Thoughts Worth Thinking: Thoughts On Love & Heart
1. Love Centric: Love must be directed toward God and provides to others in forms that resemble God. “Jesus replied, ‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart,all your soul, and all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.Matthew 22:37-38 “We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. And as…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: 3 Thoughts to Change Your View of God
“Great is the LORD! He is most worthy of praise! No one can measure his greatness.” Psalm 145:3 (NLT) 1. ACCEPT HIS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— Ephesians 2:8 “Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace withGod through our Lord Jesus Christ” Romans 5:1 God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Being Made New
“Be made new in the attitude of your minds.” Ephesians 4:23 “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve whatGod’s will is—his good, pleasing, and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 CONFORM: to fit into a mold; make or become the same; to behave in a conventional way by accepting without question the customs, traditions and prevailing opinions of others. TRANSFORM:…
Thoughts Worth Thinking: Thinking About Having the Mind of Christ
Who understands the mind of the Lord? Isaiah 40:13 Paul: Who has known the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 “In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus.” Philippians 2:5 Trademarks Of Thinking Like Jesus (All quotes from Jesus) I KNOW EXACTLY WHO I AM I KNOW GOD’S PURPOSE FOR MY LIFE “…I know where I came from and where I am…
Rock Solid Faith: Faith That Heals
“Jesus went everywhere, teaching…preaching…and healing people who hadall kinds of disease and sickness.” Matthew 4:23 3 MISTAKEN VIEWS ABOUT DIVINE HEALING 1. I can buy my healing by giving. 2. It’s never God’s will for me to be sick “…those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to theirfaithful Creator and continue to do good.” 1 Peter 4:19 See also: John 16:33, Philippians 1:29, Colossians 1:24, 1 Thessalonians 3:3 3. Miracles ended with the completion of the Bible.…
Rock Solid Faith: Faith That Leaves Judging To God
“Brothers and sisters, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against a brother or sister or judges them speaks against the law and judges it. When you judge the law, you are not keeping it, but sitting in judgment on it. There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the onewho is able to save and destroy. But you—who are you to judge your neighbor?” James 4:11-12 WHY WE JUMP TO JUDGING 1. Guilt (We want to excuse our own…
Rock Solid Faith: In Weakness We Gain New Strength
Is anyone among you in trouble? Let them pray. Is anyone happy? Let them sing songs of praise. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven. 16 Therefore confess your sins to…
Rock Solid Faith: Faith That Sustains Us as We Face The Unknown
“No one knows what will happen in the future and there is no one who can tell us.” Ecclesiastes 8:7 “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to a certain city and we will stay there a year. We will open up a business there and we will make a profit.’ But you don’t even know what will happen tomorrow! And your life is as brief and uncertain as the mist of a morning fog. It’s…