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Lead Into Eternal Goodness: Five Daily Choices Under King Jesus
“If you fear the Lord and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the Lord your God—good! But if you do not obey the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 12 leadership, Biblical leadership habits, christian leadership, Daily obedience to God, Eagles In Leadership, fear the Lord, King Jesus authority, Ministry strategies, Psalm 23:6 goodness, Serve Jesus, Spiritual resilience
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4 Questions To Clarify Our Financial Issues
Men, a blunt truth hits hard from Ecclesiastes 10:19 (NIV): “A feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, andmoney is the answer for everything.” Every day bills pile up, status symbols tempt, and “more” feels like the fix. But as … Continue reading
Dangers To Our Spiritual Life
Have you ever been on a roller coaster and were afraid you were going to fly out? That’s the point here. There are dangers to our spiritual life. There are: And we have to pay attention and protect the faith we … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bitterness, church, Church People, dangers, deluded, demonic, deranged, detroyers, disasterous, diseased, faith, greed, Jesus, King Jesus, spiritual life, verses
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Disciples Read the Word of God For Life Change!
Welcome to “Discipling With Doc!” LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoyed this! Recently Doc encouraged us to “Read the Bible cover-to-cover in ’26!” with him and Kate and so many others around the world. You can find that conversation … Continue reading
Disciples freely accept financial support from their disciples!
Money. It’s amazing what happens when you begin to talk about it in the fellowship. When pastors bring it up, people within the congregation begin to talk about the fact that he’s always after their finances for himself. When you … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, finances
Tagged bills, church, congregation, cost, disciple, donors, Finance, generous, heart, Jesus, king of kings, lord of lords, ministry, miser, mission, support
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Disciples call people to repent or perish!
Everywhere we go, religious people, Church People, seem to think that they are better than other people. It was true in Bible days. The Pharisees really thought they were better than everybody else yet were so judgmental and critical of … Continue reading
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Tagged change, Church People, condemn, critical, failure, flaws, foolishness, forgiveness, hope, humility, inventoryy, Jesus, judgmental, lifestyle, mind, mistake, perfect, perish, Pharisees, pray, pretend, religious, repent, sanctimonious, self-righteous, sin, tragedy, wicked
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Disciples judge what is right on their own initiative so as to prevent their own serious consequences and/or loss!
So many have misinterpreted the Matthew 7 passage about, “Do not judge lest you be judged.” But a careful understanding of that passage and context makes one realize that Jesus is saying that the judgments we use are supposed to … Continue reading
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Tagged choose, command, consequences, critically, disciple, foolsih, immature, infantile, interpretation, judge, judgment, knowledge, loss, Matthew 7, mid-course correction, pilots, right, shallow, teaching, thikn, understanding, wisdom
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Disciples are to intelligently interpret this present time better than they determine the weather
Weather. If we listen very long to meteorologists, we often find out that they are not The Weatherman! They will predict something and then, it seems like, God just says, “I don’t think so!” and changes what happens. However, many … Continue reading
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Tagged actors, Bible, Church People, disciple, Holy Spirit, hypocrites, mission, navigate, pagan, pretenders, reading schedule, religious, role, Spirit of God, understanding the times, weather, will of God, Word of God
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Disciples make banking investments in Heaven for greater wealth for themselves there by depositing into local ATMs called the poor around them
One of the least taught truths in discipleship is the fact that the greatest use for our money is investment. And “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays … Continue reading
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Tagged ATM, bank account, banking, benefits, compound interest, deposit, disciple, discipleship, Einstein, eternal life, eternity, giving, heaven, money, motivation, poor, truth
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