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Thinking leads to Doing Your servant will meditate on your decrees. Psalm 119:23 “Okay Cam, let me ask you just one question.  Before that moment that was so powerful and tempting, how long did you have these thoughts about Mandy and the possibility of doing what you did?  Was it…

The Cost of Humility When pride comes then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 “Okay God,” he said. He knew that instead of reading the Los Angeles Times sports page that morning he would be reading something from a Bible that he had been ignoring for months. …

What Does Humble Look Like? The Lord personally dwells with and refreshes the humble. Isaiah 57:15 I’m sure many of us are familiar with the story of the prodigal son.  If not you can read it in Luke 15. I remember thinking that the son returned home covered in pig…

Recognizing the God-Gap The humble will be exalted, and the exalted will be humbled, Jesus promised. Matthew 23:12 I was a new Christian when I began attending UCLA, and I still remember feeling confused when I heard people praying for humility.  How would you know when your prayers were answered? …

Following Our Ancient Mentors “But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it — he will be blessed in what he does” James 1:25 Being God’s man will never be easy, but…

What’s a God’s Man to do? Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Ephesians 6:13 My friend Paul is an airline pilot with a major carrier.  Paul tells me that every time…

Gambling with the Future But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 It’s easy to achieve a form of Christianity that presents well.  In fact, when a mutual friend, Clay, introduced me to Joel…

80/20 Obedience “Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.  Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar” Proverbs 30:5-6 Case 1: Silence isn’t always golden. When Harry met Sally, he was immediately…

Short Lived Joy Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. Hebrews 11: 26 Stuart Briscoe, host of the Telling the Truth Christian radio program comments, “When God’s commands seem onerous, men often cast them aside…

Selective Obedience Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. Hebrews 5:8 The hit television comedy a few years back named Everybody Loves Raymond appealed to many because of the fixes Raymond found himself in as a result of his inappropriate social decisions.  We found the…