Jesus said to love your God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. Sadly, our religion is what we tend to do instead of that.
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Thought for the Day – Losing My Religion
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged religion on February 5, 2018| 2 Comments »
Thought for the Day – Fear Itself
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged fear, hazardous, peril on January 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Though we don’t like to acknowledge it, life is an inherently hazardous process. Indeed, the potential for peril exists on a daily basis. Even so, it is ultimately fear that poses the greatest threat to our future.
Thought for the Day – God’s Ability
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes on January 10, 2018| 1 Comment »
God’s faithfulness to complete the good work He’s begun in His children makes it difficult to simply dismiss those who’ve disappointed us in the past. To assume the position that people never change is to deny God’s ability to transform and redeem.
Thought for the Day – Tipping Point
Posted in Parenting / Family, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged preparing your children, protecting your children on December 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Genuine parenting includes both protecting and preparing. Unfortunately, it often seems as though you steal from one to afford the other.
Thought for the Day – Clean Bowls
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, Word Pictures, tagged destiny, poured out, purpose on December 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
It’s not a bowl’s destiny to remain clean and stored in the cupboard. It was made to be a vessel, poured out for the nourishment of others. Washing it simply prepares it to serve it’s purpose.
Thought for the Day – Potentially
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged comfort, potential on November 29, 2017| Leave a Comment »
We rarely brush against the limits of our potential, because we so easily succumb to the demands of our comfort. It’s seldom a question of “can we” and more often the struggle of “will we”.
Thought for the Day – Jesus Wept
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Jesus wept, men don't cry on November 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
“Jesus wept”, and if our sons are to be transformed into His image, they too shall shed tears. The idea that men don’t cry is cultural, not scriptural; rooted more in John Wayne than Jesus Christ.
Thought for the Day – Playing the Role of the Holy Spirit
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Comforter, Counselor, Holy Spirit on November 20, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The problem with us trying to play the Holy Spirit in someone else’s life, is we so often try to be the Counselor when He’s wanting to be the Comforter.
Thought for the Day – Small World
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged prisoners of our own mind, without God on November 19, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Without God, we are bound to become prisoners of our own mind. Unless we can conceive of something bigger than ourselves, our thoughts, feelings, experiences, and circumstances become the borders of our reality.
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Thought for the Day – Joyless
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged joyless, the joy of the Lord on February 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
If the joy of the Lord is our strength, then going about things in a joyless manner exponentially increases the energy it takes.
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