I LOVE GOD'S WORD. It is true. It is faithful. It is alive! It is powerful for changing our lives.
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is ...
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February Focus 2015
Face-Time is Immeasurable
There are many ways to show people that you love them. Gary Smalley has written a book (The 5 Love Languages) that covers what he considers to be the five basic ways that people feel that they are loved:
Words of Affirmation
Acts of Service
Receiving Gifts
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Eye-to-Eye Attention
I used to think that multi-tasking was the only way to get things done. Not only that, I was foolish enough to think that I was the world's best at it--efficiently accomplishing more than anyone else I knew. Recently, however, I've noticed that I can become hyper-focused on whatever task is at hand. ...
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Reconciled, Restored, & Renewed
In February we tend to focus our attention on romantic relationships. But romantic relationships are not the only ones that need attention.
Like life, relationships go through seasons. Some friendships are short-term, others are long-term. Some are intimate; some are acquaintances. Some are deep ...
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Loving Your Love’s Loves
Newsflash! No two people are alike! (I know. This is not new information.) It's easy to think that is the case when we look at some romantic couples. They appear to be perfectly compatible. Even the individuals who make up what seems to be "the perfect couple," have different interests.
One of ...
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BE is Not about me
I am becoming increasingly aware that BEing is NOT about me. We've all heard the phrase, It's not about you! You may have said it to someone. Someone may have actually said it to you. What it means is that we are not paying attention to those around us. Instead, we are absorbed in our own world--and ...
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![This week in our small group study, I felt the Lord’s gentle chastisement.
We looked at the promise in Luke 11:28, “He [Jesus] replied, ‘Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.’”
At first glance, the promise of blessing comes from obedience. But it’s much more.
In the preceding verses, Jesus had cast out a demon that caused a man to be mute. The crowd accused Him of casting out a demon with Satan’s power.
Jesus explained how ridiculous it would be for Satan to drive out his own demons. Then a woman cries out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you,” (v 27).
This is the sticking point. Jesus was in the middle of an important discourse when this woman interrupts Him. He corrects her with this:
✨ Blessed are those who HEAR the word of God and obey it.
That word HEAR means to LISTEN with FULL ATTENTION.
✨ We cannot truly obey God if we don’t know what He’s saying to us.
Basically, Jesus told this woman, and the others in the crowd, “Pay attention!! Don’t get distracted from my voice. I have important things to tell you. You won’t know what they are and what I want you to do, if all you’re thinking about is what you want to say or how you can gain attention. Put your attention on ME.”
It’s never fun to be Jesus’s object lesson.
The questions I’m asking myself …
✨ What keeps me from spending time alone with Jesus?
✨ When I finally get alone with Him, what distracts me?
✨ What keeps me from focusing on God’s Word?
✨ What causes my kind to wander when I’m praying?
➡️ Eliminating distractions …
➡️ Exercising discipline …
… to bring every thought captive to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:5)
… brings true blessing.
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