26 Jan

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Most people don’t live their lives “from here” they live their lives “from there”.  In other words, they are stuck in the past!   Before I received Jesus into my heart, I had a very rough past.  I had one particular roommate who was also quite the “wild child”.  We both had very short tempers and would do things that could have gotten us into a lot of trouble!  After I was born again, I shared the Gospel many times with my old roommate and he just wasn’t interested.  All he ever wanted to talk about was the crazy things...

19 Jan

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Over the past few weeks we having been sharing with you a key scripture for the series…a very simple, but powerful verse, “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  We discovered that the Greek word translated “evermore” means “from this time on”.  In other words, God wants us to live a constructive life from here.  We continue this week with our “13 Facets to live a Constructive Life…from here”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). This week we continue with...

12 Jan

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Over the past few weeks we having been sharing with you a key scripture for the series…a very simple, but powerful verse, “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  We discovered that the Greek word translated “evermore” means “from this time on”.  In other words, God wants us to live a constructive life from here.  We continue this week with our “13 Facets to live a Constructive Life…from here”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). We began to share with you “Five Understandings why you Can’t Unscramble Eggs”: We all have “woulda, shoulda, coulda’s” If...

05 Jan

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Over the past few weeks we shared with you a key scripture for the series…a very simple, but powerful verse, “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  We discovered that the Greek word translated “evermore” means “from this time on”.  In other words, God wants us to live a constructive life from here.  We also began to discover “13 Facets to live a Constructive Life…from here”: Part from Pity (Phil. 2:14). Never let your tragedy become your identity (Mark 5:26). This week let’s continue…     3. You can’t unscramble eggs (Eph. 5:16). Let me share with you “Five Understandings why you Can’t Unscramble Eggs”:      ...

29 Dec

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There is a man in our church in his thirties who had a pretty rough past.  Recently he shared a very unique story with me.  During this man’s time before he met Jesus he acquired many tattoos.  Now, please don’t mistake me, our Heavenly Father cares about your heart not your tattoos.  However, now that he had given his life to Jesus these tattoos were not representative of the life he was now living for Christ.  One tattoo was a naked woman and he had many other morbid skull tattoos strategically placed about his body.   Well, he couldn’t go back...

22 Dec

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Over the past few weeks we have been in a series called "From Here" (How to turn your setback into a comeback).   The Bible tells us a very simple but profound truth, “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  The Greek word “evermore” means “from this point on”.  In every day language, this powerful verse tells us to live our lives from here!  I have decided a long time ago I’m not going to get bitter…I’m going to get better.  This negative situation is not going to be a tombstone, but a stepping stone.  I’m going to turn this setback into a...

15 Dec

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Over the past few weeks we have been in the series "From Here" (How to turn your setback into a comeback).   We learned that the Bible tells us a very simple but profound truth, “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  The Greek word “evermore” means “from this point on”.  In every day language, this powerful verse tells us to live our lives from here!  I have decided a long time ago I’m not going to get bitter…I’m going to get better.  This negative situation is not going to be a tombstone, but a stepping stone.  I’m going to turn this setback...

08 Dec

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Last week we shared a powerful story along with a biblical powerful truth:  “Rejoice evermore” (I Thes. 5:16).  The Greek word “evermore” means “from this point on”.  In every day language, this powerful verse tells us to live our lives from here!  I have decided a long time ago I’m not going to get bitter…I’m going to get better.  This negative situation is not going to be a tombstone, but a stepping stone.  I’m going to turn this setback into a comeback.  I’m going to live my life from here! Let's jump into our series...

01 Dec

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Approximately thirty-two years ago I was just a fairly new believer.  I lived in an antiquated apartment just outside the University of Tennessee.  It was there that I met an elderly widow in her 70’s, by the name of Mary.  Mary had no vehicle and therefore had to walk to get her weekly groceries.  I would frequently see Mary walking to and fro, and I began to develop a rapport with her.  It was my desire to eventually lead her to Jesus. After awhile, I truly sensed the Holy Spirit strongly directing me to share Jesus with her in a very...

19 Nov

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  Over the last few months (I clearly have forgotten the proverb, “Blessed are the short-winded, for they shall be invited back.”), we have shared with you our key scripture from II Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and a sound mind.” We then began to share “10 Truths Towards Tenacity”: Tenacious people don’t’ waste time feeling sorry for themselves (Rom. 8:31). Tenacious people don’t hand the reigns of their emotional well-being to another (Phil. 4:4) Tenacious people embrace change (Ps. 55:19) Tenacious people don’t waste energy on things they can’t control (Phil. 2:14). Tenacious people...