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Recognition/Attention The creation of social media has placed a major focus on self. Peoples focus has turned inward which creates an environment eaten up with pride and unjust anger. It also creates an environment of jealously as people hurry to present the best side of themselves and deceive those around them. People thrive on the…
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Mark 10:21-23 21 And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” 22 Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. 23 And Jesus looked around…
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Love over Jealousy If you are jealous, you are lacking in love; for love does not envy. Love causes us to want more for those we care about. We should want them to grow and prosper even if it costs us a great deal. We should be willing to sacrifice our comfort to help others…
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Love is the focal point of the two greatest commandments of God. (Matthew 22:36-40) “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “’Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ’This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second…
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Christians develop a sense of trust in people you they assume are more spiritually mature than they are. It might be a position in the church or some gray hair, but it’s healthy to seek wisdom as we attempt to grow in our faith and our knowledge of God. It is a sad fact that…
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As we grow in our faith we have to grow in our understanding of God as well. Walking with Christ and serving His kingdom come with the responsibility to share with the world what God has given to you. God speaks different things into the hearts of His children. All of those things are in…
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Seeing Jesus heal many people as we read the gospels brings a thought to my mind. These people were being healed due to their faith. (Matthew 15:28) Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” I feel that their faith was in His ability to…
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We read in (Matthew 13:23) 23 As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty.” (Mark 4:20) 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the…
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Godhead/Trinity/Triune God People tend to get caught up in understanding the Trinity of the Christian God. It confuses people that a singular God is known as three entities. As with most misunderstandings stemming from the complexity of an infinite God, we have to step out of our limited understanding and into the vastness of God.…
