Like Flowers in a Garden

“To wish you were someone else is to waste the person you are.”
One of my fb friends posted this quote, so I do not take credit for it except to pass it on to all you folk. I remember only one quote from my school days Principal  from our daily morning assembly, and it ties in with [...]

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Titus 2:12-13

[The grace of God] teaches us to say “No” to all ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope – the glorious apprearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

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Galatians 5:13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (NASB)

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Life Lesson – Max Lucado’s study on Galatians

Re. Gal 4:21 – 5:1
With the glorious freedom offered under God’s new covenant, why would anyone prefer the old? It’s a good question with a complex answer.  Some don’t like grace because it’s too wild and risky. Others cringe because it’s too vast and hard to measure. Still others bristle at grace because it’s “unfair.” Really [...]

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The Law and the Promise – sermon quote

Re. Gal 3:10-18
We want extras and we lay it on others:
- It takes the guess work out of life; “Tell me what to do.”  “Give me the rules.”
- It appeals to the senses
- It allows us to measure and compare ourselves with others

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Encounter in the Dead of Night – sermon quote

Re. John 3:1-17
Light and sight are not the same thing.
“Light is not enough.  We need the inward operation of the Holy Spirit to get sight.” A.W. Tozer

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Encounter on the Water – sermon quote

Re. John 6:16-21
The impossible can happen in front of you and you’re looking at it and still can’t believe it.

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