We all know 2Chron.7:14 (If my people, who are called by my name…), but without humility, we will not see the need to change our ways or seek His face, thus failing to recognize that we are actually the missing element in our nation’s healing.
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Thought for the Day – The Missing Element
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged healing, humility, missing element, seek His face on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Thought for the Day – For Christ
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged boldness, for Christ, genuine fruit, in Christ on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Our boldness “for Christ” is only valuable to the degree it is derived from our boldness “in Christ”. A vital connection to the Vine is the “only way” to produce genuine fruit.
Thought for the Day – Us or Them
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged high calling, shaking our fist, them, us on November 16, 2023| Leave a Comment »
We can spend time shaking our fist at the proverbial “them”, but it would probably be more fruitful to take a hard look at the proverbial “us”, and to ask whether we’re living up to our high calling.
Thought for the Day – Trustworthy
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Heart, power, trust on October 12, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Unless we have God’s heart, we cannot be trusted with His power.
Thought for the Day – Statement
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged change the world, Nazareth, working-class family on October 11, 2023| Leave a Comment »
When the Son of Man chose to be born on a roadside, raised by a working-class family in Nazareth, and to spend His years of ministry pouring into 12 simple men of little influence, He was making a statement about how He would change the world.
Thought for the Day: Self-Perpetuating
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged demanding, essential, government, health care, higher education, religion, self perpetuating on September 26, 2023| 1 Comment »
A system or entity that is “self-perpetuating” has the ability to sustain, and even grow itself with little or no outside intervention. To create such a dynamic, the systems are intentionally designed to keep you coming back, ultimately demanding more and more of your resources to maintain a static level of participation. They are largely dependent on the perception that they are essential to our well-being.
While these systems do tend to provide some amount of return initially, continued interaction routinely requires an increased level of contribution for an ever-diminishing return. I would suggest that the best examples of this would be our system of government, the higher education system, the health care system, and our religious systems.
Thought of the Day – Extending the Moment
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged enemy, extend, identity, moment, season, terminal on September 25, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The enemy of your soul is working to extend a moment in time into a season. And a season into something that feels terminal. And to cultivate what seems to be terminal into a sense of identity.
Thought for the Day – The Final Question
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged good, question on September 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
The final question won’t be whether you were a “good” person (Matt.29:17). It will be about your relationship to the One who is “good” (Matt.7:23).
Thought for the Day – Biblical Knowledge
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged biblical knowledge, knowledge, puff, scriptures on August 24, 2023| 1 Comment »
Knowledge of the scriptures is only of value to the extent it becomes a conduit to knowledge of the person of God. Without that personal dimension, biblical knowledge generally just puffs a man up.
Thought for the Day – Regifting
Posted in Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged Administrator, gift, gifting, God, regifting on August 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »
It is a dangerous thing to recognize your God given gift without a corresponding understanding that He was intended to be the Administrator of it.
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