Tag Archives: repentance

Why I stopped fighting for my marriage…

Kingdom Principle: Kingdom living requires an undivided life, yet will potentially separate everything else from you. Jonah 3:1-5, 10 Psalm 62:5-12 1 Corinthians 7:29-35 Mark 1:14-20 My wife and I, celebrated 17 years of marriage, with three kids (10, 12 … Continue reading

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Back-to-School learning the 3 “R’s”

Kingdom Principle: Revelation + Reconciliation opens the door of the Kingdom to all! Redemption, Repentance & Revolution overcome Regret, Rejection and Regulation in the Kingdom. Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Romans 11:11-24 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 Education used … Continue reading

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Birthday gifts are to be given

Updated 5/12/16 Kingdom Principle: God gives, but not all receive. Tis better to give than receive (Acts 20:35)…. Therefore God gives. Genesis 11:1-9 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:14-17 Acts 2:1-21 John 14:8-17, (25-27) In order to give to others, you … Continue reading

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Prodigal daughter weeps with Jesus

Kingdom Principle: Forgetting precedes Forgiveness Forgetting frees us to forge ahead – Mary “forgot” what money can buy Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 Philippians 3:4b-14 John 12:1-8 The Prodigal Daughter is the story of this week’s passage in John. Here Mary … Continue reading

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Weak Knees or Weakness- you’ll bend

Kingdom principle: human relationships require reconciliation… Reconciliation requires forgiveness… which requires repentance…which requires confession… which requires Christ. Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The statement weak in the knees is usually directed at a emotional response … Continue reading

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Why? is not the cry! Newtown meet Siloam

Kingdom principle: To Engage the Change of God: REPENT Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 Charles Spurgeon (great preacher/theologian of the 1800’s) writes: “Repentance is a discovery of the evil of sin, a mourning that we have … Continue reading

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