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When God calls a person, two possible negative responses are pride and indifference. In pride, we are ignorant and self-centered. We fail to recognize our fallen nature, our insufficiency. In indifference, we yawn at the idea of a relationship with God in favor of other interests. The indifferent must come to Him, ask and receive, be zealous and repent! We have a command to self control, and must control our indifference, fight to develop zeal! Develop good habits.

February 17,2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org Perhaps the most unlikely words to be uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ are in our Bibes today. Jesus says in modern terms of the church in Laodicea, “You make me sick!” As we open to Revelation…

February 17, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org Today, and every day of our lives, the Cross of Christ is the source of our power to live in this world of sin. Living a life that glorifies God is called sanctified living. Sanctification…

February 17, 2012 By John Barnett Read,print, and listen to this resource on our website www. DiscoverTheBook.org As we open to Rev. 2:1-7 we are reading the personal message in Christ's last words to His Church. These verses are part of a warning about what tripped up the earliest generations of believers.…

February 28, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to the resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org As we open to I Samuel 16 think with me what David must have felt: So much has happened so fast. First, “King for a day” in chapter 16 we met a young shepherd boy, minding his sheep when the…

March 5, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print, and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org As we open to Psalm 101, may I remind you of a transformational truth? Your habits are shaping your destiny, one little action at a time. Habits are the default settings of our soul. When we…

ADVICE DAD NEVER GAVE YOU Ralph Sorter Sometimes a counselor doesn’t need to teach a new principle…but what he would like to do is nail a principle already taught to a 2 x 4 and hit them between the eyes with it a few times. Bad habits are hard to change, like removing a stubborn nut from a bolt with…

ADVICE DAD NEVER GAVE YOU Ralph Sorter The problem with bad habits is that they keep revisiting us. Like a debt collector that won’t take “go away” for an answer, they return again and again until the debt is paid. Consider this: Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. What contributes…

Better Days adapted from a sermon by Steve Shepherd Psalms 34:12-16 How do you recognize when you’re going to have a bad day? You turn on the news to see a map showing emergency routes out of the city. The bird singing outside your window is a buzzard. Your income tax check bounces. You put both contact…

ign:center'>Prescription: Balanced Diet & ExerciseSunday, January 3, 2010 Various Texts Subject: Disciplines Theme: Disciplines of the Xn faith Proposition: The disciplines will help us Know Christ and help us Make Him Known. T.S. INTRO: Superbowl is coming up. Since the Colts aren’t in it, many who…

08/02/2009 Fork in the Road Knox 16 PC 483/570/461 Psalm 143 Jeremiah 31:7-14 Ephesians 1:3-10 OOPS! After a violent storm one night, a large tree, which over the years had become a stately giant, was found lying across the pathway in a park. Nothing but a splintered stump was left. Closer examination…

Meditation Vcfss February 5, 2000 Actual instructions on the packaging of products. On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." (But wouldn't this save even more time?) On Boot's Children's Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." (We…

+ 1 Habits From Thesalonica. Acts 17:1-15 + Chariots of Fire - 1981 British Film - Nominated for 7 academy Awards - Won 4 Including Best Picture - Eric Liddell born 1902 - Called the "Flying Scotsman” - Sees running as a way of glorifying God before traveling to China to work as a missionary - At 22…

Spiritual Disciplines Vcfss 1/30/00 Heb 12:4-11 I. Introduction A. Making disciples 1. This is the issue for most of you 2. Becoming a better disciple is always the journey 3. Three strand cord of discipleship Eccles. 4:12 Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands…

“SO I’M A CHRISTIAN…NOW WHAT?” #2: “The Power of Habits” Pastor Greg Henneman February 11, 2007 Text: Colossians 3 Theme: Christ can change your life –if you cooperate! Goal: To inspire us develop the basic habits that will help us grow spiritually. Introduction Last month we talked about WHY I AM A…

1. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennersaret, 2. And saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fisherman had gone from them and were washing their nets. 3. Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon’s and asked him to put…

1) 1-27-08…AM…SBC The How-to’s of Holiness – Part 1 1 Timothy 4:7 / Ephesians 4:17-24 Introduction: Because we are all sinful we crave addiction to something Ø The Addicted person · It starts with an opportunity, a desire and a choice · Ideas like “just once won’t hurt anyone” flood the mind · Feelings…