I had an experience a few days ago and it was so profound that it has nearly become a life philosophy for me. Let me explain.I strained my back last week. I don’t usually have back problems and I’m actually in pretty good shape but I’ve had a lot of travel recently. During one stretch I hauled a heavy suitcase to multiple speaking events across the country, something I don’t normally do. The beds at some of my hotels attacked me in my sleep. I stupidly worked out too hard one day to compensate for ….
By Ross MiddletonThis year on Mother’s Day at SouthCoast we found a single mom of 5 and blessed her with a $200 Publix Gift Card (A grocery store if you aren’t familiar) and a spa day with free babysitting. The awesome people on our team helped make this all happen.We are a church plant, so last time I checked, we don’t have hundreds of thousands in the bank, we don’t have a lot of wiggle room, but I felt we needed to do something to serve a single mom. We can’t build anyone a new house, we can’t give away a car, ….
by LA Mumar What do you see? Jesus was strolling on the beach when he saw someone that people usually ignored – Levi, the tax collector. (Mark 2:13-17) A little context here for you to appreciate this picture… Society saw tax collectors as traitors (they worked for the Romans), dirty and dishonest (they weren’t allowed to testify in court). They were despised and looked down on by society. Yet, Jesus called one of them! Here is a contrast between how people and Jesus saw Levi. People saw Levi as a problem … Jesus saw his ….
by Paul Barker | Posted onSaturday, October 1st, 2011| Tags: Blogroll, Blogs, character, compassion, humility, knowing the truth, love, Obedience, Relationship, Will of God |no responses by Paul Barker A few years ago on a return flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, I had a layover at the Las Vegas airport. As I walked to my departing gate, I noticed that people I passed were staring at me and whispering to one another. It made me self-conscious. I did a quick scan of my clothes to make sure everything was in order. I could not see anything out of the ordinary. But people kept staring. Finally, one guy said, “Hey man, you’ve got something on your face.” I expressed my appreciation ….
By Ross Middleton There is such a double standard when it comes to the way we as mere mortals, talk about celebrities. Its almost like we throw all the standards in the way we treat people that are in the Bible, right out the window. If we are watching sports on TV, cries of, “You suck! How did you miss that you idiot?!” frequently come out of our mouths, myself included. Now isn’t it funny that just because we don’t know these people personally, we somehow feel we have the right to not treat them ….
by Ron Miller | Posted onWednesday, May 4th, 2011| Tags: compassion, love |no responses By Ron Miller v12My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 13Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends”. Jesus Christ in John 15:12-13 When you truly love someone, you express that love with nothing less than a wholehearted commitment. When Jesus wanted to demonstrate his love for humanity, He did it by suffering an excruciating death on a cross. He laid down his life to set us free from our sins. His love was expressive and it was costly! Why do I ….
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