Practice, Practice!
Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.
When in high school I loved tennis. At the time (and this will show my age) there was a great tennis player named Bjorn Borg. C I wanted to be like him so bad that I even tried to hit the tennis ball with a two-handed backhand, just like he did. One summer when I was taking lessons, the instructor, after watching my backhand, encouraged me to hit one handed. I balked because I wanted to be like Borg.
It is easy to imitate those around us. There will always be peers and heroes around us who we think we need to be like in order to be something special. But those of us who call Jesus Christ the Lord of our life need to look to His example as to how we are to live. The entire Bible is filled with examples that the Christian needs to model.
Articles
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A New Way to Walk
Are you the kind of Christian that people can just tell is different? Do you want to be?
Glenn Ansley · 2004
Cast Down
Are you struggling with depression? Todd Kavanaugh shares what the Word has to say on the subject.
Todd Kavanaugh · 2004 · 3 notes
Self-Esteem
"In our society not everyone is deemed worthy, not everyone is accepted...we reserve our admiration for a select few who have been blessed from birth with the…
Tonya Bredamus · 2003 · 6 notes
Beyond Main Street
Do you know what's going on outside your hometown? Do you think it's important? God's heart is for the whole world. Shouldn't yours be, too? Sarah Pechan offers…
Sarah Pechan · 2003 · 4 notes
Devotions
All 569- Titus 2:11-12Believers are Marked by Self-Control?
Jesus gave himself as a sacrifice to purify you for his own possession. The outward result of your salvation should be a self-controlled life of…
- 1 Timothy 1:8-11The Law is Good but the Gospel is Salvation
'Right' is not right because God arbitrarily chose right as better than wrong. 'Right' is right because it flows out of the very nature of God. It is…
- Proverbs 17:22Good Medicine
Whether I was running underwear up the flag pole at summer camp, or just hanging out with my friends, I have always had a strong conviction about…
- Luke 1:26-38The Promised Child
Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth...
- Exodus 20:16The Death of Deception
At that point in time, it was the most honest thing anyone had ever written to me.
- His Continual Whisper
The world, with all of its sinfulness, always has been and always will be a difficult place for us to live.
Kristie Ansley - Isaiah 65:17-23Isaiah 65:17-25
For behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind...