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UNFAILING LOVE OF GOD
Psalms of Honesty and Truth “Truly He taught us to love one another, His law is love and His gospel is peace…” we sing with tears in our eyes for we know God’s love never fails, never gives up on … Continue reading
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THAT GRACE!
Romans–Passionate Christian Theology We humans try to explain, rationalize, overemphasize, understate and generally speak only what we read and hear or think we know about God. The more we read God’s Word, we realize words to describe all that He … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, 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, Maturity, Mercy, Paul, 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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DON’T MESS WITH GOD…
God’s Actions… How long, O Lord, must we put with ______. And, like the Psalmist, we cry out to God to end whatever we put in the blank. Did the prayers of the early Christians bring evil Herod to God’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, Creation, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Evil, 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, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Psalms, 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, Worship, Youth Ministry
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IT’S NOT MY TIME…
John …on Love “I can fix that” we say in problematic situations. “I know what to do, let’s…” “Let’s do it this way…and right NOW!” “Do it and do it now, the quicker the better!” We all have the tendencies … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christmas, Comfort, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Faith, Family, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Forgiveness, 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, 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, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Understanding
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FIRST
John – The Word of Life! First and foremost, principal, highest, greatest, paramount, top, uppermost, prime, chief, leading, main, major, overriding, predominant, prevailing, central, core, dominant; informal number-one, “our first priority”. These are all synonyms for first. I looked it … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, Comfort, Creation, Depression, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, 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, 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, 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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THIS IS A TOUGH ONE!
Luke and the Lost I have often read from many books on leadership that say there are two skills most often used and defined. Doing things right is being a good manager. Doing the right things is being a good … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, Depression, 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, Mercy, Paul, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Sacrifice, Salvation, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Teaching, Transformation, Truth
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WAS IT A MORNING LIKE THIS?
Luke and the Lost I wake every Easter morning with the words of this song ringing in my ears. My legs weaken when I get up. My stomach turns over a bit hearing it on my mind. Then I wake … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, devotion, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Evil, 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, Mercy, Paul, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, redeemption, Relationship, repentance, Sacrifice, Salvation, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Transformation, Truth
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“EXACTLY AS HE SAID”
The Good News! Do you worry…outloud? At times, does fear overtake all your senses and you wonder if life is worth all the trouble, pain and sheer annoyances? Do your finances play a part in this fear and worry? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, Comfort, Depression, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Evil, 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, Marriage, Maturity, Mercy, Miracles, Moses, Paul, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Transformation, Truth
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THIS HAS TO BE…THE SON OF GOD!
The Good News! We hear Jesus’ name called out in the heat of anger, swearing and using His name as a curse from unbelievers. We shudder. As believers we swear using, what we think are “kinder” words, but still swear … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Christmas, devotional, Discernment, Discipleship, encouragement, Exodus, Faith, 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, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Salvation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Transformation, Truth
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BLIND, KNOWING, RESTORED!
The Good News Jesus is resolute on his walk to Jerusalem where His earth mission will be executed. He and his followers stop off on the way to spend some time in Jerico. As they are leaving… Mark 10, The … Continue reading
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