MATURE TO LIVE JOYFULLY …I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God of love and peace will be with you. (2 Corinthians 13:11 NLT) 1. Be joyful. We must not be bitter or resentful. Don’t be negative. Don’t be…
WE CAN RE-OPEN OUR HEART? Part 2 I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us! (2 Corinthians 6:13 NLT) We must learn to set boundaries to toxic people in our lives and separate them from our circle of influence, so they don’t affect us, but…
CAN WE OPEN RE-OPEN OUR HEART? I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us!(2 Corinthians 6:13 NLT) It’s not easy to be vulnerable by opening our hearts to other people, especially when we have been hurt in the past. Abuses and disappointments in childhood, in…
NEW PERSON Part 2 This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT) Yesterday we saw three points of what Christ does in our life and when we come to Him and now, we will speak about…
NEW PERSON When I come to Christ, I become a different person. This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!(2 Corinthians 5:17 NLT) 1. If before I was antisocial and isolated myself, now in Christ I have learned the power…
BONDS THAT BRING CONTENTMENT I am very glad that Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus have come here. They have been providing the help you weren’t here to give me. They have been a wonderful encouragement to me, as they have been to you…(1 Corinthians 16:17-18 NLT) 1. The arrival of some people cause us stress, but…
HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS – part 2 THE WORLD IS NOT PERFECT No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land. These wicked people are born sinners; … (Psalms 58:2-3 NLT) Can we live successfully in a world where good and evil exist? Yes! Three things we can do to enjoy life…
HAVE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS THE WORLD IS NOT PERFECT If I hold on to the idea of waiting until the world is perfect, then without a doubt I will live frustrated. No! You plot injustice in your hearts. You spread violence throughout the land. These wicked people are born sinners… (Psalms 58:2-3 NLT) Reality is that…
BONDS LISTEN “Then Job spoke again: Listen closely to what I am saying. That’s one consolation you can give me. Bear with me, and let me speak…” Job 21:1-3 NLT People often don’t need advice; they only need to be listened to. They are not asking for advice; they only ask to be understood. On…
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RELATIONAL BONDS Six days later Jesus took Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone. As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white, far whiter than any earthly bleach could ever make them. Then Elijah and Moses appeared and began talking with…
