“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 Love and Lordship in Focus…Perhaps the greatest identity we have in Christ is that He makes us completely new in Him. The old person and selfish flesh no longer have to rule over us as we choose Christ and His Holy Spirit in us by faith. Are you choosing to live as a new creation in Christ…or still living in... Read More
November 4, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – Kingdom Workers in Christ
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“For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.” 1 Corinthians 3:9 Love and Lordship in Focus...We are God’s chosen workers, individually and collectively, in Christ! We are His cultivated and prepared field or land in which He can produce good fruit and good harvest for others to know Him. We are His dwelling place…His building! In the last several weeks our focus has been on how significant and valued we are in Christ…our identity in Him! We are grafted in by... Read More
October 28, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – Bearing Fruit in Christ
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“You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.” John 15:16 Love and Lordship in Focus...Do you realize how important and powerful it is that God chose to partner with us to be the bearers of His Fruit for His Kingdom and Glory! Are you trying to produce your own fruit…or humbly... Read More
October 25, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – A Citizen of Heaven-Abiding in Christ
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“I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me will be thrown out like a branch and wither; people will gather them and throw them into a fire and they will be burned.” John 15:5-6 Love and Lordship in Focus...How often do we mix the independent individualism of the American Dream with The Word and claim how we... Read More
October 21, 2024
Knowing and Loving Who You Are – Powerful in Christ
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“For God has not given us a spirit of fear or timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline (sound mind).” 2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) Love and Lordship in Focus...When you believe in and submit to Christ as Savior and Lord you receive His Holy Spirit. The Spirit does not invoke or tolerate fear and timidity but gives us…check out these 3 words together…power, love and self-discipline (or control or a sound mind). Do you display these as evidence of The Holy Spirit in you? If... Read More