To share in Christ’s suffering, we must first walk in His ways. I’ve we’re just doing what’s right in our own eyes the resultant suffering is simply a consequence.
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Thought for the Day – Suffering
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Christ, suffering on May 30, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – Woman
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged compete, complete, Eve, woman on May 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Eve was God’s response to what He saw missing in Adam’s existence. She wasn’t created to do everything he could do, she was created to do what he couldn’t do for himself. We weren’t meant to compete, we were meant to complete.
Thought for the Day – Follower
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged cues, follower, lead on May 3, 2023| Leave a Comment »
In order to qualify as a “Follower” you must be willing to allow someone else to take the lead, and then base your responses on their cues.
Thought for the Day – Least of These
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged least of these, love on April 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The measure isn’t how well we love those who love us (Matt.5:46), it’s how well we love those who don’t (Matt.5-44-45), and our relationship towards the “least of these” (Matt.25:40).
Thought for the Day – Anointing
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged anointing, discern, discernment, fruit, gifts, rescinded on April 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It is important to discern the difference between gifts, fruit, and anointing. While the gifts are not rescinded (Rom.11:29), real fruit comes from abiding in the vine (John 15:4), and true anointing flows from the Head (1John2:20). We must know them by their fruit (Matt.7:16)
Thought for the Day – For/Against
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged against, articulate on February 14, 2023| 1 Comment »
We seem to be far more adept at articulating what we’re against than manifesting what we claim to believe in.
Thought for the Day – Abdication
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged abdicate, darker, darkness, light on February 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Darkness is simply the absence of light. The only way for the dark to get darker is for the light to abdicate its position.
Thought for the Day – Special
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged above, better, one of a kind, special, unique on February 8, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We tried to raise our kids with an awareness that they were special (i.e. unique, one of a kind), but we tempered that with the understanding that it didn’t make them better (or above) anyone.
Thought for the Day – No Offense
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged issue, offense, sea of forgetfulness on January 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »
When an issue has been dealt with, God throws the offense into the sea of forgetfulness (Micah 7:19), whereas we tend to store our offense in a can on the stove, so we can use the residuals in the preparation of dishes we might want to serve at a later date.
Thought for the Day – Narrator
Posted in Commentaries, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged culture, distinction, facts, narrative, narrator, reporter on May 3, 2023| 1 Comment »
There should be a marked difference between a “Reporter” and a “Narrator”. One should be bound by facts, while the other is simply promoting their narrative. Clearly this distinction is evaporating within our culture.
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