Month: January 2019

blog to help followers of Jesus

Seven Traits for Spiritual Success

There are certain traits everyone needs in order to succeed. In our spiritual lives we encounter obstacles, temptations, opposition and discouragement. God helps us develop all these traits so we can grow and become everything God wants us to be. The Seven Tenacity. Tenacity is a scrappy and active pursuit of what Jesus is leading…
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January 15, 2019 0

Lessons from Kings

The books of 1 and 2 Kings provide us with the narrative of the ancient kingdom of Israel and how God dealt with his people. It contains plenty of lessons on how He works and how we are to live. 7 Lessons One – the Power of Presence And when the priests came out of…
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January 11, 2019 0

Lies, Slander, Hate — How to Guard Your Mind in a Culture of Verbal Abuse

Words of discord, division and hate (I don’t like to use that word but it is so appropriate today) are being shared and embraced. They race like a cancer through our culture and we don’t even realize we are sick! Where ever we go, there is information and disinformation being streamed and displayed. We can…
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January 8, 2019 0

Lessons from 1 and 2 Samuel – How to Kill a Giant!

Every book in the Bible gives us lessons on how we are to live. Some books have many lessons. For example, Proverbs is full of lessons, hundreds of them. Other books are more challenging to extract lessons for our daily lives. Narrative books like 1 and 2 Samuel must be read carefully with a goal…
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