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I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness. ~Romans 6:19 NIV~ One of the hardest things I’ve dealt with since I’ve been trying to…
The man replied, “Who appointed you to be our prince and judge? Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?” Then Moses was afraid, thinking, “Everyone knows what I did.” ~Exodus 2:14 NIV~ You see, the devil wants us to be in a constant state of confusion. He wants us to…
I will be glad and rejoice in your love, for you saw my affliction and knew the anguish of my soul. ~Psalm 31:7~ Sometimes the very things we use to help us deal with the pain in our lives become the biggest source of pain that we will face. I’m talking about our addictions. Our…
Lately, it seems like whenever a person speaks up for the good of something, they had better be prepared to be treated like crap. With that in mind, those of you who have thin skin might want to pull in your tails, because I’m about to step on them. When you are friends with someone,…
Sometimes what we see in the mirror doesn’t accurately reflect who we are. In our vision, we may fail to see the progress that has been made in our hearts long after we have proven that we have, in fact, changed. This failure to be forgiving can keep us from realizing our full potential. It…
But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell? ~Job 28:12 NIV~ On this Inauguration Day, I enjoyed watching the broadcast on television. Hearing the speeches, the poems, the songs, and the prayers. What I did not enjoy was the commentary that followed. Is it absolutely necessary to spend so much time dissecting what…
Read more Today’s Pondering~Lean not on your own understanding…
Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me—those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches? No one can redeem the life of another or give to God a ransom for them— Psalm 49:5-7 New International Version (NIV) What I’m going to say will probably anger a few of you. …
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality…
Leading the Follower 