Psalm 139:1
I know when you sit down and when you rise up. Psalm 139:2
I am familiar with all your ways. Psalm 139:3
Even the very hairs on your head are numbered. Matthew 10:29-31
For you were made in my image. Genesis 1:27
In me you live and move and have your being. Acts 17:28
For you are my offspring. [...]
April 29 2008 | Christian Living | 2 Comments »
by: Bobbie Rill – Intentional Living
Forgiveness frees us from the emotional pain associated with loss.
FACTS ABOUT FORGIVENESS:
It is not a feeling. It is a decision we make and a choice to act upon that decision.
It is a process in that we might have to make the decision more than once.
It does not condone what was [...]
April 28 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
by: Liz Bailey – Intentional Living
Jesus said, “And whoever of you desires to be first shall be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. . . ” Mark 10:44-45a (NKJ)
Serving others is a biblical command that comes with a promise that if we humble [...]
April 28 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
By: Dr. Randy Carlson
-There are three steps to changing your mind: and keep thinking until your thoughts align to God’s intent for you – that will change your life for good.
1. STOP AND THINK…
(Romans 12:2) “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds”….
2. THINK TWICE UNTIL YOUR [...]
April 28 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
Dr. Randy Carlson
Those in LEADERSHIP:
L LISTEN to their followers
E ENVISION a great future
A ANTICIPATE problems – they are prepared
D DISCIPLE their followers
E EXPECT the best from others
R RELY on God and others
S SERVE their followers
H HANDLE the most difficult situations
I IGNITE enthusiasm in their followers
P PRACTICE what they Preach !
April 28 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
by: Russ Pickett
As Christians we should not be living our lives according to the standards of those around us, but according to the standards of Christ. If you are in a Church that rejects God’s Word, lifts up someone other than Jesus, promotes an agenda outside of God’s clear teaching, then you are in the [...]
April 19 2008 | Christian Living | 2 Comments »
by Russ Pickett
In the Church today we have a pitiful force, non-cohesive, out of step with one another. Some Christians are trying to keep in step with God by legalism, one of our manufactured substitutes for walking in the Spirit. Just as we cannot save ourselves, we cannot live the Christian life by our own [...]
April 19 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
by Russ Pickett
In verse 10 God addresses the “holier than thou” who may, at this moment, be penning a poison letter to me about what they’ve read so far. God says, “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us”. Notice this time HAMARTIA [...]
April 19 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
by: Russ Pickett
God knows we still have an Old Sin Nature, the glorification of our bodies is still in the future:
1 Corinthians 15:51-54 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the [...]
April 19 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »
by: Russ Pickett
The beginning of the Christian faith is “honesty” with God. I want you to notice that our introductory verses, 1 John 1.8-10, has some interesting things to say about the Christian and sin. Notice the tenses that God uses for “sin”, HAMARTIA. In verse 8 God says, “If we say that we have [...]
April 19 2008 | Christian Living | 1 Comment »