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Dying to Self

admin Action, Attitude, Authority, Benefit, Blessed, Blog, Bondservant, Bow, Confess, Cost, Creation, Creator, Disposition, Dying, Dying to Self, Earth, Enemies, Erik Garthe, Exalted, Forgives, Gentle, Gentleness, Glory, God, God the Father, God’s Tools, God’s Way, Heaven, Honor, Humility, Imitating, Incarnation, Influences, Inherit, Injustice, Knee, Lord, Man, Meek, Mildness, Name, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Provoked, React, Reputation, Resistance, Revenge, Rights, Sacrifice, Self, spirit, Spiritual Poise, Strength, Studying, Submission, Submissiveness, Submits, Tongue, Withholds 0 Comment October 3, 2022

Matthew 5:5 … “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.” What does the word “meek” mean? It is a mildness of disposition, a gentleness of spirit. One definition of meekness is “a blend of More →

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A Waiting Attitude

admin A Waiting Attitude, Assurance, Attitude, Authority, Blog, Busy, Character, Christ’s Imminent Return, Christ’s Return, Christians, Days of Noah, Delays, Different, Disciples, Drinking, Eating, End of the Earth, Erik Garthe, Expectancy, Faithfulness, Father, Fig Tree, Given in Marriage, God’s Plan, His Coming, Holy Spirit, Hour, Illustration, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Judea and Samaria, Kingdom, Labor Pains, Lord, Lord’s Return, Marrying, No Longer Conformed, Parable, Power, Preoccupation, Preparedness, Priority, Qualities, Ready, Routine, Seasons, Serving, Signs, Stewardship, Teaching, Times, Wait, Warning, Watch, Watchfulness, Witnesses, world 0 Comment April 25, 2022

Matthew 24:32-51 exhorts us to have the right attitude as we wait for the Lord’s return. The concept of “waiting” is like serving tables, being busy. First, recognize signs in God’s plan—“Now learn this parable More →

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Restoration is the Goal

admin Attitude, Authority, Authority of the Church, Bitterness, Blog, Christian, Christians, Church, Conflict, Declare, Erik Garthe, Fellowship, Glory of Heaven, Goal, God’s Word, Influence, Judgment of Heaven, Membership, Ministry, No Longer Conformed, Offender, Offense, Plan, Principles, Problem, Reconciliation, Resolution, Restoration, Restoration is the Goal, Unbeliever, witness, Witnesses 0 Comment October 11, 2021

Matthew 18:12-20 reveals God’s problem resolution plan, The focus must be … First, an attitude of seeking restoration to fellowship—“If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, More →

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The Neglected One

admin Attitude, Blog, Erik Garthe, Fasting, Hypocrite, No Longer Conformed, Prayer, Renewal, Repentance, Rituals, Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Growth, Spiritual Life, Spiritual Maturity, The Neglected One, Worship 0 Comment January 13, 2021

A man that I met many years ago gave me this advice: “If you have trouble hearing the Lord, place both hands on the table and push.” In Matthew 6:16-18, Jesus addressed fasting. Simply stated, More →

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Motive for Praying

admin Attitude, Blog, Brokenness, Erik Garthe, Fellowship, God, Hypocrite, Motive, Motive for Praying, No Longer Conformed, Prayer, Pretenders, Protection, Provision, Purpose, Relationships, Reputation 0 Comment January 4, 2021

Did Jesus oppose public prayer? His words in Matthew 6:5-15 address religious show business. Christianity is plagued by pretenders. There are hypocrites: “you must not be like the hypocrites,” i.e. the More →

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Hard to Swallow

admin Attitude, Bitterness, Blog, Enemy, Erik Garthe, Gift, Give, Hard to Swallow, Injury, Kindness, love, No Longer Conformed, Obedience, Persecution, Prayer, Retaliation, Retribution, Revenge 0 Comment December 20, 2020

The law of revenge “lex talionis” dates to the Code of Hammurabi (1800’s BC); it sought the destruction of the wrongdoer. The Mosaic Law brought the principle of limiting retribution to what was just. Retaliation was limited to More →

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Ya Gotta Wanna!

admin Attitude, Blog, Decisions, Erik Garthe, Example, Failure, Leadership, No Longer Conformed, Spiritual Growth, Success, Ya Gotta Wanna! 0 Comment April 8, 2019

Ya gotta wanna! If your attitude needs adjusting in order to reflect faith in Jesus Christ, you must want to change it before any change occurs. Once you choose to change, you are ready to. Then, take advantage of the opportunities all around you. More →

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It’s a Matter of Choice

admin Attitude, Behavior, Biblical Thinking, Blog, Burdens, Change, Decisions, Erik Garthe, Habits, Holy Spirit, It's a Matter of Choice, No Longer Conformed, transformed 0 Comment April 1, 2019

It’s a matter of choice. You will either master your attitudes or they will master you. Who you are today is the result of choices made yesterday. Tomorrow will be made up of today’s decisions. Choose to have a good attitude tomorrow. How is this done? More →

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Beware of Flat-World People

admin Attitude, Beware of Flat-World People, Blog, Change, Criticism, Erik Garthe, Negativity, No Longer Conformed, Positive, Problems 0 Comment March 25, 2019

Don’t let “flat world” people spoil your attitude! Just as inward storms contribute to developing a negative attitude, outward influences also play a part. Consider the following four causes. There is the closeness of criticism. The problem with criticism is that it always comes close to where we live or what we love. More →

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Watch for Inward Storms

admin Attitude, Blog, Discouragement, Erik Garthe, Failure, No Longer Conformed, Sin, Success, Watch for Inward Storms 0 Comment March 18, 2019

“There is no security on this earth, only opportunity.” That was the philosophy of General Douglas MacArthur. There are inward storms in our lives that contribute to developing a negative attitude. First, there is a fear of failure. We tend to hide it, deny it, ignore it, or hate it. But it is there. Failure is an important part of success. The key is to “fail forward” toward success. John Maxwell said, “The man who never made a mistake never did anything.” More →

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