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Tag Archives: Small Groups
FROM MESSES TO MESSAGES!
Psalms of Honesty and Truth In good times and in bad, Job declared God’s praise. David is the same. He goes through tough times, running from someone who is trying to kill him. He makes mistakes but repents and asks … Continue reading
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AND HE BECAME SIN
Psalms of Honesty and Truth With Psalm 22 and the succeeding Psalms we see that David is a prophet as well as the “apple of God’s eye”, his leader, and chosen King. The beginning words are the exact words quoted … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian life, Christian Living, 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, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Transformation, Truth, Worship
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TIRED IN BATTLE?
Psalms – Prayers of Honesty and Truth We do grow weary in doing good, but what does God’s Word tell us? Don’t give up! And don’t give in to the tiredness. We are humans. Of course we will tire of … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, 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, manna, Mercy, Miracles, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Romans 12, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Wisdom, Worship, Youth Ministry
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“COME!”
The Revelation  Let us rejoice and be glad for these last words of hope and assurance…I can add nothing more to the following message from Jesus to us…Come…  Revelation 22, The Message 1-5 Then the Angel showed me … 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, 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, Psalms, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Rest, revelation, 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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EVERYTHING BRAND NEW!
The Revelation  Randy and I are slowly but surely remodeling our home to keep it in good shape for our future. It is a long process because we are paying as we go so there is no debt when … 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, 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, manna, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, revelation, 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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THE POURING OUT…
The Revelation  The world was in darkness. The world was a mess. God sent His Son to be Light, Hope and The Way back to God, the Creator. His Son was rejected by many. He was accepted by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian Living, devotion, Discernment, encouragement, Faith, Finding Focus, Finding Focus Ministries, Focus, Freedom, God, God's Presence, God's will, God's Word, Guidance, Healing, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Integrity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, Leadership, LIfe, Love, Love God, Love of God, Love Others, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Wisdom, Worship
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IN THE WORST OF TIMES…PREACH TRUTH, UNAPOLOGETICALLY!
The Revelation It seems when thing go from bad to worse in our congregations (low attendance, poor finances, relational problems, positional posturing, etc.) we look for blame first. We blame ourselves for awhile. When we are tired of blaming ourselves, … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, Creation, 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, 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 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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PRETENSIONS STRIPPED!
The Revelation I would venture to guess that most of us do not like arrogant, pretentious people who must be the center of attention, must have everyone bowing to them, doing things for them, with everyone believing what they say … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, 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, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, prayer, Psalm 119, Relationship, Relationships, repentance, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, 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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IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING…
James: Handling the Hard Stuff of Life I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing most of the time. The older I get, the less I plan ahead, for I know that self made plans go awry quickly. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Living, Christian Perspective, Corinthians, Encouragement, Faith, Holy Spirit, hospitality, insight, Jesus, joy, Leadership, Listen, marriage, ministry, Prayer, Salvation, Teaching, Training, Transformation, Truth, Uncategorized, Unconditional love, wisdom
Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian life, Christian Living, Comfort, 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, Holy Spirit, Hope, Insight, inspiration, Jesus, Jesus as LORD, Jesus Christ, Leadership, LIfe, Love, manna, Maturity, Mercy, Peace, Perfect Love, perspective, Praise and Worship, Relationships, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Transformation, Unconditional Love, Wisdom
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RUN FOR IT!
Taking a Hike Through Hebrews There seems to be two kinds of racers. There are those who are extremely quick off the starting block, sprinting with ease to the finish line, not so far away. Then there are those whose … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude, Bible, Bible devotional, Bible Lessons, Bible Study, Blessings, Christian Education, Christian life, Christian Living, 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, Romans 12, Sacrifice, Salvation, Small Group Bible Studies, Small Group Bible Study, Small Groups, spiritual formation, Spiritual growth, Spiritual Growth and Formation, Spiritual guidance, Teaching, Transformation, Truth, Unconditional Love, Wisdom, Youth Ministry
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