Communication can be difficult and has become even more complex because of social media. We need help with taking the time to understand each other and sometimes are more interested in being heard than being understood. We like others listening to us but sometimes have no desire to listen to others.
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In his brief letter to Titus, one of the young pastors under his care, Paul provides instruction on issues like church leadership and doctrine. In the exhortations spanning Titus 2:11–3:11, Paul describes the relationship between God’s grace and our good works. Like a cause and effect, grace, he explains, produces in us a desire to do good (2:14).
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Little children always seem to want their parents’ attention. They’ll throw a ball or get on a bicycle and call out, “Mom, watch me!” or “Hey, Dad, watch this!” It warms their hearts to know their parents are paying attention to them.
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Fathers have an incalculable impact on their daughters. Most psychologists believe, and I am one of them, that all future romantic relationships are influenced positively or negatively by the way a girl interacts with her dad in her childhood years.
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Picture this: I was preaching in this little church and a Pentecostal woman, sitting about halfway back, kept raising her hand. I found it strange but kept going. She was relentless, so I finally asked her, “Do you have a question?” She turned white as a sheet. Turns out, she didn’t have a question. That was just her way of saying “Amen” in response to what I was teaching. (Neither of us ...
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Have you ever seen a small child open a gift, only to wind up playing excitedly with the bow that was on the package? The problem is that he doesn’t understand the value of the gift he has received; he is unacquainted with just what it is that he has been given. We are just like that child when we find our souls thrilled by the prospect of a new ...
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Christians living in America, or any modern nation, would be wise to follow this advice. As citizens of heaven, we yearn for the holiness and customs of our homeland. But, we cannot expect our neighbors and politicians to adopt the Bible as their Magna Carta if Jesus Christ is not their Lord.
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We often claim that we want God's vision and we want God to use us, but in reality we want to be used only on our terms. Our words loudly profess, "Here I am, Lord. Use me however You want." But our hearts whisper, "Lord, I want to serve You, but only if it means working on this project or serving in that location.
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On one of our tours in Israel, we came across a tree growing straight out of a rock along a path beside a river. What amazed me was that there was apparently no soil or earth around it for strength and security. As we looked closer, we noticed that its root system had not wrapped itself around the rock but wisely went straight into the river.
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How can you love God more? We’ve all heard we need to love God more and prove our love for Him. Some of us have even heard that we are to love God more than our own families! But this concept is actually absent from the New Testament.
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