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Humility Life Challange

NO CORRECTING IS FUN–BUT IT WORKS FOR GOOD

Comment from a sister in Christ: I found you on J.S. Park. Your posts so far, I am reading backwards are very encouraging, right on. One thing, post in the bigger categories, life, love, faith, grace, Christianity, relationships, etc. every time. You will be read much more and you should be. Much love my brother!!! […]

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Christian Living God's Nature Humility Life Challange

BE WEIRD–BE GODLY!

I just revel in being one of God’s “peculiar” people. 1 Peter 4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:1 Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew […]

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Anger Grace Humility Life Challange Love Relationships

GOD’S GIFT-irritating people?

The Scriptures can be easily misapplied. Peter pointed out that Paul had written some tough things that people had twisted. The devil often leads us to a definition that is slightly twisted, can’t be applied, or would lead to disaster. For example, he will define forgiveness as not having any leftover pain and as not […]

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Comfort Grace Humility Life Challange

WHAT TO DO WITH MY WORST CHARACTER FLAWS?

Have you ever wished that God would just take away one of your problem reactions to life and make it easier for you to be good? Do you struggle with anger, constantly finding fault with what everyone around you does? Does it happen as naturally as “falling of a log”? Do you struggle with sexual […]

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Comfort Faith Humility Joy

THEN YOU DIE AND EVERYONE FORGETS YOU!

I’ve always struggled to see what was the point of Ecclesiastes. Recently I was participating in a sunday-school class for veterans and the Lord led us to Ecclesiastes chapter nine verses 5-10   For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; […]

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Christian Living God's Nature Humility

STRONG WEAKNESS

STRENGTH, what is it? I need to take a careful look at what it really is. When I think of a strong person, what comes to mind? Men often think that a strong man never feels sad, never cries, never needs or asks for help, never reveals a weakness, is never vulnerable, always gets his […]

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Comfort God's Nature Humility Relationships

SELF ESTEEM-WHAT DOES GOD THINK?

One of the best clues as to what makes God tick, is to remember that (although flawed) we are still made in his image. Look at a human when functioning reasonably well, then realize that God is like that only better. Matthew 7.11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto […]

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Grace Humility

SELF CONTEMPT

JUST SILLY, ACCEPTING WORTH IS THE GREATEST HUMILITY QUESTION: I often notice how I tend to have MUCH higher expectations of myself than I do others? I “excuse” others because I know that “nobody’s perfect”, yet the same behavior in myself is absolutely inexcusable.  Why am I so much harder on myself than I ever […]

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Comfort Humility Relationships

LIVING IN THE CHURCH AS A PERPETUAL MISFIT

A blog reader writes: “My problem is, I form friendships but after a while my Christian friends decide that I am, in fact, too much of a burden because my depression never goes away (2.5 years of taking medication which all proved treatment-resistant and now I am out of medications to try.) I have lost […]

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Anger Forgiveness Grace Humility Iniquity Life Challange Love Relationships

AGREE TO DISAGREE AMICABLY

Boy, that title even rhymes! The Bible is full of bizarre suggestions, “Do the opposite of your natural inclination and it will work.” Such as: Choose to walk two miles when forced to walk one! When struck on one cheek, do not defend or counter-attack. Roll with it and try to find out where the […]