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REBUKED!

Are you in a relationship where you are reprimanded?  How do you handle reprimand?

Check out VADER reprimanding this guy for his “Lack of Faith”

Jesus has a similar scene in Mark 16:14 – for the same problem…”Lack of Faith”

Mark 16:14 Later he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their lack of faith and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he had risen.

Check out what Charles Spurgeon said about it too in 1876:

Have you never seen a “coddled” lad? I have seen one, who ought to be in the open air at play, shut in a close room because his parents were fearful that he was delicate, and unable to do as other lads do. He ought to have been taking part in various healthy exercises that would have developed and strengthened every muscle in his body; but, instead of that, he was sitting down, tied to his mother’s apron strings, and so was being made weaker than he was before. He was kept in an atmosphere which was not fit for him to breathe because his foolish parents were afraid the fresh air might be too trying for him; and long before he was ill, he was dosed and physicked until he really became ill. Many a child has been murdered by being thus coddled; or, if he has lived to grow up to manhood, he has been a poor, feeble, effeminate creature, because the abundant love, which has been lavished upon him, has been linked with equally abundant folly. You can easily treat Christians, and especially young converts, in the same senseless fashion. If they are unbelieving, you can keep back from them the stern truth about the sinfulness of such a state of heart and mind, because you fear that they will be discouraged if you deal faithfully with them.

When your strength becomes your weakness.

I have been told from my mentor that no matter your strength in life, it can become a weakness if it is taken to the extreme.  The question we have to ask ourselves is: At what point is our strength at its absolute best and when is it becoming obsessively destructive.  Here is a very thought provoking article from espn.com writer, Rick Reilly.

A kinder, gentler winner?

Here is the question now about this new, softer, calmer, suddenly huggable Tiger Woods:

What if the same insatiable hunger that fueled his sex drive is the same insatiable hunger that fueled his golf drive?

What if becoming a better person makes him a lesser golfer?

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“Pain and Suffering means you lose. Death is the end.”

During the Holy Week experience we see the full cycle of life.  It is a microcosm of life.

TRIUMPHANT ENTRY | SUPPER | PRAYER | ARREST/TRIAL | SUFFERING | DEATH | BURIAL | RESURRECTION

The generics of the above are:

HAPPINESS | COMMUNITY | TRIAL | LOSS/BETRAYAL | DEATH | MOURNING | NEW LIFE

We see this pattern in our whole life (our general path to salvation).  And like Jesus we see many mini versions of this throughout our lives (various trials and tribulations).

Examples of losses:

Suffering/death experiences:

  • Loss of job
  • Loss of loved one
  • Loss of marriage
  • Loss of trust


When we go through these experiences we must apply what Jesus did at the cross in order to make it through our losses and “deaths”.
Ultimately, we must apply what he did on the cross to the entirety of our life in order to overcome our ultimate death (end of life on earth).

The concept above is our message for Sunday, March 21.  I would love your input.

The lie: “PAIN AND SUFFERING MEANS YOU LOST.  DEATH IS THE END.”  –  the devil

-robin

The Power of Your Faith

For by grace you have been saved through faith. Ephesians 2:8

Our faith in the finished work of Jesus (on the cross) saves us.  Eternal Grace and mercy from Jesus Christ are ours when we place our faith in Him.  When this happens, our eyes are on him, our heart is full of Him, our actions are obedient to Him.  We are saved.  Everything in the Bible explains that the LOVE of God and the GRACE of God are never failing.  They will never lapse and there is nothing that can separate us from His love.  He loved us before we had faith.  He loves us when we have faith.  He loves us if we don’t have faith anymore.  There is nothing (sin) that the Grace of God can nothing overcome.  However, there is ample evidence in life and tons of scripture that show OUR faith in His grace can fail. (see scripture list below)

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I’m Back

Erica and I had a wonderful trip (given to us by our church family) through the Caribbean.  We cruised with Holland America to Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, and St Thomas.  It was so relaxing that we are having a hard time adjusting to cooking our own meals and cleaning up our own mess.  This morning I had to make my own coffee, it was whacky.

It is great to be back in the saddle again. To see our kids and our church family.  I can’t wait for church on Sunday.  It will be 21 days since I was at PSM.  Being connected to a home like this is such a blessing.

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