Loving Others As Yourself
“Love your neighbor as yourself ….” (Luke 10:27 NIV)
The Bible teaches that you should take deliberate action toward loving your neighbor – in the same way you want to be loved by your neighbor.
Yet God knows this is an impossible assignment unless you have his Spirit working within you, guiding and transforming you. It’s hard enough to love yourself, let along the contrary neighbor down the street (my polite Southern way of saying disagreeable).
You will be empowered to love your neighbor as you allow God to empower you – as you trust and obey (“for there’s no other way”!) God’s …
Happy Fathers Day
Sigmund Freud: I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.
Mark Twain: When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.
Bill Cosby: If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right.
Ephesians 6:4: Fathers do …
starving … yet over fed
The United States of America is a great place. We have more choices and countless options on just about anything you can think of. Food, education, cars, trucks, SUV’s, jobs, vacations, financial portfolios, housing, entertainment, sports, business, investments, recreation, retirement … and the list goes on. We are truly blessed. We are also a nation that is content to be starved of the absolute truth.
There is much evidence that many Americans have found that all these options and choices have led them away from the Lord. It’s all to easy for us to ignore GOD, …
the Peter in all of us
A few hours later Jesus is arrested and behold the “mighty Christians” ran like cowards … just as Jesus had predicted. Verse 51 reads: “Then everyone deserted him and fled.”
Now before any of us come down too hard on these guys … let us examine our own level of commitment to this concept of Christianity. If you have made an intentional decision to believe and put your trust in Jesus Christ as your life changing and eternal Savior, how often have you failed to honor your words and “deserted him and fled” ? I cannot speak for …
Waterwalking: Part I
How you ever felt like you are not living the life you were supposed to?
When you were young did you have dreams that are still not fulfilled?
Or worse, did you long forget your dreams and settle for something less than spectacular?
On a scale of 1 to 10 how is your marriage in the areas of honesty, closeness, intimacy, sex, friendship and teamwork?
Are you and your wife united and accomplishing life goals together?
Do you have spiritual gifts that you wish to share but somehow something keeps you from moving forward?
This week I want to talk about Fear, Comfort Zones, and Stagnation …
life's bad hops
A man on one of our church softball teams was hit in the side of the head with a hard line drive that took a bad hop off the infield. He suffered two small brain hemorrhages and was in the hospital for 4 days. After four weeks the recovery has been slow … he still has headaches, nausea, dizziness and easily tires from small tasks.
Probably everyone reading this has experienced one of life’s “bad hops” … it may be a job, marriage, family, or health related challenge … but you know what it’s like to be smacked with …
directions without complications
I like simple. I’m not a “tech” person … I only know two options on my cell phone. I prefer easy directions without complications. Give me a 3-step program and nothing more.
Jesus and His message was simple … but often ignored because of the lure of sin and living selfishly.
In the book of Mark, chapter 1 verse 15 the first recorded words of Jesus gave us step one. He said: “The time has come. The Kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.” If you have not done step one …
completely calm
Perhaps in your fast pace world you find yourself caught up in life’s unpleasant circumstances. That’s really a nice way to say that life stinks sometimes … and there doesn’t seem to be any authentic peace in sight.
It has been said that all of us are in one of three states:
1. coming out of a crisis.
2. in the middle of a crisis…. or
3. on the verge of experiencing a crisis.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could find a source that has the power to grant you absolute victory over all of life’s storms ? A reliable source that …
Will God Help Me?
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’” (Luke 10:27 NIV)
You learn to trust God by obeying him in small ways.
At this point in your faith-walk, you probably agree that God is the supreme ruler of the universe, powerful enough to overcome any problem or defeat any enemy. “Everything comes from him; everything happens through him; everything ends up in him.” (Romans 11:36 MSG)
And if that is true, then our struggle to take a step of faith is …
Christ In You
“God wanted to make known to those among the Gentiles the glorious wealth of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.” (Colossians 1:27 HCS)
While moving through the line at a college cafeteria, one of my friends spotted a note stuck in a bowl of apples. It read, “Please take only one apple per student. Remember, God is watching!”
When my friend, one apple in hand, got to the end of the line, he spotted another note – this one hand-written – next to a bowl of cookies. It read, “Take all the cookies you want! God is …
