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MIRACLES, Pt.2 What’s Dead in Your Life?
Posted by: | CommentsNow a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” (John 11:1-4 NIV)
Mary and Martha are thinking, “Things don’t look too good, and they are probably going to get worse.” This is really a debbie downer (insert Saturday Night Live music;-)
BUT JESUS SAYS, “THINGS DON’T LOOK GOOD ON YOUR TIMETABLE, BUT I HAVE A DIVINE STRATEGY. I’m going to do something that will demonstrate the greatness of God, the character and nature of God. It will be for your good, and God’s glory.”
LIKE WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING ROCKY. YOU KNOW IT DOESN’T LOOK GOOD. BUT JUST WHEN THINGS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE AT THEIR WORST ROCKY ALWAYS COMES BACK.
IN CHRIST, YOU HAVE COMEBACK POWER. In Christ, you have CAN DO power. Phil.4:13 doesn’t say, I CAN’T, it says, I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHENS ME. Stop saying you can’t, when in Christ YOU CAN!
When things look like they can’t get any worse, that is not the time to quit or get bitter. That is the time to BELIEVE IN GOD’S BEST OVER YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FUTURE!
MIRACLES, Pt.1 What’s Dead in Your Life?
Posted by: | CommentsGOD FIRST PERFORMED A MIRACLE FOR YOU (RESURRECTION), THAT HE MIGHT PERFORM A MIRACLE WITHIN YOU (REDEMPTION); IN ORDER TO PERFORM MIRACLES THROUGH YOU (RECONCILIATION).
BEFORE GOD CAN DO A MIRACLE THROUGH YOU, HE FIRST MUST DO A MIRACLE IN YOU.
IN CHRIST, YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEEK THE BLESSINGS, THE BLESSINGS WILL SEEK YOU.
IN CHRIST, GOD’S FAVOR SURROUNDS YOU LIKE A SHIELD.
At a funeral, a young boy heard the minister read, Genesis 3:19, “From dust you have come and to dust you will return.” Later on that week, the little boy was playing in his room. A ball rolled under his bed. When he went to go get it, he saw a ton of dust under his bed. Suddenly, he started screaming. “Mom, come quick SOMEBODY is EITHER COMING OR GOING.”
AT A FUNERAL THERE IS OFTEN MORE THAN JUST ONE DEAD PERSON. THERE ARE THOSE THERE WHO ARE SPIRITUALLY DEAD. THEY’VE LOST ALL HOPE.
Today, I want to begin a blog series centered around the current sermon series at The Dialogue Church. This particular week we talked about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Jesus liked to ruin funerals.
In Christ, death is never final.
Don’t miss your “MIRACLES” begins Sept.11th
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He calmed a storm, made a blind man see, a crippled man walk again, and gave a dead man new life. So why do we sometimes lack the faith to believe that God can calm the storms in our own lives? What would it take for you to believe that the impossible is possible? A miracle? Join us as we learn about four different ones and what they mean to us today.
New 4 week sermon series begins September 11th at 9 & 11am at The Dialogue Church. For more info visit www.theDC.tv.
I’m Sexually Frustrated, Pt.5
Posted by: | CommentsIf we want to move from sexual frustration to sexual fulfillment then we must…
Embrace the fact that GOD MADE US TO BE COMPLEMENTARY
So God created human beings in His own image. In the image of God He created them; male and female He created them. (Genesis 1:27 NLT)
So often, when speaking to couples whose marriage is on the rocks, and they are at each other’s throats and they are contemplating the “D” word; I will hear them say, “Well, we are just so different.”
WELL, YEAH, THAT IS KIND OF THE POINT, YOU ARE A MAN, SHE IS A WOMAN. God made you that way, God made you to be different, not for competition, but to be complementary. You complete one another. As married people we need to stop competing with one another and start completing one another, after is the meaning of “the two shall become one flesh.”
Guys, if you wanted someone who liked it when you played Madden 2010 in your underwear all day, you should have just moved in with your college roommate. Ladies, if you wanted someone who would be overly emotional and sympathetic about “everything” and enjoyed doing the dishes then you should have just moved in with his mom instead;-)
We’re obviously different……..and I believe we need to recognize that it is by divine design. God planned it that way. He intended our differences to be complementary, not competitive! If I don’t understand the complementary role of my wife, I’m going to expect her to think like a man and vice versa.
One of the basic differences between men and women is in this area of sex; 43% of women tend to think about sex once a week, while men tend to think about sex on a daily basis. If women had the same sex drive as men, nothing would ever get done in this world!
~ For women, if there is not a good relationship, then there is not good sex.
~ For men, good sex makes for a good relationship.
This is where the hormonal differences come in to play. Men are pretty loaded down with testosterone and are visually stimulated. If the environment is right and a few signals are given or perceived as given, they’re good to go…….
Women on the other hand have more oxytocin flowing within them….well what the heck is that? ………….It’s the hormone that is very active when breastfeeding and creates attachment or connection. Oxytocin is the hormone that creates a bond between mother and her child.
~ Women need to feel connected before they want to be intimate sexually. Men feel more connected after they’ve been intimate. They get all conversational and sensitive.
HERE”S A GENERAL NUGGET OF TRUTH!
~ A man wants to have sex to feel close.
~ A woman wants to feel close to have sex.
Remember, God intended our differences to be complimentary, not competitive.
The goal of marriage is not simply to have all my needs met, but to act in Christ likeness so that the two may become one.
If missed this talk you can listen online at http://www.thedialoguechurch.com/?p=3203.
