Tag: christian
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7 Symptoms of a Hard Heart
14Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.—Proverbs 28 Here are 7 times or seasons when my heart was more hard than soft. These are also times of hypocrisy I look back at. 1. When I fooled myself as I FACED temptation that God’s forgiveness…
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Your How is as Important as Your What
14Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.–Proverbs 27 Many of us live in this anti-social age where we might not even speak to our neighbors more than a “Hi” or a “How’s it going?” So the idea of saying anything good or bad in…
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The Sluggard’s Standard
16The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.–Proverbs 26 When you are the standard for your wisdom, you are not wise. It’s a version of “I’ve got this” that derails people from following disciplined paths. Even the secular person in recovery submits to some form of a ‘higher…
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Glory Seeker
27It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.–Proverbs 25 The first one sounds an awful lot like something you might hear…”moderation is always best”. But it’s talking about honey. Honey was that special treat that you didn’t always have or get access to. I remember the…
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Against Your Neighbor
28Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for what he has done.”–Proverbs 24 Three basic statements here. 1. You live alongside your neighbor. Your family has…
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Truth Buyers
23Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.–Proverbs 23 This is a hard one for me. It speaks to perspective and goals. It displays how you view yourself and others. TRUTH BUYERS: Learn for the sake of growth. Seek the things they need in order to grow and change. Freely submit…
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In Due Season
9And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.–Galatians 6 I served as the solo pastor of a small church for about ten years. After years of youth ministry, it was my first time in a primary leadership position. And year after…
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Take Stock of Your Branches
16But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18But if…
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Freed and Adopted
1I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything, 2but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. 3In the same way we also, when we were children, were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world. 4But when…
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On Whom Do You Rely?
10For all who rely on works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed be everyone who does not abide by all things written in the Book of the Law, and do them.” 11Now it is evident that no one is justified before God by the law, for “The righteous shall live…
Joel M Bradshaw 