Posts Tagged ‘Promise’
First Forgive
There is a sequence to many things in life. One simple example is preparing food. The sequence is: purchase, prepare, cook, serve, and eat. It would be out of sequence to serve it before it was prepared. There are hundreds of thousands of examples of sequential order in our lives. Jesus taught His disciples as…
Read MoreMy Solemn Vow
I remember years ago adding that to the wedding ceremonies that I officiated. A vow is a promise for sure. It is also a pledge and a personal commitment. It breaks my heart to see so many vows broken and flippantly ignored. Promises and vows are often hard to keep, but there are values like…
Read MoreMy Word
I watched my Pappy work out deals with his spoken word and a firm handshake. Today, we really must write everything down before a deal is binding on both parties. In our culture today, our word is not enough to make something binding and enforceable. I work in the Real Estate space and it’s very…
Read MoreVow
I used to think of this word as related only to a wedding. When a man and woman made a vow to one another to keep themselves ONLY to each other. In fact, the wedding vows gave some scenarios where they would keep their vow – in sickness, health, better, worse, rich or poor until…
Read MoreGenerational Faith
I grew up going to church twice on Sunday and also on Wednesday nights for Bible Study. My parents believed in God and walked out their faith in our home and at their work place. They were consistent and faithful following the Lord. I remember when I did stupid stuff that went against my faith,…
Read MoreTiming
I’ve heard it said that “timing is everything”. I’m not sure that I would totally agree with that statement, but there is something significant to the timing of big or important events. I don’t always understand God’s timing, but I’ve learned to totally trust His timing. He knows things that I can’t possibly know yet.…
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