There’s no chance unless you take one…Line from ICarly theme song “Jesus looked hard at them and said, “No chance at all if you think you can pull it off yourself. Every chance in the world if you trust [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Reproduction in your world…
A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. What you say flows from what is in your heart. Luke 6:45 We [...]
Don’t tell me what you’ve built…show me what you reproduced.
As part of our new Rise and Build campaign, we recently held “Next Generation Sunday” at C3 Church in the ATL. Pastors Travis (Ray) Brown (young adults) and Matt Shackelford (youth) taught while Pastor Dean sat on the front [...]
Live Big by Living God
Yesterday’s blog post was MANIPULATION & FAITHLESSNESS. Today, we dig a bit deeper. If our desire is to truly live a Godly life (to do what God says) we have to focus on overcoming our personal weaknesses. As a [...]
Manipulation and Faithlessness
“Isn’t it obvious that conspirators lose out, while the thoughtful win love and trust?” Proverbs 14:22 The insecurities…fear…self-centeredness…of the human condition leads us to believe that we have to manipulate to achieve. Manipulate is a “dirty” word that most of us [...]
Be Strong and Courageous
As Christians we are called to “be strong and courageous”. We don’t always feel strong and courageous though, as life can quite often loom large and intimidating in front of us. The thing to remember is that this is normal. God had [...]
Our fruit…The Fruit of the Spirit
There is only one measure in our lives; one gauge to see if we are living out the will of God’s spirit in our personal world. In comparison to the Fruit of the Spirit; how are we acting…what are [...]
Transition to Maturity…transition to being a man
Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great Ralph Waldo Emerson When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish [...]
Livin’ On the Edge Livin’ On the Edge
Aerosmith made “Livin’ on the Edge” hip back in the day. And someone else once said, “If you aren’t living on the edge, you are taking up too much space.” Life is a risky on the edge, but no [...]
Focus on INTERNAL not EXTERNAL to make ETERNAL…
Don’t become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God. You’ll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to [...]
