Words vs Actions

James 2:22 – “You see, his faith and his actions worked together.  His actions made his faith complete.”   WORDS ARE EMPTY WITHOUT THE MEANING OF ACTION.  In essence, words are only believed if our actions follow suit.  However, this can work in two different ways.  One, if we own our own business, but treat workers like peasants, is God within us?  Two, if we hold onto the faith that God...
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Don’t Be Fooled

Proverbs 21:17 – Those who love pleasure become poor; those who love wine and luxury will never be rich.   Say this phrase out loud, “Esse quam videri,” which means TO BE, RATHER THAN SEEM TO BE. Matter of fact, how many of us ARE WHO WE ARE? For when we live a lie trying to keep up with appearances Proverbs 12:9 happens, “better to be an ordinary person with a...
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It Was God

2 Corinthians 9:10 – “For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat.  In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.”   What have you been through?  What has God brought you out of?  When has God ever left you to fend for yourself?  We all have suffered many trials and have fallen into the...
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Keep Your Light Shining

1 Peter 2:15 – “It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.”   Where has the time gone?  Where have those with morals and values gone?  How is it that our actions are dictated through our emotions, instead of our spirituality?  How is it that God is nothing but a remnant or imaginary person to some?  When was it...
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