What are your priorities? Is it family? Is it job performance? Is it caring for those in need? Is it being at every worship service, Bible study, or other church function? Are your priorities your own or are they driven by someone else? We can have several priorities and often they compete to be atContinue reading “Jesus As Our Priority”
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See God’s Glory
What is it you seek? What do you long for more than anything else? Is it a job promotion? Is it finding a partner for life? Is it purchasing a house? Is it the healing of a family member? Have you been asking God to provide it to you? Do you seek to be closerContinue reading “See God’s Glory”
Planting and Watering
Do you like to garden? Does it feel good to get your hands dirty, digging in the soil to plant vegetables or flowers? Do you like tending to the plants, fertilizing and watering them? Have you considered how that applies to your faith? Planting and tending to a vegetable garden takes time and energy. ManyContinue reading “Planting and Watering”
Learner and Teacher
Do you consider yourself to be a teacher? Have you taught your children? Do you teach others in your profession? What have you learned from your teachers, whether in school, on the job, or family? Do you look at Jesus as a teacher and desire to learn from Him? We often think of teaching asContinue reading “Learner and Teacher”
Seek Understanding
Have you ever been told, “Do it because I said so”? Have you felt as though you could not question the instruction or judgment of your manager or director? What principles do you live by? Are you willing to stand on those principles regardless of the consequences? Many of us have been told by parentsContinue reading “Seek Understanding”
Grow to Fruit Bearing
Do you like to eat? Do you like fruit and vegetables? Have you ever thought how miraculous it is that a tiny seed grows into a plant, and it produces fruit? Are you growing and producing fruit? We find seeds of all manner of sizes and shapes. Some are flat and oval shaped. Some areContinue reading “Grow to Fruit Bearing”
Gather
What does it mean to you to meet with people you care about? Do you enjoy family gatherings? Is it a joy to meet with close friends for lunch? Are you willing to make a special trip for a class reunion? How do you feel about meeting for worship? We meet with a variety ofContinue reading “Gather”
Blessed and Forgiven
What is your view of God? Do you think he has changed over time? Do you or have you had the opinion that God was an angry God in the Old Testament? Have you spent time studying the stories of the Jews? Have you taken time to understand what God was doing? If you haveContinue reading “Blessed and Forgiven”
Jesus in Us
What does it mean to be in someone? Have you ever heard of someone being in someone else’s head? Have you heard someone say a child has a lot of their mother or father in them? What does it mean if someone had a lot of a mentor in them? Having someone else in yourContinue reading “Jesus in Us”
To Meet Or Not To Meet
Do you like meetings? What if those meetings become long? How long do you daily, weekly, and monthly meetings last? How upset do you get if they last longer than scheduled? What percentage of your meetings are productive? Having spent many years in the corporate world, I know meetings can be a drudgery. A goodContinue reading “To Meet Or Not To Meet”
Marty Pressey 