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Stretching Hurts...

2/8/2014

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When I was a child one of my favorite classes in school was P.E. (Physical Education). This was a much needed class that provided my brain with a break from numbers, words, and memorization. It usually meant playing basketball, indoor hockey, dodgeball, etc. Most of these activities were fun no matter how physically fit you were. 


The only time of year I did not like PE was during the Presidential Fitness Test. This was torturous for a young overweight kid.It was a time when they would test how many sit-ups you could do, how far you could do the V-Stretch, etc. One area they tested was how many pull-ups you could do. Easy...I can do zero. Test done. 


If you could do none however, they would allow you a different form of torture (all of you unfit kids know what I'm talking about). The Flexed Arm Hang was a pull-up substitute by which you would hang from the pull-up bar as long a you could. It was fine for the first 5-10 seconds. After that your arms began to feel like they were stretching off of your body. It was tiring and painful. It was the perceived stretching that hurt. 


Spiritual stretching can be the same way. God calls us to do something we do not do normally, or we are totally uncomfortable doing it. Our first reaction is to politely decline God's call. That doesn't often work long-term with God. He has His own will and plan for your life. 


In Acts 1, Jesus told His followers to be witnesses for Him in Jerusalem (easy), Judea (inconvenient), Samaria (uncomfortable), and the uttermost part of the world (impossible to man). They did fine witnessing in Jerusalem, but stayed close to home only. Soon, a murderer of Christians, a man by the name of Saul, martyred Stephen. When that happened, Christians were forced to flee Jerusalem. Where did they go? Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world. 


It wasn't their first choice, but God left them with NO choice. 


Where is the Samaria in your life? Be obedient to God's call on your life. He will bless you for it. Also... strengthen those arms... because stretching hurts.
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Love without Judgment

1/13/2014

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We live in a culture that forces us to take sides. We are expected to make judgment calls on every topic under the sun. If you do not have an opinion, you are pressured to find your opinion. It doesn’t stop there. Once you have formulated an opinion on a matter, you are asked to not only disagree with the opposing view but to strongly disagree. Not only should you strongly disagree, but in today’s culture we are asked to form strong negative opinions about anyone who holds a view opposite our own. Satan has driven a wedge between all people. This was not the practice of Jesus. Jesus did stand for truth, but He stood for one thing above all others…love. We are shown the example of loving without judgment. We are not to think too much of ourselves, or wait around to laugh in the faces of people who we think have it coming to them. Remember, no sin is worse than others in God's eyes. We are not to be "cherrypicking" the worst sins! We all sin and deserve Hell. Praise God for His love, His Son, and salvation! Share the Gospel...not Satan's hate.

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If you like your faith, you can keep it.

11/21/2013

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There’s an awful lot of controversy these days surrounding healthcare. Many people believe this country should be in favor of universal healthcare. Many others believe that tampering with healthcare will cause it to fail. Still others have no idea what anyone’s talking about when the healthcare debate is mentioned. Wherever you fall on the subject of healthcare I would like to assure you of a few simple things: 1. Healthcare has been and will always be a problem for mankind while on Earth. 2. One day, Christians will forever reside in a place where no tear shall fall, no heart will break, and no illness shall win. 3. There is but one Great Physician, able to cure of all ills: Jesus Messiah.

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Redeem the Time

11/5/2013

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Here's a Riddle: 
Until I am measured, I am not known, 
Yet how you miss me, When I have flown.

There may be no more precious a thing in today’s culture than time itself. 
Consider this: What is your time worth? Many of us measure what our time 
is worth in dollars and cents. That can be depressing. Minimum wage in 
the US is $7.25. That means you would make a little over $15,000 a year. 
Let’s say you live to be 90 and get 80 years of work done in your life @ that 
rate. In your whole life you would only have 1.2 million dollars accumulated, 
before taxes. Even if you double it, does 2.4 million sound like a life well 
spent? What if we measured our life by lives touched? What would your 
total be? Ephesians 5 calls on us to “redeem the time, because the days are 
evil.” How are you spending your time?
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Take the Liar Seriously

10/27/2013

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“The devil made me do it.” Have you ever heard that expression? Satan has been made into such a cartoon, that no one takes him seriously anymore. He’s a caricature of a bad guy. No different in this society than Dracula, Freddy Kruger, or the boogeyman. The problem is, Satan is real, and those characters are not. Once a beautiful angel, Lucifer was about as important as an angel could be. Therein lay his sin…Pride. Ever since being cast out of Heaven for his sin, Satan has been doing everything he can to separate as many souls from God as possible. It’s the only place Satan believes he can hurt God, the special creation, mankind. You and me. We must do everything we can to be ready for Satan’s attacks.



- 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 
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Reset Button

10/17/2013

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My brother is six years younger than me. When we were younger we 
enjoyed playing lots of things together. We’d play games outside, ride bikes, 
and one of the things we also liked doing was playing video games. As the 
older brother I was naturally more talented/developed. One thing he would 
do that did really bother me is many times, when we were playing video 
games, and I was winning, if he became too frustrated, he would get up 
and press the reset button on the game system. In one moment, he would 
undo all the work I had done to achieve victory. Just like that he had an 
opportunity to start with a clean slate. Sometimes we all need a clean slate. 
We all need a reset button.

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Avoiding Siritual Shutdown

10/11/2013

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This past week we have seen the United States Govt. shut down. No matter where you fall politically, I think we can all agree that this is a direct result of pride inserted in the lives of powerful individuals. There is much talk and finger-pointing, but not much talk about owning one’s own responsibilities. In the King household, a lot can be said for owning your mistakes. Consequences are, in fact, lessened when you own it. When you do not own your issues, you let negativity creep in. When negativity creeps in, spiritual shutdown is ALWAYS the end result. -- Psalm 1:1

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