Tag: Spiritual Growth

• Acting Out Our Faith: What Shall We Do?

  “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”  When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in…

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  May 4, 2012

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Baptized, Christianity, Inspiration, Jesus, Relying on God, Salvation, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Acting Out Our Faith: No More Walls

  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place.  Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.  They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.  All…

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  April 29, 2012

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Devotions, Holy Spirit, humility, Pentecost, Relying on God, Spiritual Growth, Walls

• Life in Community: It’s Unity, Not Uniformity

  Introduction: The service at church today was focused in on the larger part of this passage in Ephesians and really hit home with me.  I need to get busy being the body of Christ with others.  It was a great word and a great service.  If you are interested, you can hear the sermon after…

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  April 15, 2012

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Community, Devotions, fellowship, humility, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Unity

• Life in Community: The Place of Holiness

  Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all…

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  April 8, 2012

  Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, Community, Devotions, fellowship, Holiness, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Life in Community: The Humility of Christ

  Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.  Let Israel be glad in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.  Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.  For the LORD takes pleasure in…

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  April 1, 2012

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  blessing, Christianity, Community, Devotions, fatherhood, humility, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Paint on Us

  So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!  All this is from God, who reconciled us to…

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  February 28, 2012

  Devotions, Poetry, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  brokenness, Christianity, Emptiness, Holiness, Relying on God, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• Resolutions: One Whose Eye Sees Clearly

  A repost from last year.  May God bless you and yours this coming year.   Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as at other times, but turned his face toward the desert. When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe,…

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  January 9, 2012

  American Society and Culture, Spiritual Transformation

  Christianity, humility, Inspiration, Patience, Relying on God, Resolution, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Wisdom

• The Right Kind of Righteousness: Unrighteous Anger

  My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. – James 1:19-20 (NIV) There is a lot of anger being thrown around today.  We see it on our TV screens,…

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  December 18, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Anger, brokenness, Christianity, Fruit of the Spirit, humility, Patience, Relying on God, Righteousness, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• The Right Kind of Righteousness: A Gracious Memory Leads to a Better Future

  At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.  But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of…

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  December 12, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  blessing, Christianity, Grace, humility, Righteousness, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth

• The Right Kind of Righteousness: Faith in the Good News

  I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The…

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  December 4, 2011

  American Society and Culture, Devotions, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Transformation

  Devotions, Faith, Relying on God, Righteousness, Spiritual discipline, Spiritual Growth, Spirituality and the natural world