Baptist City Blog

- Tuesday, 7/3/18  Revelation 2:4, Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. “First love” is the sappy, giggly, can’t-wait-to-hear-from-you type of love. It’s tremendously fun, and it leads into a deeper love. Do you get sappy and giggly with how good God was to save you and how good He is to keep you? How about with your spouse? Kids? Friends? Go fall in love all over again with everyone.

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- Tuesday, 6/26/18  Proverbs 22:6, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Notice: it refers to the child becoming old...it doesn’t say the 20 or 30-something will see the wisdom of the way... Be patient as your kids learn the lessons you didn’t get til just a few years ago.

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- Tuesday, 6/19/18  Psalm 72:18, Blessed be the Lord...who only doeth wondrous things. Do you believe this to be a true statement? Then, your current situation, problems, heartbreak, health issues are “WONDROUS.” Praise Him that they’re so awesome you can’t understand them. 

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- Tuesday, 6/12/18  John 21:21, Peter seeing [John] saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Even the leading Christian of his day, following a plain, direct order of the Lord felt peer pressure and desired not to be excluded from the group. So, you and I ought to be pretty aware of that weakness and temptation too.

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- Tuesday, 6/5/18  Proverbs 31:1, The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. Each parent has material to input to each child on how to be the best, most proper man or woman they can be. All femininity isn’t to be taught by the mom, nor all masculinity by the dad. Each kid needs both parents.

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- Tuesday, 5/29/18  Romans 12:1: we can quote the verse, but what does it mean? “Living sacrifice” = living with pain...AND being holy while doing so...AND obeying all the more while doing so. Complaining and quitting are not mentioned. And, BTW, doing all of this is simply “reasonable”: not “commendable.”

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- Tuesday, 5/22/18  Psalm 38:4, For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Unconfessed, unforsaken sin is TOO heavy for us to care, and it’ll become a physical detriment. Enough already!! Humble yourself and get right with the Lord and with people.

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- Tuesday, 5/15/18  Matthew 26:38, Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. Jesus, in His perfection and sinlessness wanted to know that people were with Him in His burdens. How much more do WE need that? Whom do you know that is hurting?   

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- Tuesday, 5/8/18  Genesis 39:3b-4, ...the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in [Potiphar’s] sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. Joseph made the best of a bad situation: still a slave...but he took God’s favor and capitalized on it. Maybe we could/should do the same? Accentuate the positives; dismiss the negatives; work diligently always?

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- Tuesday, 5/8/18  Genesis 39:3b-4, ...the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. And Joseph found grace in [Potiphar’s] sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. Joseph made the best of a bad situation: still a slave...but he took God’s favor and capitalized on it. Maybe we could/should do the same? Accentuate the positives; dismiss the negatives; work diligently always?

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