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LOVE1 CORINTHIANS 13 “If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but …
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Victory. Dark valleys are trials so I can overcome the demons in my soul—the habits I need to break, the ugly aspects of my personality and values and culture, the tests to strengthen my faith, the fears that I need to overcome with faith and hope—that he occasionally allows free rein so I can defeat …
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SHEPHERD OF MY SOULPsalm 23 “Shepherd of my soul, I give you full control. Wherever you may lead, I will follow.” This psalm has brought comfort to many people down the centuries. It speaks of the One who takes care of his sheep, ensuring that they lack nothing. At the heart of the psalm is …
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LOVE GODDeuteronomy 6 “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” This was the verse that Jesus quoted when replying to the lawyer’s question, adding “with all your mind” in Mark 12. He then adds that the second greatest command is “Love your neighbor …
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I preached on Sunday on the topic “A loving mentoring relationship: Paul and Timothy” but brought the focus more on making disciples. Good morning. The topic before me this morning is “A Loving Mentor Relationship, Paul & Timothy” and I will be making use of Paul’s second letter to Timothy. But before I go into …
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FEAR GODDeuteronomy 5 “The Lord our God has shown us his glory and his majesty, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that a person can live even if God speaks with them. But now, why should we die? This great fire will consume us, and we will die …
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Someone who has good self-control, who prefers peace and cooperation and seeks to build rather than destroy. Yes, though the ability to bring arrogant people down a notch is very tempting. Yet you teach “vengeance is mine” and so it would seem that that is not a role you want us to play. I think …
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I think that it is a lifestyle that will be for the good of man and we ignore it to our own detriment or at the very least, forgo the blessing it contains. I think it is a lifestyle that you form and once formed it will create a lot of time and space for …
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Allegiance and loyalty to God and all that he stands for. Rejection of the world and all that it stands for. This is about the act of worship and not about bowing or making images. Can we make an image of God (or Jesus) and worship said image? I think not. God must not be …
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GOD’S BLUEPRINT FOR LIFEDeuteronomy 5 “Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.” It is true, as Paul noted, that the promise is attached specifically …
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