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Avoiding Punishment, or Doing the Right Thing?

Several years ago, I had made some decisions that put me in a toxic friendship, and I was making decisions that were keeping me there. This "friendship" was pulling me away from God and my family. God was telling me to stop, but I let the toxic friend talk me out of...

From Another Perspective

Sometimes I wonder why people do the things they do and why they think the things they think. I can begin to find the answer by trying to perceive the way they perceive. Sometimes simply having a different vantage point or position will help me understand another...

A Few Things on Habits

Habits are things you do regularly and sometimes automatically. You got them because you started doing them all the time - whether you built them on purpose or they just fell into place. Habits can be good or bad. While some habits - good or bad - are easy to fall...

More Notes of Encouragement

I've shared something like this before in Notes of Encouragement, and I wanted to do so again. Jesus went through suffering and He can relate very closely with us when we suffer. Christ's touch may vary, but His grace is always the same. There is no limit to the ways...

“I Didn’t Ask Jesus to Die for Me”

God doesn't want us to go to Hell, so He used His own rules to give us a loophole, if you will, so we could go to Heaven. Sometimes when we Christians talk to people about the sacrifice Jesus made to pay for our sins with His life, death, burial, and resurrection,...

Uncomfortable Questions and Discussions

Sometimes you're going to come across some uncomfortable questions and discussions, whether someone brings them up to you or whether you brought them up. It's important not to always brush these things aside, because if you can't answer a question or have a helpful...

Laborers for the Harvest

The last post didn't have room for what I wanted to share from second missionary on Sunday evening, so here it is. He spoke from Matthew 9:35-10:16 about laborers for the harvest. The missionary pointed out that when Jesus said in Matthew 9:38 to "pray" the Lord of...

Tips on Running the Race

We're kicking off Missions Conference at church this week, and we've already had missionaries speak. Yesterday morning the first missionary taught from Hebrews 12:1-3 about running the race. The missionary reminded us that this race is not a sprint, it's a marathon....

Working Together for Good

Not everything negative that happens to us is because of Satan. God very often uses uncomfortable and negative circumstances in our lives to point us where we need to be. For example, when the early church was started (see the book of Acts), it was mostly hanging...