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Hope For Today – The Danger of Drift!
It’s so easy to get caught up in life. We’ve talked about it before, but it bears repeating often: Life has a tendency to drag us away without our even noticing. And all too often, it’s to the detriment of … Continue reading
Posted in Hope For Today, Transformed
Tagged abundant life, add, Bible, boss, calendar, danger, Day-Timer, drift, God, husband, kids, life, lifestyle, out of control, presence of God, priorities, relationship, schedule, spiritual, Word of God
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Transformed Podcast #264: When the Culture Crumbles!
“May you live in interesting times” is an English expression purported to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. Despite being so common in English as to be known as “the Chinese curse“, the saying is apocryphal, and no … Continue reading
Posted in Engaging Culture, Transformed
Tagged America, authority, Bible, children, conscience, culture, discourse, end times, faith, family, gentleness, glorify, God, good, goodness, Gospel, hate speech, homosexual, joy, kindness, Law, lifestyle, light, love, loyalty, pastors, patience, peace, public, purity, salt, SCOTUS, self control, sensuality, shame, truth, wickedness, wil, worship
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Transformed Episode #247: 12 Commands to Discover God’s Will For My Life! – Part 1
Long ago, King David knew how difficult it was to discover and follow God’s will for his life. One of the key problems he faced, as do we, is the fact that wicked people often seem to do so … Continue reading
Posted in Transformed, Will of God
Tagged blessing, delight, dwell, faith, faithfulness, heart, lifestyle, path, Psalm 37, trust God, will of God
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Transformed Episode #229: Christmas Sets Our Agendas
Agendas – we all have them and, if we are bluntly honest, we all work from our own most of the time. But when Jesus comes into our lives, He changes our focus; He breathes life into our schedules! … Continue reading
Posted in Christmas, Transformed
Tagged agenda, Christmas, devotion, disappointment, faith, favor, favored, God, heaven, Holy Spirit, Impossible, Jerusalem, king of kings, lifestyle, lot, Nazareth, salvation, selfishness, Virgin Mary, Word of God
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Transformed Episode #227: Forgive – When My Faith Must Grow
Welcome back to the Transformed Podcast. Forgiveness can be one of the hardest actions in life. We sincerely know and believe the other person does not deserve the gift of forgiveness. And then, when we extend such mercy and grace, … Continue reading
Posted in faith, Transformed
Tagged allegiance, anger, cross, duty, faith, forgive, forgiving, grow, growth, humility, Jesus, Leadership, lifestyle, Master, mustard seed, obey, offense, overcomer, overcoming, penalty, pray, rebuke, redemption, repent, resentment, responsibility, servant, sin, Son of God, submission, substitution, tempt, temptation, tempter, Trust, trust and obey, unforgiveness, worship
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Transformed Episode #218: How Does God Bring Happiness to Our Lives?
Happiness is the result of obeying God’s commands. Alignment of our practice with God’s Word is the source of real peace and joy. Welcome to the Transformed Podcast. When our actions match His revealed will, we enjoy life. … Continue reading
Posted in Deeper Walk With God, Love of God, Transformed
Tagged alignment, antidepressant, Bible, commandment, compare, confidence, Debt, discipleship, double-minded, doubt, faith, faithfulness, friend, happiness, happy, heart, integrity, lifestyle, loyalty, obedience, pray, principle, Psalms, Robin Williams, shame, sin, temptation, worship
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Transformed Episode #193: Understanding What God-Worship Means!
Over the past six weeks, we have been discovering the incredible love God holds for you, personally. You should be able to clearly answer one of the greatest questions of life: Does God care about me? Welcome to the transformed … Continue reading
Posted in Love of God, Transformed
Tagged abundant, Bible, Christianity, eternal, God, imitate, Law, Leadership, life, lifestyle, lure, obey, presence, relationship, Word of God, worship
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Episode 115 – Living in Forgiveness!
Welcome to the Transformed podcast. We cannot accomplish God’s dream for our church until we learn to forgive and forget the offenses of others. One of the closest men to Jesus tells us today there are 7 key understandings about … Continue reading
Posted in forgiveness, Transformed
Tagged Christ, Christianity, disease, faith, fellowship, forgiveness, friend, fruit of the spirit, grieve, holiness, holy, lifestyle, quench, sin, sinful, sinfulness, wages of sin, works of the flesh
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Jesus Isn’t An App!
As I downloaded yet another app this week, I thought of the fun and convenience technology has brought to our lives. You know what I mean – apps for finding a great place to eat, mapping your route to your … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership Blog, Multi-ethnic / Urban
Tagged app, Christian, faith, Jesus, lifestyle, selfish, technology
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