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How to Remove Sin From Your Life
Romans 3:23 is one of the first Bible verses that many people hear and learn on their way to accepting Christ as their savior. "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." That verse sets a standard. None of us has gone through life to this point without having sinned. We see it in others, and even if we don't recognize it in our own lives, others see it in us. Some are comfortable continuing in a life of sin, but most people want to remove it from their lives. The problem is that...
Jesus At The Center Of It All
It is the Wednesday of Passion (or Holy) Week and a thought struck me as I was preparing for our student worship night tonight. As I often do when reviewing songs for a worship service, I began singing other worship songs in my head after I put my guitar down. Jesus at the Center. Jesus at the center of it all Jesus at the center of it all from beginning to the end it will always be it's always been You Jesus. How often do I allow other things to push Jesus out of the center of my life? The...
I Need A Writer’s Block
I can't believe how long it has been since I've written. I've journaled off and on, written "net outs" (one page book reports) for class, rewrote a couple of messages, and plenty of texts and emails over the past six months, but haven't written anything else. I have not blogged. I have not even looked at the book I started. I haven't written any new songs or even one line of lyrics. You could say it is a moment of writer's block. But it is a different kind of writer's block that has been...
Be The Church
What is The Church? I mentioned in my post, The Importance of The Church, that I like to close the services at Crossroads Church - Bridgeville by saying "...be The Church..." but it occurs to me that those words may be an abstract concept to some, if not most. It's easy to understand what it is to go to church, but what does it mean to be The Church? Many of us who grew up in church were taught a little hand trick... Here is the church, here is the steeple. Open the doors and see all the...
The Importance of The Church
#BeTheChurch Church is not a place you go on Sunday. It is not a building with a killer worship band and crazy fun kids rooms. Church is not pews or chairs aimed towards a stage where a preacher teaches from GOD'S Word. Church is the Body of Christ. Church is the nation of disciples called by HIS Name. Christians are the Church. The Church has had a tainted image in the view of a growing number of people in our nation though. "I like your Christ, but I don't like your Christians." "I believe...
Representing The Kingdom
Has anyone ever said something that stuck with you for a long time. You might not have even noticed how it impacted you until months later, and then you remember in an instant those words that branded your heart. I've been thinking a lot about something a friend told me when I stopped to visit him at his car wash. He was working on fixing a part for one of the automatic wash bays and asked me if I needed my car washed. I politely declined as we were walking out of his shop and he offered again...
Prayer Life
Like many other parts of my life, my prayer life has gone through different seasons and changes. The prayers of my youth were often centered around my selfish desires. Even that first prayer in kindergarten to ask JESUS into my heart was a fire insurance prayer. I don't want to burn in hell so I better pray that JESUS saves me and takes me to heaven. I would pray for the salvation of others too, but most of my prayers were about things that I wanted for myself. GOD, help me with this test....
Course Corrections
The first course correction came when i left my job of fourteen years at the end of january to embark on a new journey that I felt GOD was calling me on. I heard HIM call me, and i've continued to hear HIM call me since my early years in high school. There were seasons of my life when things weren't panning out that i began to doubt. I even got to the point of telling myself that i made up that story in high school because i wanted to be something that i wasn't. But even then, GOD never...
kick in the teeth (Guest Post)
The following is a guest post by my awesome wife, Elise: So I was driving home today and saw two men on two separate corners, both holding signs that said "broke, hungry". My initial thought was that I should just drive on past. I mean, they had to have done something to get themselves in this mess, right? They both were young, looked able to work, and aside from being dirty, seemed to be dressed well enough. My next thought, as I drove by, was that they were probably on drugs or into some...
I’n ‘tuck (Guest Post)
Guest Post by Linda Nance. I love watching children play! Their innocence and imagination are refreshing – especially, as they learn about the world around them. I recently had the privilege of watching my youngest grandson, Isaiah. Isaiah is a typical 2-year old little boy. He can play with just about anything and have a BIG time enjoying even simple pleasures. In this instance, he was playing with a cardboard box that his daddy had taped together for packing. I watched as Isaiah climbed in...
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