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Showing posts with label Compassion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Compassion. Show all posts
1/15/26

PEACE: invite God’s presence without pressure, shame, or coercion.

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I like the PEACE framework for helping people through change (myself included). It stands for Problem, Empathy, Action, Change, End Result. ...
2/4/25

Eternal Good news available to everyone (Rev 14:6, Acts 26:16-18, 1 Cor 15:3-4)

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Looking foreword to starting Words Matter today with SALT today. We're using  bibleproject.com/explore/word-studies/  with a theme word ...
12/20/24

Freedom, liberty in communion with God

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Sometimes we need a fresh start, we've been a failure and need to get back in step with the Lord. Sometimes a quick prayer doesn't f...
11/10/23

Biblical perspective on Active Listening (Luke 6:27-49, 8:8,18)

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Active Listening helps us understand and demonstrate compassion towards obstinate people. Active listening helps us see clearly and truly he...
4/16/22

Investing in the next generation is love displayed in time

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  By this everyone will know that you are My disciples if you love one another. - John 13:35 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each o...
1/17/22

What's important is in your heart, the inner person (Matthew 15:7-11)

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 Yesterday Troy D was talking about vital signs, assessing the inner person. He shared 7 marks of a healthy Christian Authentic in Worship, ...
6/22/21

Gratitude brings you into the present even when reflecting on the past

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  Love  https://www.openbible.info/topics/gratitude , an open-source Bible Reference voted up by real people. Gratitude is acknowledging God...
5/13/20

We are prone to judge people by their past, not their future

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I'm going to be in Wiersbe's Be Mature all summer. The title and the following are from him but worth remembering. I want to be a p...
8/25/19

The secret to obedience is true love (John 14:15, 15:10, 1 John 3:22)

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Reading   Be Real (1 John): Turning from Hypocrisy to Truth 4. Christian Love (1 John 3:18-24)  - True Christian love means loving in dee...
6/25/19

Addressing people with compassion and truth

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God's Word affirms our feeling of discontent within our selves. A fallen world. Jesus lived in a human body and yet trusted God in...
4/23/18

Prayer in the presence of God, requires us to forgive our offenders (Matt 18:15-35)

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I'm reading 21 Days of Breakthrough Prayer , the theme: “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that...
3/11/18

Gospel people, not religious people

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In John 8, they tried to trap Jesus. Jesus righteously responded with Gospel rather than religion. And as they continued to ask him, he sto...
2/23/18

Jesus shows how love impacts hope, manifested in relationships (Luke 10:25-37)

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Coming to God for hope Biblical hope is built on faith. Hope is the earnest anticipation that comes with believing something good. Hope ...
2/2/18

Faith comes by hearing the word about Christ (Romans 10:14-21)

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AIM: Understand our responsibility is preaching the Good news Romans 10:14-21 A) People believe and are saved when hearing the word about...
1/21/18

God's promises and sovereign will, seen in our lives (Romans 9:1-19)

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Romans 9:1-29 AIM: Understand your choice within God's sovereign wrath and mercy 1) Speak truth in Christ, conscience confirmed by ...
1/13/18

Does God change his mind?

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When we read the Bible, do we read what we believe or do we believe what we read? God is clearly immutable in nature and character (Malachi...
12/5/17

Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor (Proverbs 22:9 ESV)

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Whoever has a bountiful eye  will be blessed, "a bountiful eye" — one through which the soul looks in tender compassion — one t...
10/5/17

Praise God who comforts us, so we can comfort others (2 Cor 1:3-4)

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Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tr...
10/1/17

Misunderstanding hope can make Christianity feel like "bait and switch"

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Hope is not wishful thinking. Not “holding a positive thought,” it is the confident anticipation that goodness is coming. A rock-solid expe...
6/25/17

Proclaim as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ (Matthew 10:7)

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Psalm 10, Matthew 10 Today was serendipitous, Pastor Troy preached on Psalm 10 and I'm lagging on my writing through the  Psalms and G...