What-ever: “Permanently Pressing”

  What-ever  “Permanently Pressed” Philippians 3: 7-10 “Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize…” Philippians 3:14   Given the relative ease with which people move from place to place and country to country,  citizenship has become a hot issue. Today Paul says […]

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What-ever: “Pure and Praiseworthy

What-ever: “Pure and Praiseworthy”    Philippians 2:3-4 “…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling…” Philippians 2:12  Jesus was wholly obedient to the will of the Father, and Paul was obedient to the will of God in Jesus. Can we say the same? What-ever we do, Paul says we are to look “not […]

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What-ever: “Nobly Done”

What-ever: “Nobly Done”  “Whatever happens, conduct yourself in a manner worthy of the Gospel of Christ”- Philippians 1:27 “What-ever” is an expression of indifference, but not in the Christian life. Paul says that what-ever we think, act on, or otherwise lend our energies to makes a difference to the church, the world, and to our […]

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Sight/ Seeing: “My Place”

Sight /Seeing: “My Place” John 4:34-36   We all have differences of  of with people on a variety of issues, but sometimes those differences are  so fundamental that they are  irreconcilable.  When such a gap exists between us and other people where does God come down? 

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Sight/ Seeing: “See the World” Mark 9:20-24 “If you can? said Jesus. Everything is possible for him who believes” Living in an imperfect world, it seem like we take in sights of suffering, disorder and dysfunction every day. But what does God want us to “see”? On God’s Sight/ Seeing tour, the brokenness around us […]

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Sight/ Seeing: “Look at Me”

Sight /Seeing: “Look at Me” Luke 18:9-13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance…‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’” – Luke 18:13  From the time we can talk we are calling to Mom: “look at me!”, knowing that the sight of our achievements will result in her high praise. But how about when […]

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Less for More: “Me-Less”

May 19 Less for More: “Me-Less” Matthew 8:18-22 “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.” – Matthew 8:19 Jesus says we should judge-less for more love in our lives, worry-less for more trust in God, and treasure stuff-less for more treasures in heaven.  But what if we start with a me-less mentality? How can […]

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