matthew 4:18 (MSG), Matthew 4:19 (MSG), Matthew 4:20 (MSG), Matthew 4:21 (MSG), Matthew 4:22 (MSG), Matthew 5:13 (MSG), Matthew 5:14 (MSG), John 1:40 (MSG), John 1:41 (MSG), John 1:42 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 3:5 (MSG), 1 Corinthians 3:6 (MSG), Colossians 4:4 (MSG), Colossians 4:5 (MSG), Colossians 4:6 (MSG)
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God Access - part 1
We compartmentalize our lives so much that we don't give God access to every area. When we do this, we deny Him access to our lives. God wants access to every part of our lives. Giving God access to…
Created 9 months ago
PROVERBS 3:1 (CEV), PROVERBS 3:2 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:20 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:21 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:22 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:23 (CEV)
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Who's God is their appetite...gluttony c...
Who's God is their appetite...gluttony can be an addiction. Food is even more pervasive than sex as an addiction. It is very basic to our nature. Gluttony is the sin of excess - whether it's with food,…
Created 12 months ago
Philippians 3:18 (ESV), Philippians 3:19 (ESV), Philippians 3:20 (ESV), Philippians 3:21 (ESV)
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Your predisposition does not equal prede...
Your predisposition does not equal predetermination. You have a choice and the power to make that choice. Our strongholds will lift us up and carry us away into slavery. Strongholds will isolate us.
Created about 1 year ago
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The Other Side - Part 2
Traveling is fun and exciting. You have the anticipation of the trip and what it will be like. You have the preparation of packing and planning. Then comes the trip itself. At each of these stages…
Created over 1 year ago
Mark 4:35 (NIV84), Mark 4:36 (NIV84), Mark 4:37 (NIV84), Mark 4:38 (NIV84), Mark 4:39 (NIV84), Mark 4:40 (NIV84), Mark 4:41 (NIV84)
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The Other Side - part 1
The Other Side - part 1 Mark 4.35-41 The other side is a scary place. It is full of unknowns and uncertainties. It remains a mystery as long as it remains the other side. It remains "there" instead of…
Created over 1 year ago
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I am who I am because of You!
Have you ever wondered why you are the way you are? Heritage? Genetic predisposition? Random selection? When I entered college I began a journey to understand what is what that I believed and why I believed…
Created almost 2 years ago
Romans 1:2 (ASV), Romans 1:3 (ASV), Romans 1:4 (ASV), Romans 1:5 (ASV), Romans 1:6 (ASV), Romans 1:7 (ASV)
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Shine like Stars?
Okay, as if I need more convincing, I am not perfect. I know that this information may catch many of you off guard, but I'm not - even in my most righteous of moments I fall short. This may surprise you…
Created about 2 years ago
Galatians 5:22 (ASV), Galatians 5:23 (ASV), Galatians 5:24 (ASV), Galatians 5:25 (ASV), Galatians 5:26 (ASV), Philippians 2:14 (ASV), Philippians 2:15 (ASV), Philippians 2:16 (ASV)
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More? No thank you I'm full.
Growing up I was trained to eat everything on my plate, even if I did really like it I ate it. But I never took seconds. So, when Jen and I were "friends" (that is what we told everyone, but they didn't…
Created about 2 years ago
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It's all in the asking
When I was in high school, my family had a plan to get a pool. We (my mom, sister and I) devised a plan to talk to my dad about getting a pool put into our back yard. Now you have to understand that we…
Created about 2 years ago
Matthew 6:5 (ASV), Matthew 6:8 (ASV), James 4:1 (ASV), James 4:2 (ASV), James 4:3 (ASV)
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Just come clean
In high school, I was hanging out in our house with my sister and some friends when we decided it would be a good idea to play with the super bouncy balls in the house. We were dropping, maybe throwing,…
Created about 2 years ago
Psalm 66:18 (ASV), Isaiah 6:5 (ASV), Isaiah 6:6 (ASV), Isaiah 6:7 (ASV), Isaiah 6:8 (ASV), Daniel 10:16 (ASV), Daniel 10:17 (ASV), Matthew 5:8 (ASV), James 4:1 (ASV), James 4:2 (ASV), James 4:3 (ASV)
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Man of few words
This has never been said of me. I have always been told that I talk too much. My teachers in school would always put an "NI" next to the conduct box for talkative. My parents would tell me that I just…
Created about 2 years ago
Matthew 6:6 (ASV), Matthew 6:7 (ASV), Matthew 6:8 (ASV), Matthew 6:9 (ASV), Matthew 6:10 (ASV), Matthew 6:11 (ASV), Matthew 6:12 (ASV), Matthew 6:13 (ASV)
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Why?
In middle school I used to run track. I think that they were just looking for warm bodies to put in uniforms. I wasn't fast enough for sprints. I could not endure the long distance. So I was the middle…
Created about 2 years ago
Matthew 6:1 (ASV), Matthew 6:2 (ASV), Matthew 6:3 (ASV), Matthew 6:4 (ASV), Matthew 25:40 (ASV), Colossians 3:23 (ASV), Colossians 3:24 (ASV)
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Running requires perseverance
In middle school I used to run track. I think that they were just looking for warm bodies to put in uniforms. I wasn't fast enough for sprints. I could not endure the long distance. So I was the middle…
Created about 2 years ago
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Heritage
When Jen was in Montgomery people there would ask her, "Who are your people?" Meaning, are you from the Jones' here in Montgomery. I think that it is important to understand our heritage and history for…
Created about 2 years ago
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Freedom - Part 1
When I say this word I want to shout it out like William Wallace in the movie Braveheart, I just don't want to be in the position he was in as he screamed it for the last time. Freedom is such a great…
Created about 2 years ago
Galatians 5:1 (ASV), Galatians 5:2 (ASV), Galatians 5:3 (ASV), Galatians 5:4 (ASV), Galatians 5:5 (ASV), Galatians 5:6 (ASV)
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Freedom - Part 2
This concept of freedom in Christ is hard to grasp. It is hard to understand. It is even harder to live. As people we love the comfort of checklists. My wife, early on in our marriage, tried to get me…
Created about 2 years ago
Galatians 5:16 (ASV), Galatians 5:17 (ASV), Galatians 5:18 (ASV), Galatians 5:19 (ASV), Galatians 5:20 (ASV), Galatians 5:21 (ASV), Galatians 5:22 (ASV), Galatians 5:23 (ASV)
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Freedom - Part 3
I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Thanks to God for giving us the freedom to choose to follow Him. But it would be so much easier and less stressful if He just required obedience. But then,…
Created about 2 years ago
Galatians 5:23 (ASV), Galatians 5:24 (ASV), Galatians 5:25 (ASV), Galatians 5:26 (ASV)
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i am not, but i know I Am
"Who am I? That the Lord of all the earth would care to know my name, would care to feel my hurt. Who am I? That the Bright and Morning Star would choose to light the way, for my ever wandering heart.…
Created about 2 years ago
John 1:6 (ASV), John 1:7 (ASV), John 1:8 (ASV), John 1:19 (ASV), John 1:20 (ASV), John 1:21 (ASV), John 1:22 (ASV), John 1:23 (ASV), John 1:26 (ASV), John 1:27 (ASV)
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Feelings, nothing more than feelings!
Frustration - Boredom - Stress - Anxiety - Sorrow - Depression - Want. These are all emotions that we have felt at some point in our lives. Many times they come when our expectations don't match with…
Created about 2 years ago
Romans 8:16 (ASV), Romans 8:17 (ASV), Romans 8:18 (ASV), Romans 8:19 (ASV), Romans 8:20 (ASV), Romans 8:21 (ASV), Romans 8:22 (ASV), Romans 8:23 (ASV), Romans 8:24 (ASV), Romans 8:25 (ASV), Romans 8:26 (ASV)
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Really? This is Your plan? Really?!?
Plans - we all make them. Life just interrupts most of them. Many of our plans don't happen, and this causes great disappointment and frustration on our part. Have you ever looked at your life and your…
Created about 2 years ago
Genesis 37:4 (ASV), Genesis 37:5 (ASV), Genesis 37:6 (ASV), Genesis 37:7 (ASV), Genesis 37:9 (ASV), Genesis 37:10 (ASV), Genesis 37:12 (ASV), Genesis 37:13 (ASV), Genesis 37:14 (ASV), Genesis 37:15 (ASV), Genesis 37:16 (ASV), Genesis 37:17 (ASV), Genesis 37:18 (ASV), Genesis 37:19 (ASV), Genesis 37:20 (ASV), Genesis 37:21 (ASV), Genesis 37:22 (ASV), Genesis 37:23 (ASV), Genesis 37:24 (ASV), Genesis 37:25 (ASV), Genesis 37:26 (ASV), Genesis 37:27 (ASV), Genesis 37:28 (ASV), Genesis 39:1 (ASV), Genesis 39:2 (ASV), Genesis 39:3 (ASV), Genesis 39:4 (ASV), Genesis 39:5 (ASV), Genesis 39:6 (ASV), Genesis 39:7 (ASV), Genesis 39:8 (ASV), Genesis 39:9 (ASV), Genesis 39:10 (ASV), Genesis 39:11 (ASV), Genesis 39:12 (ASV), Genesis 39:13 (ASV), Genesis 39:14 (ASV), Genesis 39:15 (ASV), Genesis 39:16 (ASV), Genesis 39:17 (ASV), Genesis 39:18 (ASV), Genesis 39:19 (ASV), Genesis 39:20 (ASV), Genesis 39:21 (ASV), Genesis 39:22 (ASV), Genesis 39:23 (ASV), Genesis 41:1 (ASV), Genesis 41:2 (ASV), Genesis 41:3 (ASV), Genesis 41:4 (ASV), Genesis 41:5 (ASV), Genesis 41:6 (ASV), Genesis 41:7 (ASV), Genesis 41:8 (ASV), Genesis 41:9 (ASV), Genesis 41:10 (ASV), Genesis 41:11 (ASV), Genesis 41:12 (ASV), Genesis 41:13 (ASV), Genesis 41:14 (ASV), Genesis 41:15 (ASV), Genesis 41:16 (ASV), Genesis 41:17 (ASV), Genesis 41:18 (ASV), Genesis 41:19 (ASV), Genesis 41:20 (ASV), Genesis 41:21 (ASV), Genesis 41:22 (ASV), Genesis 41:23 (ASV), Genesis 41:24 (ASV), Genesis 41:25 (ASV), Genesis 41:26 (ASV), Genesis 41:27 (ASV), Genesis 41:28 (ASV), Genesis 41:29 (ASV), Genesis 41:30 (ASV), Genesis 41:31 (ASV), Genesis 41:32 (ASV), Genesis 41:33 (ASV), Genesis 41:34 (ASV), Genesis 41:35 (ASV), Genesis 41:36 (ASV), Genesis 41:37 (ASV), Genesis 41:38 (ASV), Genesis 41:39 (ASV), Genesis 41:40 (ASV), Genesis 41:45 (ASV), Genesis 41:46 (ASV), Jeremiah 29:11 (ASV), Jeremiah 29:12 (ASV), Jeremiah 29:13 (ASV), Jeremiah 29:14 (ASV)
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Insider or Outsider?
"Wash your hands! It's time to eat." Those were the words that were uttered before every meal as a child. We now utter those same words to our girls. I am thankful for clean hands when it comes to food.…
Created about 2 years ago
Matthew 9:1 (ASV), Matthew 9:2 (ASV), Matthew 9:3 (ASV), Matthew 9:4 (ASV), Matthew 9:5 (ASV), Matthew 9:6 (ASV), Matthew 9:7 (ASV), Matthew 9:8 (ASV), Matthew 9:9 (ASV), Matthew 9:10 (ASV), Matthew 9:11 (ASV), Matthew 9:12 (ASV), Matthew 9:13 (ASV)
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Second Place & Second Chair
"I am so tired of this. How long must we wait?" This is the sentiment that comes too frequently to my own mind and heart. The apostle Paul, I'm sure, felt the same way. I know that the church in Rome…
Created about 2 years ago
1 Peter 5:1 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:2 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:3 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:4 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:5 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:6 (ASV), 1 Peter 5:7 (ASV)
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Defending honor or just picking fights
"I am so tired of this. How long must we wait?" This is the sentiment that comes too frequently to my own mind and heart. The apostle Paul, I'm sure, felt the same way. I know that the church in Rome…
Created about 2 years ago
2 Peter 3:8 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:9 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:10 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:11 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:12 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:13 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:14 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:15 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:16 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:17 (ASV), 2 Peter 3:18 (ASV)
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