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6 Ways to not show what Christ is like in your life

Be quiet when you should speak upGo along with the crowdDeny the light of God in youLet sin dim your lightDon't explain your light from God to othersignore the needs of othersBut rather, we should live…

Matthew 5:14 (NLT), Matthew 5:15 (NLT), Matthew 5:16 (NLT)

Learn, Seek, Help, Defend, and Fight

Isaiah 1:17Learn to do goodSeek justiceHelp the oppressedDefend the cause of orphansFight for the right of widows This is what God says we should be doing, because we have being guilty of lifting up our…

Isaiah 1:15 (NLT), Isaiah 1:16 (NLT), Isaiah 1:17 (NLT), Isaiah 1:19 (NLT), Isaiah 1:20 (NLT)

Remember Him Before!

RememberGod before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky RememberGod before your legs--the guards of your house start to tremble, and…

Ecclesiastes 12:1 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:2 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:3 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:4 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:5 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:6 (NLT), Ecclesiastes 12:7 (NLT)

Idolatry or LIfe

Idolatryis not just bowing down to idols; it is trusting in what one has made, and therefore, in one's own power as creator and sustainer *** If we say we worship God but put our trust in bank accounts,…

Habakkuk 2:18 (NLT)

3 P's and a "D"

Deliverance Verse 17.The Lord hears his people when they call to him for helpHe rescues them from all their troublesRescues in Greek denotes to snatch away, deliver, rescue, save, strip, plunder, to be…

Psalm 34:15 (NLT), Psalm 34:16 (NLT), Psalm 34:17 (NLT), Psalm 34:18 (NLT), Psalm 34:19 (NLT), Psalm 34:20 (NLT), Psalm 34:21 (NLT), Psalm 34:22 (NLT)

Hearts, Mouths and Ears

Proverbs 15:28 The Heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking; the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words. Hearts, Mouths and Ears, affect us in great ways. We can be blessed by them or…

The Price of Grasshopper Mentality is to great

Deuteronomy 1:22, 23 Then all of you came to me and said, "Before we go into the land, let's send some men to explore it.  When they come back, they can tell us about the towns we will fing and what roads…

Numbers 13:17 (KJV), Numbers 13:18 (KJV), Numbers 13:19 (KJV), Numbers 13:21 (KJV), Numbers 13:22 (KJV), Numbers 13:23 (KJV), Numbers 13:25 (KJV), Numbers 13:26 (KJV), Numbers 13:27 (KJV), Numbers 13:28 (KJV), Numbers 13:29 (KJV), Numbers 13:30 (KJV), Numbers 13:31 (KJV), Numbers 13:32 (KJV), Numbers 13:33 (KJV), Numbers 14:1 (KJV), Numbers 14:2 (KJV), Numbers 14:3 (KJV), Numbers 14:4 (KJV), Numbers 14:5 (KJV), Numbers 14:6 (KJV), Numbers 14:7 (KJV), Numbers 14:8 (KJV), Numbers 14:9 (KJV), Numbers 14:10 (KJV), Numbers 14:11 (KJV), Numbers 14:12 (KJV), Numbers 33:50 (KJV), Numbers 33:51 (KJV), Numbers 33:52 (KJV), Numbers 33:53 (KJV), Numbers 33:55 (KJV), Numbers 33:56 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:6 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:7 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:8 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:19 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:20 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:21 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:22 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:23 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:24 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:25 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:26 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:27 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:28 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:34 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:35 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:36 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:37 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:38 (KJV)

The Grasshopper Complex

The story of Complex begins in the book of NumbersMoses the leader of Isarel lead the people out of their failure zone (Egypt) and were headed for their Success Zone (Canaan)Canaan is really a symbol…

Deuteronomy 1:19 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:20 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:21 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:22 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:23 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:24 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:25 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:26 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:27 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:28 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:29 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:30 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:31 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:32 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:33 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:34 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:35 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:36 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:37 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:38 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:41 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:42 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:43 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:44 (KJV), Deuteronomy 1:45 (KJV)

Discern The True Definition of Success

Knowing the STOP and Go lights of life determines your tears or triumphs Discern the True Definition of Success - it is not necessarily popularity, possessions, or prestige. - Success is the progressive…

Joshua 1:7 (KJV), Joshua 1:8 (KJV), Mark 3:35 (KJV)

An Unteachable Spirit

An unteachable spirit is an unwillingness to change Imagine a lawyer who refused to read new laws and update his understanding.  Would you choose a surgeon who was unfamiliar with the latest medical…

Proverbs 1:5 (KJV), Proverbs 2:3 (KJV), Proverbs 2:4 (KJV), Proverbs 2:5 (KJV), Proverbs 2:6 (KJV), Proverbs 9:9 (KJV), Proverbs 14:6 (KJV), Hosea 4:6 (KJV)

7 Obstacles that Rob you of Uncommon Success

An Unteachable Spirit Unpaid Vows Unforgiven Offenses Unwise Associations Unbridled Tongue Undeveloped Gifts and Abilities Uncommitted Heart Let me focus on Unwise Associations for a moment, the…

Proverbs 1:5 (KJV), Proverbs 2:3 (KJV), Proverbs 2:4 (KJV), Proverbs 2:5 (KJV), Proverbs 13:20 (KJV), Proverbs 18:6 (KJV), Proverbs 18:7 (KJV), Proverbs 18:8 (KJV), Proverbs 18:21 (KJV), Ecclesiastes 5:4 (KJV), Ecclesiastes 5:5 (KJV), Hosea 4:6 (KJV), Matthew 12:37 (KJV), Mark 11:25 (KJV), 1 Corinthians 15:33 (KJV)

Honor God or else!

I honor those who honor me, and whoever despises me will be cursed. Psalms 50:23 The one who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving is the one who honors me. And it it to the one who charts the correct path…

1 Samuel 2:30 (KJV), Psalm 50:23 (KJV), Malachi 2:7 (KJV), Malachi 2:8 (KJV), Malachi 2:9 (KJV)

Reclaim the real you

When you know who you are, then you'll know how to live --Jimmy Page identity the set of behavioral or personal characteristics by which an individual is recognizable as member of a group the distinct…

Daniel 1:3 (KJV), Daniel 1:4 (KJV), Daniel 1:6 (KJV), Daniel 1:7 (KJV), 2 Corinthians 5:17 (KJV), Galatians 2:20 (KJV), Ephesians 1:5 (KJV), 1 John 3:1 (KJV)

Image is Everything!

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing --Abraham Lincoln A camera can't capture what's really going on inside.  It can only…

Genesis 1:26 (KJV), Genesis 1:27 (KJV), 1 Chronicles 29:17 (KJV), Matthew 23:25 (KJV), Matthew 23:26 (KJV), Matthew 23:27 (KJV), Matthew 23:28 (KJV), Mark 7:14 (KJV), Mark 7:15 (KJV), Mark 7:16 (KJV), Mark 7:17 (KJV), Mark 7:18 (KJV), Mark 7:19 (KJV), Mark 7:20 (KJV), Mark 7:21 (KJV), Mark 7:22 (KJV), Mark 7:23 (KJV), Luke 11:42 (KJV), Luke 11:43 (KJV), Luke 11:44 (KJV), Luke 11:45 (KJV), Luke 11:46 (KJV), Luke 11:47 (KJV), Luke 11:48 (KJV), Luke 11:49 (KJV), Luke 11:50 (KJV), Luke 11:51 (KJV), Luke 11:52 (KJV)

Opportunity Knocks

Guard yourself, because temptation lurks* The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers -- Walter…

Genesis 4:7 (KJV), 2 Samuel 11:1 (KJV), 2 Samuel 11:2 (KJV), 2 Samuel 11:5 (KJV), James 1:13 (KJV), James 1:14 (KJV), James 1:15 (KJV), James 1:16 (KJV), James 1:17 (KJV), 1 Peter 5:8 (KJV)

Prayer Does Change Things!

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing** --Martin Luther Isaiah 59:1, 2 The Lord hasn't lost his powerful strength; he can still hear and answer prayers…

ISAIAH 59:1 (CEV), ISAIAH 59:2 (CEV), ROMANS 12:11 (CEV), ROMANS 12:12 (CEV), COLOSSIANS 4:2 (CEV), COLOSSIANS 4:3 (CEV), COLOSSIANS 4:4 (CEV), 2 TIMOTHY 1:7 (CEV)

The Essence of Greatness

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction Job 28:28 And he said to the human race,  The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom, and to shun evil…

Job 28:28 (NIV), Psalm 111:10 (NIV), Proverbs 1:7 (NIV), Proverbs 2:2 (NIV), Proverbs 9:10 (NIV), Proverbs 15:33 (NIV), Proverbs 20:5 (NIV), Ecclesiastes 12:13 (NIV)

By Humility

Look at a positively powerful verse in the Bible Proverbs 22:4 Humility is the fear of the LORD, its wages are riches and honor and life Wow!  The word riches here means to accumulate; far richer riches…

Proverbs 10:22 (NIV), Proverbs 22:4 (NIV)

Mr. Irrelevant

There is greatness in everyone! Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God. --William Carey Now imagine you just received an award, Mr./Ms. Irrelevant. What would you think then?…

Romans 12:1 (KJV), Romans 12:2 (KJV), Romans 12:3 (KJV), Romans 12:6 (KJV), Romans 12:7 (KJV), Romans 12:8 (KJV), Romans 12:9 (KJV), Romans 12:11 (KJV), Romans 12:12 (KJV), Romans 12:16 (KJV), Romans 12:21 (KJV), Philippians 4:8 (KJV), 1 Timothy 4:11 (KJV), 1 Timothy 4:12 (KJV)

Can you keep a secret?

God rewards good deeds done behind the scenes The proud man raises his glass to toast himself, blows the trumpet to tell of his greatness, and writes his own headlines for good deeds done, but undoes…

Proverbs 27:2 (NIV), Matthew 6:1 (NIV), Matthew 6:2 (NIV), Matthew 6:5 (NIV), Matthew 6:16 (NIV), Matthew 6:18 (NIV), John 12:41 (NIV), John 12:42 (NIV), John 12:43 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 10:15 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 10:16 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 10:17 (NIV), 2 Corinthians 10:18 (NIV), Galatians 1:10 (NIV)

Gap-Free Living

What you see is what you get People with integrity have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. Their lives are open books --Warren W. Wiersbe How often do we live completely differently than the image…

Proverbs 11:3 (NIV), Proverbs 11:5 (NIV), Proverbs 13:6 (NIV), Galatians 1:10 (NIV), Ephesians 3:16 (NIV), Ephesians 3:17 (NIV), Ephesians 3:18 (NIV), Ephesians 3:19 (NIV), Philippians 3:8 (NIV), Philippians 3:9 (NIV), Philippians 3:10 (NIV)

Garbage In--Garbage Out

What's in the Well comes up in the Bucket* Sow a thought, reap an action Sow an action, reap a habit Sow a habit, reap a character Sow a character, reap a destiny --Randy Alcorn Proverbs 4:23 Carefully…

DEUTERONOMY 5:32 (CEV), DEUTERONOMY 5:33 (CEV), DEUTERONOMY 28:14 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:23 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:24 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:25 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:26 (CEV), PROVERBS 4:27 (CEV), MATTHEW 12:34 (CEV), MATTHEW 12:35 (CEV), MATTHEW 12:36 (CEV), MATTHEW 12:37 (CEV), LUKE 6:45 (CEV), LUKE 11:39 (CEV), JAMES 1:2 (CEV), JAMES 1:3 (CEV), JAMES 1:4 (CEV)

Be the person you want others to become

God's dream is that Christians would actually live like Christians --Chip Ingram When other walk with you, what do they see? Is your faith in Christ real and authentic? Are you the real deal? 1 Corinthians…

1 CORINTHIANS 4:14 (CEV), 1 CORINTHIANS 4:15 (CEV), 1 CORINTHIANS 4:16 (CEV), 1 CORINTHIANS 4:17 (CEV), 1 CORINTHIANS 4:20 (CEV), EPHESIANS 5:1 (CEV), EPHESIANS 5:2 (CEV), HEBREWS 6:12 (CEV)

Put your money where your heart is

Matthew 6:19-21 19. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where…

Psalm 112:1 (KJV), Psalm 112:2 (KJV), Psalm 112:3 (KJV), Psalm 112:4 (KJV), Psalm 112:5 (KJV), Psalm 112:6 (KJV), Psalm 112:7 (KJV), Psalm 112:8 (KJV), Psalm 112:9 (KJV), Psalm 112:10 (KJV), Matthew 6:19 (KJV), Matthew 6:20 (KJV), Matthew 6:21 (KJV), Matthew 25:35 (KJV), Matthew 25:36 (KJV), Matthew 25:37 (KJV), Matthew 25:38 (KJV), Matthew 25:39 (KJV), Matthew 25:40 (KJV)

Kind of Adjustments

What kinds of adjustments are required to position your life to be used by God? Here are some examples and some general categories of adjustment God might ask of you: - In your circumstances --job,…

Matthew 4:18 (KJV), Matthew 4:19 (KJV), Matthew 4:20 (KJV), Matthew 4:21 (KJV), Matthew 4:22 (KJV), Matthew 5:43 (KJV), Matthew 5:44 (KJV), Matthew 5:45 (KJV), Matthew 5:46 (KJV), Matthew 5:47 (KJV), Matthew 5:48 (KJV), Matthew 6:5 (KJV), Matthew 6:6 (KJV), Matthew 6:7 (KJV), Matthew 6:8 (KJV), Matthew 20:20 (KJV), Matthew 20:21 (KJV), Matthew 20:22 (KJV), Matthew 20:23 (KJV), Matthew 20:24 (KJV), Matthew 20:25 (KJV), Matthew 20:26 (KJV), Matthew 20:27 (KJV), Matthew 20:28 (KJV), Luke 14:33 (KJV), Acts 10:1 (KJV), Acts 10:2 (KJV), Acts 10:3 (KJV), Acts 10:4 (KJV), Acts 10:5 (KJV), Acts 10:6 (KJV), Acts 10:7 (KJV), Acts 10:8 (KJV), Acts 10:9 (KJV), Acts 10:10 (KJV), Acts 10:11 (KJV), Acts 10:12 (KJV), Acts 10:13 (KJV), Acts 10:14 (KJV), Acts 10:15 (KJV), Acts 10:16 (KJV), Acts 10:17 (KJV), Acts 10:18 (KJV), Acts 10:19 (KJV), Acts 10:20 (KJV)