Posted in Christian service on Dec 3rd, 2010
The Apostle John told Christians more than 1,900 years ago that talk is cheap.
He didn’t use those precise words, but the message he shared in I John 3:18 is unmistakable.
“Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.”
It’s not wrong, of course, to say encouraging things to [...]
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Posted in Christian service on Dec 2nd, 2010
Since you’ve been thinking about spending money for Christmas gifts, here’s something else to keep in mind.
“Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses” (Proverbs 28:27).
Are you planning on giving some Christmas gifts to the poor? Perhaps someone even [...]
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Posted in Christian service on Dec 1st, 2010
I read 11 words this morning that can help me to have a better eternity.
They can do the same for you.
For as we apply the principle of this passage from I John 2:6, we become more prepared for ministry in this life and rich blessing in the next life.
“Whoever claims to live in Him must [...]
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Posted in Christian service on Nov 18th, 2010
If I want more blessings from God, scripture says, I should learn and live more of God’s wisdom rather than my own.
It’s that simple.
It’s that certain.
It’s that clear in the Bible.
“But those who look intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continue in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will [...]
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Posted in Christian service on Oct 22nd, 2010
It wasn’t easy but I checked one more box last night — as in very late last night — regarding the transition into this Miami rental house.
I installed our over-the-range microwave that had been setting in a box in the garage.
It took the place of a simple range hood that was essentially useless.
This is [...]
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