Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Tonight I want you to consider a third lesson from Matthew 16:13-23. In the first lesson we noted that Peter understood the fact that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God. But he did not understand God's purposes in Jesus. Therefore, he rebuked Jesus when Jesus said ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Do you like to use your imagination? If you build things, you do. If you solve problems, you do. If you are creative, you do. If you provide leadership, you do. If you play competitive sports, you do. If you hunt or fish, you do. There are very few people ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
God gave you and me, as Christians, some incredible promises. Because we were baptized into Christ, God promised that He would forgive and forget all of our sins (Hebrews 8:12). God promised if we maintain faith in Christ, maintain our commitment to live in God's ways, and maintain a heart ...
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
All of us tend to exaggerate our loveableness. First, we exaggerate our personal loveableness by asking what each of us considers a rhetorical question: "Why shouldn't anyone love a person like me?" We tend to think "everyone should love a person like me!" If I love me, why shouldn't you ...
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
One of the most powerful negative forces that exist in our society today is discouragement. This force is even more powerful in the church. There are likely more people who worship no where, or have changed to a different kind of church, or who are a loud, negative voice in ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Today I want to focus us on the concept of gifts. At first mention, you might not think that is a very important concept. I hope when you finish thinking with me, you will find your insights and thoughts truly helpful.
I suspect all of us have received gifts. What concept ...
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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Have you ever felt desperately alone and completely empty? You felt absolutely nothing inside. Your life was so empty that you could feel the hollowness. You were certain that no one really cared if you were alive or dead. The loneliness was so painful you knew it was obvious, but ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Spiritually, we create an enormous danger when we have sound knowledge of God's facts and truths, but have little or no knowledge of God's purposes. That danger has existed from the time of Adam and Eve's rebellion against God in the garden of Eden. That same danger intensified and rose ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
In the summer that I was eighteen, I preached for the Mount Della Church of Christ, a small, rural congregation in the hills of east Tennessee. Among the families that were a part of that congregation was a family named Wallace. Load Wallace, the father, had served in the Second ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
When the topic of discussion is follower, how would you describe yourself as a follower? Do you know how to follow? What is your concept of following? To you is following keep your mouth shut, try to stay out of the way, and don't create a problem? Is your concept ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
How long has it been since you focused on or gave serious attention to the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20) when God spoke those commandments to Israel?
Then God spoke all these words, saying, I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the ...
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Friday, March 21st, 2008
I want you to consider a powerful, common factor that dramatically affects every person's life. No one escapes the impact of this common factor. Everyone is affected by it. The power and influence of this factor are astounding to the point of disbelief.
This specific factor causes more joy in the ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
In the past few weeks, I have shared four lessons on Sunday mornings:
A New Me in a New World
A New People
New People Leadership
Decisions: New People Ownership
In these four lessons, we have noted that Christ died to produce a new people, a people who are unlike any people who existed. Each ...
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
All people possess a set of masks. And, all people use those mask. We wear several masks every day. Masks exist to conceal. We hide behind masks. By using our masks, we attempt to control how well other people know us. Typically, we allow a person to know us as ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Everybody has troubles. No one wants the troubles he or she has. When it comes to troubles, we have two basic preferences. First preference: we don't want any. We want a daily life that is literally free from trouble of any kind. We spend lots of energy and effort trying ...
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