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Tag Archives: Power
August 11 – Are You Weak Enough?
2 Corinthians 12; 1 Chronicles 1-2; Habakkuk 3 It’s the interview question that leaves candidates in a cold sweat. Most people looking for a job know that this question’s going to be asked, and yet, they’re never prepared for it. … Continue reading
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July 16 – Success
1 Corinthians 4; 1 Kings 17; Amos 1 We all want to be “successful.” We really want our children to be “successful” and we hear stories of parents who have made great sacrifices so that their children can get the … Continue reading
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Tagged and responses to troubles, Apollos, big houses, Christians, clothing, Corinthians, faithful, faithfulness, Family problems, finances, foolishness, fools for Christ, garbage of the world, health and wealth, home status, honor, jewels of heaven, new cars, Numbers, Paul, Power, prestige, sacrifice, scum of the earth, strength, success, successful, sustenance, treatment by others, work type
July 12 – Becoming One
1 Corinthians 1:1-17; 1 Kings 12:32-13:34; Joel 1 It’s a meme that never grows old. This is the one that reminds us that, “You had one job” and the picture accompanying the meme is something done wrong. It could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, Apollos, Areopagus, Asia, Athens, baptism, Batman, body evil, Body of Christ, charity, Christ, Christian, Corinthians, Cross, followers of christ, fully God and fully man, good news of jesus, gospel, Grace, Greeks, Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, important leaders, meme, one job, Paul, penalty for sins, Peter, Power, resurrection, Superman, united, unity in the Church. walking with Jesus, virgin birth, you had one job
June 30 – Gaining Power in God’s Kingdom
Mark 10:32-52; 2 Samuel 24; Hosea 4:1-11a There are a lot of self-help books and articles in the world that tell you how to get and use power. It seems that everyone wants power. When you have power, you can … Continue reading
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Tagged ambition, church nursery, Cross, crucifixion, Dacher Keltner, exercise authority, Gentiles, greater good, greatness, homeless, investments, James, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jesus laughs, John, kick Romans out, Kingdom of God, messiah, parables, politicians, Power, power corrupts, rich and powerful, Romans, self-help, servant, slave, Sunday School teacher
June 20 – Victory is God’s
Mark 5:1-20; 2 Samuel 13; Daniel 7 One of the most amazing views from our location in Rwanda is the sunrise. When you wake up, you see the land shrouded in a haze. Through the mist, off in the east, … Continue reading
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Tagged Belshazzar, Daniel, Darius, facing difficulty, God, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lion's Den, needing help, Power, Rwanda, Son of Man, sunrise, victory, writing on the wall
April 9 – Expectations and Reality
Acts 1; Deuteronomy 11-12; Job 9 When I began teaching, I had some unrealistic expectations. I expected kids to sit quietly and learn, enthralled with every word that came out of my mouth. I expected amazing classroom discipline as kids … Continue reading
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Tagged ambassadors, apostles, care for others, cruifixion, disappointment, disciples, expectations, Forgiveness, Grace, Holy Spirit, hope, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Kingdom of God, mercy, messiah, Power, reality, reconciliation, resurrection, rise from the dead, Romans, teaching, unrealistic expectations, witnesses
February 13 – Gadflies
Hebrews 9:23-10:18; Exodus 9:1-10:29; Proverbs 3 The world needs gadflies. No, not those annoying horsefly types; the world needs the gadflies on society that continually provoke and annoy the authorities so that they consider other points of view. Socrates was … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American equality, America, Athens, Atlanta Compromise, Civil War, comfortable with power, compromise, Egyptian rule, freedom. firstborn, full equality, gadflies, gadfly, God, Herodians, inequality, Israel, Jesus, justice for all, Moses, Niagara Movement, Pharaoh, Pharisees, Power, racism, reforming society, Romans, Sadducees, second class citizens, social conscience, Socrates, ten plagues, truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, worship
February 11 – Lazy…or Hopeless?
Hebrews 8; Exodus 5:1-6:27; Proverbs 1 Success has its privileges. People who are successful gain more power and prestige in the community. People respect those who have achieved success. The man or woman who is in business for themselves will … Continue reading
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Tagged America, crop rotation, detractors, firm foundation, former slaves, freed slaves, George Washington Carver, God, God's love, Hebrews, hope, important to God, Israelites, Jesus Christ, lazy, long hours, lynchings, manual labor, Moses, no future, no hope, no straw, peanuts, Pharaoh, potential, Power, prestige, respect, sacrifices, success, the best, work under hot sun, worship
February 9 – Oppression
Hebrews 6:13-20; Exodus 1:1-2:25; Psalm 40 After the Civil War, former slaves began to work in our country and make economic and political headway. As they began making progress, some people, especially in the south got worried. The began to … Continue reading
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