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Life

Divorce

1 Cor. 7:27, Mal. 2:16 Divorce and remarriage. This seems to allow for remarriage if one is biblically released (loosed). The NIV translation is a bit misleading in the way it translates the second instance of the word ‘released’ as … Continue reading

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Intimacy with God

Do you know what I most want in life? A father. I want God to father me, to love me but I have this wound that gets in the way. I want to surrender this wound to Jesus ‑ but … Continue reading

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Transfiguration

Matthew 17, Luke 9 Creation (Brilliance, perfection, God-like) The Law (Moses – founder, Joshua) The Prophets (Elijah – restorer, Elisha) Transfiguration (Brilliance, perfection, God-like) Crucifixion (Grace) End times (Brilliance, perfection, God-like) Moses and Elijah both had shared experiences. They both … Continue reading

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Ordering your Private World

Gordon MacDonald Two Worlds:- Public – Easier to deal with, more measurable, seen, success, visible (e.g. meetings, services, visiting, relationships). Scream for our attention and action. Private – More spiritual, not easily measurable, unseen, takes time (e.g. prayer, reflection, solitude, … Continue reading

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The Sermon on the Mouth

Proverbs 13 v 13. Proverbs contains 120 verses that relate to our speech:- 1. Think before I speak Contemplate before I communicate. Proverbs 16 v 23, 18 v 20, 20 v 25. Choose your commitments carefully. Don’t promise something you … Continue reading

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Managing your Money

God’s will, God’s bill. Get off the camel to get through the needle!!! Self worth is more important than net worth. 1. Keep good records. Proverbs 27 v 23. Know what you have got. We need to know what we … Continue reading

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Life

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When class began, wordlessly he picked up a large empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks right to the top, rocks about … Continue reading

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Important Work

The last to board the plane from Seattle to Dallas were a woman and three children. “Oh please don’t sit next to me,” I thought. “I’ve got so much work to do.” But a moment later an eleven-year-old girl and … Continue reading

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Humility

I discovered first of all that for the monastic teachers’ humility is the key virtue that is both the starting point and the enabler of the whole Christian experience. What they meant by humility, however, had little to do with … Continue reading

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Home Missions

“Go into all the world and make disciples of every ethnic groups ” There are two ways of doing this. 1.DFM – Division of foreign missions 2.DHM – Division of home missions We are going to look at home missions. … Continue reading

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