Have you ever put in a garden? Did you harvest the vegetables from your garden? Have you planted a large flower bed? Did you enjoy seeing the flowers you planted bloom? How would you feel if you had gotten no vegetables from your garden, or the flowers never bloomed? Planting a garden is hard work.Continue reading “God’s Vineyard”
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Fully Equipped
uiWhat gifts do you have? What are your talents and skills? What can you do that is special? Can you sing well? Are you gifted with the ability to translate languages? Can you adapt to whatever situation you find yourself in? Have you given thought to where your gifts come from? Each of us areContinue reading “Fully Equipped”
Wise or Foolish
Do you like using analogies? Do you like it when someone else uses an analogy? How many analogies do you hear each day? Are some of them cliché? Are some ones you have heard many times? Have you learned anything from the analogies or parables Jesus told? Analogies can help us understand complicated things. TheyContinue reading “Wise or Foolish”
Stay With The Herd
How easy it for you to be convinced not to do something good? Does it take a lot of convincing or is it easy to be sidetracked? Do you have an internal conversation about the merits of doing good? Does it come down to what it may cost you? Doing good may cost us something,Continue reading “Stay With The Herd”
Open Your Minds’ Eye
Have you ever been fed up with people? Have you wondered why they just don’t seem to understand what you are telling them? Does it frustrate you to no end? Is it worse when it is something extremely important? Can you imagine how Jesus felt? Trying to get your point across to someone who doesn’tContinue reading “Open Your Minds’ Eye”
Spirit and Truth
What does it mean to you to worship? Does worship mean going through rote traditions? Does it mean reciting rote prayers? Do you only worship when you are in a specific place? Have you ever worshiped somewhere other than a church? Are you truly worshiping God? We have many Christian traditions. They are not badContinue reading “Spirit and Truth”
The Company You Keep
Who are your friends? Who do you hang out with? What is their influence on you? Or, do you have an influence on them? Often when groups of people get together there is a group mentality that manifests itself. Does that happen when you are with certain groups? We see this group mentality manifest itselfContinue reading “The Company You Keep”
Building Correctly
Who built your house? Do you know? Should you know? Who are you working with to build your eternal home? Are you building with the right One? Have you invited Him in to work beside you? Are you willing to follow His instructions? There are many builders in this world. Some good, some not soContinue reading “Building Correctly”
Marty Pressey 