by marshal | May 15, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship, Truth
It is more blessed to give than receive. (Acts 20:35 NIV) You must be kidding! Not only does the world encourage the accumulation of wealth, things, position and honors, it shouts its necessity. Yet Jesus suggests another way:Giving rather than...
by marshal | Apr 10, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Truth
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they will be filled. (Matthew 5:6 NIV) Hunger and thirst have a powerful influence over me. Signals travel to the brain center that controls these cravings — the hypothalamus. Then I have a...
by marshal | Mar 20, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities, Stewardship
Back in the early 1990's I spent over two years studying The Sermon on the Mount. One could say I was a slow learner or that His lessons take a lifetime to learn. Jesus communicates issues of the heart that will identify me as a follower of His. What is truly in...
by marshal | Feb 20, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
A battle wages within me daily…my relevance — my strong desire to be cool and accepted by my peers versus my reverence — my desire to please God and bring Him glory in all things. I remember as a teenager not feeling culturally relevant because I was...
by marshal | Jan 30, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
A battle wages within me daily — my timetable versus God's timetable. Somehow time is a big issue with me — being on time and getting it done quickly. And I have my reasons. God's timetable doesn't usually operate that way. And He has His...
by marshal | Jan 16, 2014 | Lessons Learned, Priorities
A battle wages within me daily — What to believe? Should I trust only what I can see — the visibly obvious? Or can I trust what I cannot see — by faith? I know what I can see. My actions which produce tangibly visible results are endorsed by my...
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