The place between desire and action is called good intentions. Sadly I get stuck there and after many, somewhat legitimate, excuses, I think, “Well, God will understand. He knows the intentions of my heart.” Right? Just last night I had a hard lesson in obedience and good intentions. And, I found my answer. I had [...]
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Good Intentions
Posted in Discipleship, Missions on January 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The Hard Questions Part 2: Relationship
Posted in Discipleship on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As we continue to look at the account of creation and the fall, we see that from the very beginning God loved blessing Adam. He didn’t create Adam quite like the other animals. He made Adam in his own image, and He made him to rule over all the rest of the creation. God placed [...]
The Hard Questions Part 1: Creation
Posted in Discipleship on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many God-fearing Christians who know and love God, still struggle with some of those “hard questions.” We all have doubts from time to time, but in an attempt to strive for faithfulness, many well meaning Christ followers stuff those doubts into the corner of their minds and decide that they have to wait to ask [...]
Choose the Spiritual
Posted in Discipleship on June 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Our pastor recently taught a sermon on the story of Esau and Jacob. In Genesis 27, we see Esau sell his inheritance to his brother, Jacob for a mere bowl of red stew. In doing this, Esau chose to satisfy his fleshly desire of hunger instead of bearing patiently and receiving a spiritual reward that [...]
