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Monthly Archives: July 2015
PRAISES
John…on Love I’ve always thought and said out loud, that I would rather have our kids, and now grandkids, have the desire to love us and be with us out of pure love for who we are, not for what … Continue reading
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GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH ROPE AND…
John…on Love There are challenging, difficult people in our lives to teach us important life lessons. We all have one or two who cause us to extend extra grace and provoke us to pray more extensively for them as we … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Marriage, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Rest, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Ten Commandments, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding, Wisdom, Youth Ministry
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WHAT ARE WE AFRAID OF LOSING?
John…on Love Power. It can hurt us when we cling to shreds of it, force what we think we have to move others around, and worship it within ourselves. Sometimes we think we have power simply by humans we know … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, devotion, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Mercy, Miracles, Perfect Love, Truth, Unconditional Love
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THE TEST, THE TIMING, THE GLORY!
John…on Love How many times in our lives have there been problems to solve, we call on the Lord, but the problems remained. Then one day, almost forgetting what we prayed, a way becomes clear, the problems turn into solutions … Continue reading
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CRAZY TALK, CRAZY WALK
John…on Love “That’s just crazy!”, we say when we hear or see something that is so out of the normal way we know. My co teacher/friend says this to kids every time we perform an experiment that amazes them while … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron, Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Rest, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding, Wisdom
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WHAT KIND OF LOVE IS THIS? UNCONDITIONAL
John…on Love John narrates God’s story with a passionate heart who truly loves God with all his heart, mind and soul. He shows us Who Love is and what Love does in action. We will mature in our love for … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Exodus, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, Genesis, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Israel, Israelites, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Psalms, Red Sea, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Rest, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding, Wisdom, Worship, Youth Ministry
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CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
John…on Love Verizon has an infamous message in it’s ad that has become a common place and well known phrase, “Can you hear me now?” They boast that wherever you are with their cell phone in hand, you can hear … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Creation, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Exodus, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Marriage, Maturity, Mercy, Miracles, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Rest, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding, Wisdom, Worship, Youth Ministry
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BLIND FROM BIRTH – PART TWO
John…on Love Paul Harvey was a known for the phrase…”And that’s the REST of the story”…after giving us a few more facts, the back-story, of an event that no one bothered to give. Yesterday our thoughts ended with “There is … Continue reading
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BLIND FROM BIRTH
John…on Love There is an old chorus that comes to mind that we sang long ago when I was in “youth group” as we called it. “Open my eyes that I may see, glimpses of truth thou has for me…” … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, blindness, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Israel, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding
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THE DEBATE – FINAL ROUND…FOR NOW
John…on Love Have you ever seen a disagreeing situation, where a debate has ensued and one person suddenly runs out of things to support their argument so they digress and resort to name calling? In the heat of the moment, … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, Freedom, God, God's Grace, God's love, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Grace, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, manna, Marriage, Maturity, Mercy, Miracles, Moses, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Truth, Unconditional Love
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