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Tag Archives: Favor
Busy-bees miss the honey
Kingdom Principle: The Kingdom is constantly in motion. Jesus was not busy, yet he was always about his Father’s business. To be in the flow of the Kingdom is to move with God. Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 … Continue reading
Slave to your labor or Servant to your love
Kingdom Principle: Favor & Flow are gifts given to Kingdom ServantLeaders. Obedience alone is a good work in vain. Submission alone yields no renewal which is vain. Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17Psalm 127 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:38-44 Jim Elliot – a … Continue reading
Posted in After Pentecost, Year B
Tagged Favor, flow, labor, Love, Obedience, servantleadership, Submission
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Mirrors don’t tell the future
Kingdom Principle: The Kingdom Leaders are set apart with credibility. Acts 1:15-17, 21-26 Psalm 1 1 John 5:9-13 John 17:6-19 A mirror is a tool which reveals only what it is given. Much like yeast in the Bible, a mirror … Continue reading
Posted in Easter, Year B
Tagged calling, Character, Commission, Credibility, Favor, Leadership, servantleadership
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Holy Cows are Vegan
Exodus 33:12-23 Psalm 99 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Matthew 22:15-22 Kingdom Principle: Worship & Service are a response to the King’s Presence (not a demand for it) When Holiness is equated with perfection and moral supremacy the Church becomes filled with … Continue reading
Posted in After Pentecost, Year A
Tagged Chosen, Favor, glory, Holiness, Intimacy, Purpose
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Lunar & Loser Eclipse
Kingdom Principle: We most clearly see our alignment (spirit, soul, body) in our shadow from the light of the Almighty. If your life is marked by miracles, that is great for you… if your life is marked by mysteries that … Continue reading
Posted in After Pentecost, Year A
Tagged alignment, blessings, Body, discipleship, Favor, flow, maturity, Soul, Spirit
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Swine or Divine – Glory Hogs & Power Encounters
Kingdom Principle: Power flows for the purpose of Glory Acts 1:6-14 Psalm 68:1-10, 32-35 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11 John 17:1-11 To pray is to acknowledge and confess that power is available beyond you. To bless and/or to curse to have … Continue reading
Christians in Dirty Diapers… stinks
Kingdom principle: The submission of your heart is a matter of choices in your mind. The heart of the matter is a matter of the heart… , but you can’t get to the heart of the matter without making a … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Year A
Tagged Character, choice, discipleship, Favor, Growth, Holiness, mind, Righteousness, Submission, transformation
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The Upright are not Uptight
Kingdom Principle: Spiritual Mysteries breakthrough Worldly Fallacies revealing Kingdom Realities. Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12) Psalm 112:1-9 (10) 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) Matthew 5:13-20 May you glean the truth for your life from my recent Worldly Fallacies, which have superseded Spiritual Mysteries … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Year A
Tagged blessings, Faith, Favor, Foolishness, Power, Righteousness, self-awareness
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Working Hard & Hardly Working – Don’t work
Kingdom Principle: The Blessedness of the Kingdom is a gift of foolishness When you have it, you live to give it away, if you don’t, you work to get what you can. Micah 6:1-8 Psalm 15 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 Matthew … Continue reading
Posted in Epiphany, Year A
Tagged Faith, Favor, Foolishness, Identity, paradox, pattern, Purpose, servantleadership, Wisdom, work
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Want more – beware you may get it
Kingdom Principle: Stewardship of suffering yields increased faith. Faith yields a fruit of favor. Favor is experienced as grace and mercy. Lamentations 1:1-6,3:19-26 Psalm 137 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10 Garth Brooks made famous the song – “Thank God for … Continue reading
Posted in After Pentecost, Year C
Tagged Faith, Favor, Forgiveness, Grace, Mercy, stewardship, suffering
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