Archive for 'Scriptures'
This Is Discipling | This is Church
Posted on 22. Oct, 2011 by Colton.
What would it look like if, as leaders, we focused less on the things that make our churches entertaining and more on making disciples? What if church looked like this… (This video was shown by Kelly Tshibaka at Foursquare Connection 2011.) In God’s Love and Grace, Colton
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Jesus is Waiting with Open Arms | Everything Skit – Lifehouse
Posted on 22. Aug, 2011 by Colton.
Often we, like the prodigal son, turn away from Jesus for the things of this world…sooner or later we find that this path leads to emptiness…but Jesus is waiting with open arms to save us…all we have to do is turn and run to him. Here is a skit, done at Winterfest in Knoxville TN. [...]
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Daniel 1: Following God Despite Circumstances
Posted on 29. Jul, 2011 by Colton.
I too often find it easy to compromise what God is leading me to do because of the circumstances I am in. Instead of fighting for what God wants, I just lay down and accept what the world is telling me to do…that isn’t what Daniel (and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) did in Daniel Ch. [...]
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The Cross | The Crucifixion | Good Friday
Posted on 22. Apr, 2011 by Colton.
Today is the day we celebrate the most important event in the history of the existence of man; the day a sinless man took on our iniquities, and bore the penalty we were destined to pay for our sin. It is the day that Jesus died for us on the cross, so we could be [...]
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A Horse is a Vain Hope for Deliverance | Psalm 33
Posted on 21. Mar, 2011 by Colton.
During a time of such great economic crisis, natural disasters, and a world that just seems to be coming apart at the seams, it doesn’t take long at all to find people looking for hope. But what is trustworthy enough to earn our hope? What can we turn to and know it will come through [...]
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Jesus Died for Me. So I Will Live For Him | Living for Jesus
Posted on 17. Mar, 2011 by Colton.
Lets start this out right; My name is Colton. I am a sinner. I fall short of the glory of God. God is just, and because I have sinned, I must pay the penalty; eternal separation from God (God cannot/will not be with sin)…death. But then there is Jesus; God’s one and only Son. He [...]
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How to Explain the Plan of Salvation
Posted on 25. Jan, 2011 by Colton.
If someone were to ask you how to be saved, what would you tell them? As followers of Christ, we need to be prepared to share the message of the Gospel. Or maybe you have landed here and have never learned how and why we need to be saved. The following seven principles are the [...]
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Focusing Our Hearts on God, and Not on Worthless things | Psalm 119:36-37
Posted on 30. Dec, 2010 by Colton.
Living in this day and age, there are so many things to distract us from giving any of our time to God. Of course, like in any age, many of us have to work…but after that, we have so many forms of media (TV, Internet, Magazines, Video Games, Etc.), that so often we can get [...]
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I Can Do All Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me – Philippians 4:13
Posted on 29. Dec, 2010 by Colton.
The following is a scripture we should always keep present in our hearts and minds. Whenever we face difficulties, or things that are greater than ourselves, we need just to remember the God we serve, and how, through HIM, we can do anything: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me – Philippians [...]
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Our Attitudes – Philippians 2:3-8
Posted on 22. Dec, 2010 by Colton.
It has been a while since I’ve made a post on L4J (sorry everyone), but God really smacked me upside the head with the following scripture, and I knew I HAD to share it with you all. I really hope each one of you really takes the time to soak it all in, and allow [...]
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Psalm 73:26 – God is the Strength of My Heart
Posted on 28. Nov, 2010 by Colton.
I was reading through some of the psalms today, and the following verse jumped out at me, and not only because I had highlighted it in years past. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. -Psalm 73:26 It is such a short verse, [...]
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I No Longer Live, But Christ Lives in Me – Galatians 2:20
Posted on 19. Oct, 2010 by Colton.
It is so easy to get bogged down by life…(yes, I used the word “bogged”). There are so many things that can burden us in our lives. When we try to live life on our own…well, it really is futile, because we will fail, fail, and fail again. But the following scripture holds the key [...]
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