17 Monday Jul 2017
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Jesus challenges me. I must pay attention to the small things in my life. They are important and they are the precursor to the big things.
I must be honest. That starts with the small things. I build up credibility and confidence by moving from the small things to bigger things.
I can’t get to home by skipping first base. Continue reading
19 Friday May 2017
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God’s Promise
Jesus challenges us to make sure our yes is yes and our no is no.
When we say yes we need to follow through. That is the core of character and the goal that God has in mind for us.
God is faithful to his word. Jesus wants us to be the same way.
God doesn’t enter into a contract with us, written by a crafty lawyer. A contract drawn up by a hard-nosed lawyer and with plenty of fine print only makes sure that you will never be able to collect. But if there is no contract in the first place, simply a promise—and God’s promise at that—you can’t break it.
This is why the fulfillment of God’s promise depends entirely on trusting God and his way, and then simply embracing him and what he does. God’s promise arrives as pure gift. That’s the only way everyone can be sure to get in on it, those who keep the religious traditions and those who have never heard of them.
I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises. ~John F. Kennedy
28 Friday Apr 2017
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What kind of people is God looking for?
Now that is an interesting question. While the woman at the well didn’t really ask it, Jesus answered it.
Sometimes we don’t know the question to ask. Or if we do, we don’t ask it.
God doesn’t want us to fake it. He wants us to be honest in our worship. He wants us to be our selves.
That is the kind of people He loves the most. God’s goal for me is to come to Him just like I am. He knows me at my core. I can’t deceive Him. When I’m myself, I see Him for who He is.
“That’s the kind of people the Father is out looking for: those who are simply and honestly themselves before him in their worship.” ~~Jesus (John 4:24 The Message)
04 Saturday Mar 2017
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Devious, Honesty, Integrity, Proverbs 11, Solomon, Wise Sayings
Integrity
God’s way is the way of integrity. God sent Jesus to show me what integrity looks like. Now I know.
It is core to who Jesus is and it is core to who Jesus wants me to be.
The question I ask myself is “What does God want me to do?”
The answer is the answer of integrity. Anything else leads to my ruin.
The integrity of the honest keeps them on track; the deviousness of crooks brings them to ruin..” ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 11:3)
19 Tuesday May 2015
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Foundationaal moves
God’s goal for us to live a balanced life. Jesus challenges us to focus on the right things.
We need to bring into balance what God has put in our hearts, what we think about, what we say and what we do.
May we be balanced.
The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty. ~Zig Ziglar
31 Tuesday Mar 2015
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Honesty, Jesus, King Solomon, Proverbs 10, Solomon, Wise Sayings
I saw a news show recently where they spent a significant amount of time essentially making the case that every one is dishonest and cheats. It was pretty depressing. It isn’t true and it doesn’t have to be that way.
God wants us to be (live) honest. Jesus makes the same challenge. This focus is huge for us. It is core to having a heart after God because God is truth.
We have a spiritual problem, both as individuals, a culture and a country. We need moral clarity. We must accept the challenge of Jesus. Wisdom and an eternal life is the payoff.
Here are the key ideas:
“Ill-gotten gain gets you nowhere; an honest life is immortal.” ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 10:2)
19 Wednesday Nov 2014
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Confident, Honesty, King Solomon, Lie, Proverbs 10, Wise Sayings, Worry
Honesty and Integrity
Honesty seems to be hard come by as a moral imperative.
We tell white lies and believe that is okay. Our culture is one where God’s truth isn’t valued. All the time and effort, for example, we spend on making ourselves look good means nothing to God. Yet we pretend that it makes a difference. And we are reluctant to admit it in what we say to others.
When we tell the truth, we can be confident. God’s word stands on its own.
When we tell the truth, we don’t have to worry about being found out later on.
Shifty people are found out in the long run. The truth will come out. Now that is something to think about.
God’s goal for is for us to honesty, with ourselves and with others.
“Honesty lives confident and carefree, but Shifty is sure to be exposed.” ~~King Solomon (Proverbs 10:9)
09 Thursday Oct 2014
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Simplicity
Jesus summed up what God wants us to do. It was nothing new.
God is all about simplicity. God goal for us is to love Him and to love everyone else we know. That’s it.
To do that, we need to be able to focus. That requires we live our lives simply.
“Keep your lives simple and honest.” God to Zechariah (8:17)
