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Category Archives: God’s direction
Understanding Your Divine Purpose: Chosen Before Time
I follow a minister of deeper things. His name is Doug Fortune. His question for today is Did your story really begin at birth? Or were you chosen before time? My answer to that question comes from scripture. According as … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Ponderings, Priorities, repentance, Respect for Life, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, Salvation
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Understanding the Impact of Missing Biblical Texts
Most of the time, my posts here come from something I posted on Facebook first. Then I copy/paste it here and add on. To tell the truth, unless my soul and spirit are stirred, I don’t write. I don’t want … Continue reading
Living with God’s Love: A Christian Perspective
Something occurred to me this morning. We all know God loves us unconditionally. How many of us really consider the full import of this knowledge? I see so many Christians expounding on questions concerning what we do and how God … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Christian, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Love, Ponderings
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, Family, god, jesus, life, Salvation
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Understanding the Spirit vs. Worldly Thoughts
1 Corinthians 2:12 – Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. To those who lived … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Maturity, Mental Health, Ponderings, Possibilities, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Investment
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, old age
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No More Condemnation
My heart aches for America. It is dying. Dying without repentance. The nature of man has been degraded and demands the evil that men create in the minds of so many today. I long for Americans to lay down this … Continue reading
Posted in Absolute(s), Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian Mission, Common Sense, Follow God, God's direction, God's Guidance, Maturity, repentance, Respect for Life, Righteous alarm, Sobering Thoughts, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, Salvation
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Don’t Give Me That “Ole Time Religion”
Before I get started, let me state that I can’t deny the old-time religion that I grew up in. It had its place in my life. It was a starting point. Without it, I had no reference point to move … Continue reading
Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
Here’s a statement that I take to be true. My wife says I talk too much sometimes. I tell too much, too. My contention is that in sharing what I feel, I reveal myself in a way that connects with … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Christian Mission, church, Common Sense, Failure Not An Option, Follow God, God's Calling, God's direction, Growing up, Maturity, Memories, Patience, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, fear, fear of public speaking, god, jesus, life, overcoming, public speaking, understanding fear
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Are You Really Saved?
This is a long post, but worth reading to those with questions about their salvation. The pastor posed a statement this morning at the end of his message that simply saying the sinner’s prayer and saying you’re saved doesn’t necessarily … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical teaching, God's Calling, God's direction, God's Guidance, Love, Ponderings, Priorities, repentance, Salvation, Sobering Thoughts
Tagged bible, christianity, faith, god, jesus, life, Salvation
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I’m Staying
Isn’t this earth a beautiful place? I could live here forever. In fact, I think I will. Matthew 5:5 KJV “Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” God does not intend for us to abandon the earth … Continue reading
Posted in Abundant life, Biblical teaching, Christian, Follow God, God's direction, More of God, Ponderings, Spiritual Growth
Tagged bible, Christian, christianity, Eschatology, faith, god, jesus, The Lord's Prayer
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The Petrine Doctrine
Just a quick study today. I’d never heard of the Petrine Doctrine. So, of course I’m going to find out what it’s all about. Here’s a brief definition. This post is a bit long, but if you’re a student of … Continue reading
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