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Telling Your Fish to Think Outside His Tank
Preparing for last week's message on love from the Carbon Copy series I'm doing I included this statement, GOD'S LOVE DOESN'T ALWAYS FIT OUR FRAMEWORK. I was talking about how strange it was that the…
Created 9 months ago
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How quickly our opinion can change. Opposition vs. faith
How many times have you changed your mind about something? My cousin bought a cool foreign car that he hadn't seen anyone else with. It should have been a show stopper, you know, the only one of its kind…
Created 9 months ago
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The Wall, the Fall and the Fact
So recently my oldest son and I ran our first Marathon. Wow, still feels weird to say that. In training I followed a book called 4 hours to a 4 hour marathon. I made it in 5:17, I didn't say I followed…
Created 9 months ago
1 Kings 18:21 (MSG), 1 Kings 18:24 (MSG), 1 Kings 18:38 (MSG), 1 Kings 18:44 (MSG), 1 Kings 18:45 (MSG), 1 Kings 18:46 (MSG), 1 Kings 19:3 (MSG), 1 Kings 19:4 (MSG)
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Somebody's got to do the heaving lifting...
Ever get frustrated because you feel like someone isn't, "pulling their weight"? I remember the first week or so of Basketball practice in High School, killing myself to keep the team from running more…
Created 9 months ago
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Mark Making
We leave lots of marks in our lives. I carved a heart and my wife and my initials into a tree. Our daughter wrote, "I love you," on our bathroom mirror. I used chalk to write, "I love you," on my wife's…
Created 9 months ago
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Are you stuck?
Have you ever felt stuck? Not, been stuck, but felt stuck? I've been stuck in the mud, stuck in the snow and stuck in a rut... but all those places are easy enough to get out of. A chain, a push (I recently…
Created 9 months ago
Exodus 14:1 (MSG), Exodus 14:2 (MSG), Exodus 14:3 (MSG), Exodus 14:4 (MSG), Exodus 14:5 (MSG), Exodus 14:6 (MSG), Exodus 14:7 (MSG), Exodus 14:8 (MSG), Exodus 14:9 (MSG), Exodus 14:10 (MSG), Exodus 14:11 (MSG), Exodus 14:12 (MSG), Exodus 14:13 (MSG), Exodus 14:14 (MSG), 1 Kings 16:30 (MSG)
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In Need on an Alignment
Awhile back I noticed that the tires on my wife's car wearing down in a weird pattern. Bald in one place and fine tread in another on the same side of the tire. After some time researching online I…
Created about 1 year ago
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God of comfort
When I was a child and wrecked my bike I ran to Mom. She would get out the band-aids and the peroxide and begin the ritual. The peroxide hurt but I knew it would help and what boy doesn't want a band-aid?…
Created over 1 year ago
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Time to repent for my thinking....
The word REPENTANCE means to turn around, change direction or make a U-turn. It is most often used of people who are on a life course of sin and destruction but come to know Jesus Christ and make a U-turn…
Created over 1 year ago
Psalm 33:16 (MSG), Psalm 33:17 (MSG), Psalm 33:18 (MSG), Psalm 33:19 (MSG), Psalm 33:20 (MSG)
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Not One Word...
I am amazed at our God. I continue to stand in awe of Him who created everything. You alone are the One True God, there is no one else like You. I am loving the Old Testament reading plan from youversion.com…
Created over 1 year ago
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A Legacy of Sin
Reading the Old Testament can be difficult at times. Even for someone who grew up in the church and now, as a preaching pastor for 14 years I still get a little sick as I read. All the people that were…
Created over 1 year ago
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Two Stupid Decisions...
You've heard the saying, two wrongs don't make a right? I wonder if we (humankind) will ever really figure that out? In Life Group last night one of the men, who is reading through the Old Testament,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Revelation on Revelation
Okay, you need to know that I'm one of those guys who would rather just leave Revelation alone. Let's face it, it's a difficult book to understand and most super-spiritual people who spend all their time…
Created over 1 year ago
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Practice, practice, practice
Been playing racquetball with some friends and loving it! I was getting beat pretty bad but the more we play the better I get, I know, imagine that! I'm really enjoying it because I have to work at it.…
Created over 1 year ago
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My wife got new eyes
My wife has always had problems with her eyes. She was one of those cute little kids wearing glasses, though as she got older, and the glasses got thicker, the cuteness factor begins to dip. So a few…
Created over 1 year ago
2 Corinthians 4:7 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:8 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 4:9 (NLT), 2 Corinthians 5:7 (NLT)
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What is a blessing... really?
I want to expand today on something that the Holy Spirit revealed to me this last weekend as I practiced the message before an empty room. I began a series on the concept of being blessed (it originated…
Created over 1 year ago
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the Every Person Possible principle
At Real Life here in El Dorado we have a vision... I know, nothing new, everybody has one these days. But I think ours comes with a principle that finds its heart directly in the Scriptures. It's not…
Created over 1 year ago
1 Corinthians 9:19 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:20 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:21 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:22 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:23 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:24 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:25 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:26 (NLT), 1 Corinthians 9:27 (NLT)
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Dealing with Sin
This morning my wife left the house looking especially beautiful. She always looks good but today she just really stood out and I was thinking about how God had blessed me with a wife who was as attractive…
Created over 1 year ago
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What is the Christian Life all about?
What is Christianity all about? Do you suppose people who are not believers ask this question? Do people look at us and think, "I don't get it?" What's the big deal about being a Christian. Surely there…
Created over 1 year ago
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Have you really considered God's love?
Have you ever wondered why God even gave Adam and Eve the ability to chose in the first place? I mean, come on, wouldn't it have been better for us if Adam and Eve would not even have been given the ability…
Created over 1 year ago
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Sharing Your Faith: It's Your Responsibility
Here's a quick lesson Paul gives in Romans 10 for the necessity of sharing your faith. You don't have to get crazy knocking on doors but you do have a responsibility to step the through the doors God…
Created over 1 year ago
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Let me break it down for you...
Here it is, short and sweet, directly from Paul. Do NOT: 1. Let sin control the WAY you live. Your actions, functions, means of life. 2. Give it to sinful DESIRES. Greed is a sinful desire, hate, lust,…
Created over 1 year ago
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When you know.
Okay, we've been talking about circumstances a lot lately and following Paul through the tail end of Acts and this latest shipwreck, which we find in 28, lands them on the island of Malta. Here's the…
Created over 1 year ago
Acts 28:1 (NLT), Acts 28:3 (NLT), Acts 28:4 (NLT), Acts 28:5 (NLT), Acts 28:6 (NLT), Acts 28:9 (NLT)
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Who do YOU listen to?
It is human nature to seek advise... from people who we think will agree with us. From the time time began we have asked around until we found someone who supported what we desired anyway. Of course,…
Created over 1 year ago
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Do you know the secret hanshake, knock, word?
I remember having a club with some friends from the neighborhood in my backyard. We had a secret knock... we had a secret password too. But in order to learn the secrets of the club you had to prove your…
Created over 1 year ago
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