Category: Christ-like
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Dear Christians, If Church is your foundation then you NEED to rebuild!
“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.” -Billy Sunday Being a member of a church is not enough. Carrying a bible and wearing “church clothes” isn’t enough either. Saying all of the right prayers and calling out a timely “amen” isn’t enough either. […]
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Finding What We Seek…
“One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.” -Psalm 27:4 There is the old testament story about a woman named […]
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“Re-filling The Well.”
“The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” – Mark Twain To those today questioning your self-worth…you are important and loved. To the person seeking hope in what seems to be a hopeless dark mass of despair, God’s light will shine and guide you through this. To the person […]
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The Death Of The Sacred
I have a confession to make. Well, it’s really not much of a confession, more of a revealing of my nature.Here goes, I love technology. I love how it makes things convenient for me. My schedules are synced to my computer and my phone, I can create presentations from most of my mobile devices (of […]
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Silence is a Killer…A Devotional Pondering.
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11 Let’s face it, we all encounter difficult days…some more difficult than others. There are days that we can manage on our own, and then there are days when we are completely floored by the problems that […]
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Messy Church – Weekend VBS…”I Am’s of Jesus”
So we did a weekend of Messy Church recently, that consisted of 2 hour segments on the topic of the “I Am’s” of Jesus. I would recommend along with leaders at the stations, you have a time keeper to keep the stations and children moving. These Messy Church plans can be adapted and adjusted to […]
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4 Ways We Get Christianity Wrong
First of all let me set the record straight, if we aren’t following Christ and desiring to be like Him in every way, then we really shouldn’t call ourselves Christians. That’s a bold statement, but it’s true. We can’t understand who this Jesus guy is, unless we actually read and study His life. What did […]
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If It’s Not Broke…Then Break It.
There is a problem with our self-reliance. Independence is a great thing, but are we independent from God? Do we only require God’s help when it gets tough and we use God like a panic button? The problem with self-reliance isn’t about having too much control, it’s about the willful choice of not surrendering. what? […]
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Lenten Messy Church – Temptation
Key Verses: Matthew 4:1-11, 26:36-45, 69-75 The Theme is – How to be Strong, Prayer & Lenten/Easter We all face temptations in life, but how and where do we find the inner strength to say ‘no’ to what is harmful and instead choose what is best? How do we decide what is dangerous, especially if […]
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Lenten Perspectives Day 5b – Featuring Cadet Justin Steckbauer
Where did the human race come from? Did we evolve out of space dust and starlight? Or were we designed for a specific purpose? That is the ultimate question. But even if we were to say evolution is true, which is a stretch, where did the material for the universe come from? A big bang […]
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