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Category Archives: Christian life
14 spiritual disciplines
“Train yourself to be godly”(1 Timothy 4:7). What does your training plan include? See 7 disciplines of abstinence and 7 disciplines of activity. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Discipleship, Discipline, Flesh vs. Spirit, Following Christ, Fruit of the Spirit, Holy Spirit, Maturity, New Christian, Sanctification, Spirit filled, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual disciplines, Spiritual growth, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation
Tagged 14 spiritual disciplines, Discipleship, spiritual growth, what are spiritual disciplines?
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How does God bring us to maturity?
Use this for a small group series or a sermon series. Seven primary resources for spiritual maturity. Continue reading
How to be a caring friend
Guidelines for being a caring friend – especially when offering counsel to others.
Answers won’t help if we don’t understand the actual problem. Sympathetic and discerning ears are key to caring for others. Continue reading
Posted in 18 Year factor, Accountability, Call to ministry, Christian Counselor, Christian life, Counseling, friendship, Holistic ministry, Love, mentorship, Wisdom
Tagged Christian counseling, Counseling, help with counseling others, how to be a caring friend, how to help others, mentorship
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Parable of the unworthy servant
The attitude of true followers of Jesus. Continue reading
Posted in Christian life, Christianity, Christology, Disciple-making, Discipleship, Following Christ, Humility, Jesus Christ, New Christian, Parables, Servanthood, Teaching of Jesus, True Christianity?, Walking with God
Tagged Attitude, Christianity, Humility, Luke 17:10, Parable of Jesus, true followers of Jesus
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What to expect as a Christian
Along with forgiveness, restored fellowship with God, and joy, you’ll experience several new desires. Continue reading
Four servants of God who battled fierce despair
Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Anger, Anxiety, Assurance, Bitterness, Broken Relationships, Call to ministry, Character, Childhood trauma, Christian life, Comfort, Complaceny, Conceit, Conflict, Contentment, Crisis, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Divine Lottery, Doubt, Elders, elders in the Church, Emerging Leaders, Emotions, Encouragement, Failure, Faith, Fear, feeling hopeless, Freedom, God's Patience, God's Heart, God's Love, Grace, Gratitude, Grieving, Hope?, Kindness, Leadership, Life of a pastor, Loss, marriage problems, Meaning of life, Mercy, Middle life, Mind Renewal, Nihilism, Pain, Pastors, personal, Praise, Prayer, purpose, Questioning God, Repentance, Sadness, Seeking God, Selfishness, Spiritual Detox, Spiritual inventory, Spiritual transformation, Suffering, Suicide, Temptation, Trials, Truth, Victory, Walking with God, Will of God, Wisdom, Worship
Tagged burn out, Despair, Discouraged, feeling lost, helpless, hopeless, loss of perspective, spiritual exhaustion, Suicide
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Never give up on prayer
Why does God allow perseverance in prayer to be part of our experience? Prayer is an appeal to one who can do what I cannot do and what others won’t do.
Consider two people from opposite ends of the continuum of power and privilege: a corrupt Judge and a persistent widow.
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Posted in Christian life, Coming of Christ, Despair, Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, Discouragement, Doubt, feeling hopeless, Following Christ, Hope?, Jesus Christ, New Christian, Parables, Prayer, Problem of evil, Spiritual disciplines, Teaching of Jesus, Wisdom
Tagged Does prayer help, giving up on prayer, how to pray, perseverance in prayer, Prayer, why doesn't God answer my prayers?
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Give up all your possesions?
What did Jesus mean that no one can be his disciple who does not give up all his possessions”? Continue reading
Extravagantly thankful
What if God made you live today on only those things you thanked Him for yesterday?
Where’s my tooth brush? Oh, I forgot to thank God for it yesterday.
“Nothing taken for granted; everything received with gratitude; everything passed on with grace.” Continue reading
Posted in Character, Christian life, Christianity, Complaining, Psychology, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving, True Christianity?, Wisdom
Tagged Gratitude, Thankfulness, thanksgiving sermon
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