Do you give your best? Or do you hold back? It is easy for us to hold back a portion for ourselves. We have a built-in instinct to take care of ourselves. We also can be selfish, wanting the best for ourselves. The combination of those two can drive us to being reserved and savingContinue reading “Giving It All To Jesus”
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A Father’s Love
Do you wish you had more? If you could have your inheritance now, would you take it? Have you contemplated asking for it? Do you take it a little at a time? Have you thought it spoils the effect of it being an inheritance? Does it feel like it is selfish to desire it now?Continue reading “A Father’s Love”
Repent Like David
Have you ever done something so bad you thought you could never be forgiven? Do you wonder if forgiveness is real? Is it hard for you to believe that God can and will forgive you? Have you asked God to forgive you? Have you poured out your broken heart to him? Forgiveness can be hardContinue reading “Repent Like David”
One Body, Many Members
Have you played a team sport? Have you been a member of a band? Have you worked on a team project? What did you learn from your experience? Did you discover there were different personalities and different skills coming together for a common goal? Being part of a team, if the team is going toContinue reading “One Body, Many Members”
Bad Decisions
Have you made a very bad decision with long-lasting effects? Have you ever been chastised for making a bad decision? Did you realize it was a bad decision at the time? Did you make the decision based on a selfish desire, based on what you wanted? Would you change your decision today? We all makeContinue reading “Bad Decisions”
Attitude of Jesus
What makes you angry? Is your anger based on selfish reasons? Do you get angry when things do not go your way? Do you get angry when you feel someone has wronged a loved one? Is your anger based on God’s Word? Do you get upset when you see people disobeying? Often anger is basedContinue reading “Attitude of Jesus”
Work Out Your Salvation
Have you ever feared for your life? Have you faced an extremely tough situation in which you had to figure out how you would get through it? Were you forced into to doing something you would not normally do? Are you willing to go against your human inclination for eternity’s sake? Facing a life andContinue reading “Work Out Your Salvation”
Character Building
Have you ever done endurance work? Has that work improved your overall endurance? Have you spent time building your character? Were there specific pieces of your character you were working on? What were the steps you were taking to build your character? Endurance is not easy to build. Physical endurance requires us spending time andContinue reading “Character Building”
All About Heart
What are you looking for in this life? Are you looking for a guarantee of where you will spend eternity? Are you looking for a life filled with wonderment, good times, and luxury? Do you spend your time serving others? Do you think doing good works will earn your way to heaven? Many of usContinue reading “All About Heart”
Condemning Ourselves
Are you an actor? Do you expect people to act a certain way, but not yourself? Do you get upset at someone doing something, but do the very same thing yourself? Do you know the proper term for that is hypocrite, someone who acts one way in one setting, but differently in another? We are inundatedContinue reading “Condemning Ourselves”
Marty Pressey 