daily word - new friends?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on November 11, 2021 - 10:15

Do you have lifelong friends? Have you ever felt a divine unction to change the direction in your life and move into something new? Did your friends approve of the change? If not, then this puts you in a dilemma. One resolution would be to follow my direction for you and make new friends. There is value in a multitude of counsel, but in some more than others. As the direction of your journey changes, it is normal and appropriate to acquire new travelling companions. You don’t have to break contact with those you have long known, but you don’t need to let them set your course.

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daily word - dogma2?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on November 10, 2021 - 11:32

Do you belong to the one true church? Most Christians know better than to claim that their denomination is the one and only, and yet who doesn’t think that their own church is better than others? Are you biased toward your own tribe? Yet have you ever found truth outside of your tradition? If you haven’t you aren’t looking very hard. Some are not open to the possibility of this and that is a mistake. Even if your church has valid aspects of the truth it doesn’t have all truth.

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daily word - dogma?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on November 09, 2021 - 09:25

Are you dogmatic? Do you know people who are? Have you found that people who are dogmatic over theology or ideology or politics tend to be angry and depressed? If it is important to you to defend the faith in this way then then that is the price to pay, but is it necessary? Consider the example of my own life. Would you say that I was dogmatic? Think of healing on the Sabbath, keeping company with sinners, accepting outsiders. Didn’t I put people ahead of doctrine, and accept those who acted in faith and love even if I could have emphasized errors in their beliefs?

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daily word - tribe?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on November 08, 2021 - 10:05

Do you belong to a tribe? This term has a connotation of primitive simplicity, but the basic human need for belonging to a group has always existed and is just as strong today. Don’t you seek out the regular company of those who are like-minded to you? Church is one version of this. How many congregations cut across the lines of income, cultural background, and political ideology? What was my tribe? Didn’t I depart from the structure in which I was raised and speak directly to the common people? Can you see that I put a special emphasis on the outsider, the weak and powerless?

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Which Focus: Rapture Me Out of This Hellhole or Anoint Me to Disciple All Nations?

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Submitted by Mark Virkler on November 06, 2021 - 17:46

Our nation and world are reeling in deception and darkness. Lies are all around us: corrupt elections, corrupt politicians, corrupt news media, corrupt public education, a corrupt CDC, corrupt Supreme Court and governors, corrupt pastors who preach an unanointed church with no power to transform society and a powerful satan who will destroy society. Other atrocities include child sex trafficking, sexual perversion, drugs, hopelessness and pandemic fear. So is this the end? Should I despair? Absolutely NOT!!!

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Miracles Occur When COMPLETELY Aligned with Rhema and Vision from God

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Submitted by Mark Virkler on November 04, 2021 - 17:19

How miracles occur – Faith which casts mountains into the sea and brings forth a child at 100 years of age is conceived by a rhema and vision from God, which when incubated through pondering, speaking and acting, births a miracle in the fullness of time.

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daily word - time

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on October 31, 2021 - 06:00

How do you perceive the passage of time? Have you heard that time flies when you are having fun? Have you found this to be true? Have you found that a lack of engagement causes time to drag on? Time is the most precious gift you have because it is the stuff life is made of and you want to use it wisely rather than having it be a burden to you. Don’t kill time, put it to good use. When you do so it will seem to disappear quickly, but this just means you have fully spent it well.

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daily word - change your mind

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on October 30, 2021 - 06:00

Have you ever changed your mind? Do you see the ambiguity in this question? It could mean that you have used your existing mind to reach a different opinion on some question, but it could also mean that you have acquired a new mind, which is a much more substantial change. My word refers to putting on the mind of Christ, and to being transformed by the renewing of your mind. These are big changes. Have you experienced them? How would you know? Do you live with a conscious awareness that your view of reality has undergone a radical shift and there is no going back?

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daily word - new friends?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on October 29, 2021 - 06:00

If you have a passionate desire for a change in life direction and your friends all advise against it, should you deny your passion or get new friends? You should not lightly disregard wise counsel, for there is safety in a consensus, but not all people are capable of giving wise counsel, and the final choice is yours. Do you live with the assumption that the same friends will always be a part of your life? But if your life changes direction then it is appropriate to change the company you keep.

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