“…forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so must you do also.” Paul (Colossians 3:13b) Love and Lordship in Focus...Unforgiveness in your life breeds bitterness and hatred…not just for those whom you’ve failed to forgive. It will fester until it rears its ugly head toward any and all who have any disagreement or conflict with you. Choose forgiveness and love! First of all, I pray that you know Christ as Savior and Lord and are able to... Read More
June 30, 2025
Bear With One Another
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“…bearing with one another,…” Paul (Colossians 3:13a) Love and Lordship in Focus...What does it mean to lovingly “bear with one another?” It literally means that we empathetically and patiently build relationships with (relate to) one another in humility and gentleness. If you haven’t noticed this is not always easy…but it doesn’t change God’s Word and how we are to live and relate in Christ! Remember when Paul told the Ephesians to "be patient and bear with one another in love." Well this must be pretty... Read More
June 23, 2025
Freedom: Liberty or License?
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“Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.” – Paul (Galatians 5:1 NKJV) Love and Lordship in Focus...Liberty is true freedom. License is enslavement to our own passions. Liberty and license both cost us something but liberty brings blessings and license brings burdens and destruction. On this Independence Day 2025, some thoughts on Freedom…is it Liberty or License? Why do I ask? Because they are not the same…one... Read More
June 16, 2025
Don’t Lie To One Another
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“Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self, which is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created it—” Paul (Colossians 3:9-10) Love and Lordship in Focus...Lying to others is a great dishonor to Christ and His Word…however it is not just outright speaking something that is untrue. Deception and embellishment are forms of lying that do not exhibit our Lord and... Read More
June 2, 2025
Consider Others Above Self
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“Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves.” Paul (Philippians 2:3) Love and Lordship in Focus...How can we as selfish human beings be humble and place others above ourselves? Only in Christ and by His Spirit. Last week's "one another" called us to "submit to one another out of reverence or honor for Christ." You want to know where this begins? Philippians 2:3 gives us the example of Christ and tells us to do the... Read More