Tag Archives: Holy Spirit

WHAT WE NEED…IS A GOOD CHEER!

Belief and Behavior Don’t judge me. Back when Saturday Live was funny and not so gross, a sketch that I loved was the “The Spartan Cheerleaders”. The male was Wil Farrell and the very short female (I relate) was Cheri … Continue reading

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HONOR YOUR PARENTS

  We began Finding Focus Ministries about ten years ago. About six years ago another call came to us that curtailed our activity with FFM for awhile. The command, “honor your parents”, was laid heavy on my heart. My aging … Continue reading

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BRINGING THE BEST!

Belief and Behavior This summer, Randy and I will have been married 45 years! Wow, where did the time go? For almost half a century, our hearts have beat as one. Guess what? After all these years, I haven’t stopped … Continue reading

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WATCH WHAT GOD DOES!

Belief and Behavior…Learning a life of love Years ago, I remember sitting around the table talking with good friends. The conversation was about our kids in school, our work, our church, and other good things with laughter and joking around. … Continue reading

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FORGIVENESS…A GIFT OF GOD’S LOVE

Belief and Behavior…”Forgive us our sin as we forgive others” Hurt people hurt people. It is an unending generational cycle, a chain of unforgiveness that can only be broken by one person in the link stepping up and stopping the … Continue reading

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ONCE IT’S IN THE TRASH, IT’S TRASH!

Belief and Behavior…Jesus saves and transforms us We have a saying in our house, once it’s in the trash, it’s trash. You don’t go digging down in the refuse and nasty to get it back. It’s gone. It’s out of … Continue reading

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HEY CHURCH! WE ARE NO LONGER FIRST GRADERS!

Belief and Behavior…Being then Doing! We are all different. Shocking, isn’t it? We all grow and mature physically, spiritually, intellectually and emotionally at different levels. Seriously. We are not all alike and will not grow at the same rates. No … Continue reading

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NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE…GET GOING!

Belief and Behavior…Being and Doing! It is a troubling, more challenging circumstance when you work with others who are not “with you” or you “with them”. When one works for self, trying to get a higher positional status among the … Continue reading

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ON MY KNEES…

Belief and Behavior…Transformed by Christ! Sometimes, maybe most times, God’s Word brings me to my knees for many reasons. God’s Word, along with the Holy Spirit, working in us, prompts us in the passages to do something about what we … Continue reading

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I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I’M DOING!

Belief and Behavior…Transformed by Christ! There are many days, I’m certain you have had them, too, when we cry out, “Lord, I have no idea what I’m doing!” It seems that at that point, God has us right where He … Continue reading

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