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Tag Archives: sacrifice
The Sins Of The Parent(s)
There’s a sect of folks in Christianity that believe in what is called “generational sin”. In this view, God visits the sins of parents on their children without the child having committed such sin. An example of this would be … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Passionate Observations, Single-Parenthood
Tagged character, children, fatherhood, God, grace, Jesus, parenting, perspective, sacrifice, single-parenthood, singleness, step up, truth
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Have You Considered My Servant…?
Often times, when Jesus allows a trial into our lives, we focus on the pain, the loss, the hurt, and the ever-present question “Why me?” It is not often that we think about that fact that before that trial got … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, faith, God, Jesus, perspective, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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The Linear Cyclicity of History
“The linear…what? Cyclicity?! Huh? Of History. Ok. You’ve lost me!” Yeah. It’s a mouthful, but I think it paints the perfect word picture. There are a few schools of thought on the path of history, whether it’s linear or cyclical. … Continue reading
Posted in Passionate Observations, Random Musings
Tagged battle, eternity, faith, God, grace, Jesus, love, perspective, pray, sacrifice, salvation, The Gospel, truth, worldview
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The Shunemite – Trusting God in Loss!
As I’ve prayed and thought about today’s post, God brought me back to an old milestone. Many years ago, God was beginning to reveal Himself to me, as a young man. Somewhere along the way, I’d bought into the idea … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible study, blessings, character, God, grace, Jesus, perspective, relationships, sacrifice, suffering, truth, worldview
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When Life Sucks…Check Your Lenses!
Have you ever worn glasses? Maybe they were sunglasses, or prescription glassed, or maybe prop glasses for a performance or that “perfect touch to a look.” Whatever glasses they were, didn’t you just hate when you had a smudge on … Continue reading
Posted in Single-Parenthood, Uncategorized
Tagged attitude, breathe, God, grace, know Jesus, loneliness, love, perspective, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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Suffering Honors Jesus & Denies The Flesh
The last few months have been an opportunity to learn a lot about suffering for Jesus and denying myself. If you know the Bible, you know that, in Luke 9:23, Jesus lays out that to follow Him means “you must … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, Bible, contentment, God, grace, Jesus, know Jesus, pray, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth
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Gratefulness Admidst Pain
Have you ever wanted something, and someone gives you a gift, and you think it’s the something you want, but it’s really something else? Well, my High School English teachers would kill me for that sentence, but I think we’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Random Musings
Tagged attitude, blessings, character, contentment, Jesus, perspective, sacrifice, worldview
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I Don’t Matter…Truly!
The other night, I was quite irritated with one of my children because of an attitude issue. As I took a moment to calm down and clear my mind, it dawned on me that “I don’t matter!” Now, initially, this … Continue reading
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Tagged attitude, Bible study, faith, grace, Jesus, know Jesus, sacrifice, spirituality, suffering, truth, worldview
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Sometimes, Pain Moves Us Onward
I must admit, I’m a pretty classic human; I don’t like pain, and I prefer comfort. But over the last few years, it’s become clearer and clearer to me that I need to flip that around, and learn to not … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Study, Passionate Observations
Tagged attitude, Bible study, blessings, character, contentment, faith, God, perspective, sacrifice, suffering, trials, truth, worldview
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Loving While It Hurts
Hollywood lied to me! That’s likely no surprise to anyone! However, it is a regular event for me to realize that I bought some Hollywood lie! And it’s annoying to find I did so! In this case, I bought the … Continue reading
Posted in Random Musings, Single-Parenthood
Tagged character, children, love, parenting, sacrifice, single parenting, suffering, truth
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