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I Desire Mercy Not Sacrifice
Experiencing the mercy of God in our lives
Ready & Faithful
Looking to Jesus for help now and hope in the future
Why Suffering?
Help your church understand God's plan in pain
POURING OUT LIKE SWEAT Several years ago, Gatorade had an ad with Michael Jordan where he was covered in orange drops of sweat. The image says clearly that Michael Jordan is so full of Gatorade that it is literally pouring out of him like sweat. That’s an appropriate image of the Holy Spirit in ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15-24
Tags: Holy Spirit In Believers
Denomination: Methodist
AUGUSTINE AND THE FOUR STATES OF MAN In the 5th century AD, St. Augustine wrote about the "4 States of Man": * The first state of man (the haec sunt prima) is "living according to the flesh -- with reason making no resistance." This can be seen in so many ancient cultures and religions (and ...read more
Scripture: John 14:1-15
Tags: Allegory
Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed
LOSS OF JOY = INCOMPLETE OBEDIENCE F. B. Meyer: Sometimes a soul comes to its spiritual adviser, speaking thus: "I have no conscious joy, and have had but little for years." "Did you once have it?" "Yes, for some time after my conversion to God." "Are you conscious of having refused obedience to ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15
Tags: Obedience
“God’s work done in God’s way will never lack God’s ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15-18
Tags: Direction, Fashion, Solution, Affiliation
Denomination: *other
Love is one of the most powerful emotions we have. The actress Joan Crawford once said “Love is a fire but whether it warms your heart or burns your house down, you can never tell!” Love can motivate, give pleasure, hurt even destroy. It can make us do bold, even stupid things. During the 17th ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15-31, Romans 5:8
Tags: Love, Holy Spirit, Love And Obedience
Anyone that has been zapped by a speed camera or pulled over by the Police and gets a fine and endorsement is likely to be a bit more careful in the future, especially if the loss of their driving licence is threatened. Our obedience to the law doesn’t come about by our love for the policeman who ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15-31
Tags: Love, Law, Obedience
The conductor of a railroad was on his last day before retiring. As he was going through the cars punching tickets, he came to the third car and there was a man who had ridden that car through the years with the conductor. He stopped him by grabbing his shirt sleeve and said, “Hey Jim, how do you ...read more
Scripture: John 14:1-18
Tags: Evangelism, Death, Salvation, Going Home
What does it mean to be a hero maker? A hero maker is a leader who shifts from being the hero to making others the hero in God's unfolding story. Real hero makers first die to any vision of personal glory. The dying involves a very real transition, one of grief and loss of ever becoming that ...read more
Scripture: John 14:12, Matthew 6:33
Tags: Leadership, Disciple Making, Leadership Training
I don’t see as many vending machines around as I used to see. The ones I see now, you can pay with your phone or your smart watch. In the old days, all the vending machines had the food on metal coils that would rotate and move the food forward when you make your selection. Sometimes, that item ...read more
Scripture: John 14:13, Luke 4:38-44
Tags: God, Prayer, Vending Machine
Misunderstandings happen all the time. Here are some: My toddler was about to hit her head on a bar at the playground, so I told her to duck. She quacked at me and then hit her head. A guy ran into a service station and said he needed some 710. They had no idea what he was talking about. So he ...read more
Scripture: John 14:1-11
Tags: Humor, Too Literal, Literal, Misunderstanding, Miscommunication (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Independent/Bible
It was December 5 - and I was turning 50 years old. My wife and I went out for dinner with some close friends. During dinner I was informed that we were staying at a hotel by the airport tonight because we had to catch a flight in the morning. Surprise! Happy birthday! Fred, we are taking you on ...read more
Scripture: John 14:1, John 14:1-17, Philippians 4:6-7
Tags: Peace, Birthday
Denomination: Pentecostal
"You aren't accepted because you obey, you obey because you are ...read more
Scripture: John 14:15, Isaiah 6:8
Tags: Love, Obedience, Acceptance, Faith, Works (view more) (view less)