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Ask/ Confidence/ Expectant/ Knock/ Motive/ Prayer/ Purpose/ Seek/ Trust

Need to Pray

admin Ask, Blog, Confidence, Erik Garthe, Expectant, Knock, Motive, Need to Pray, No Longer Conformed, Prayer, Purpose, Seek, Trust 0 Comment February 8, 2021

Jesus taught (Matthew 7:7-12) His disciples to seek God’s help: be persistent in prayer; be confident in expecting; be purposeful in serving. Every Christian who desires to serve needs to be about prayer. Failure to More →

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Discrimination/ Humility/ Hypocrisy/ Hypocrite/ Judge/ Judging/ Judgment/ love/ Mockery/ Ridicule/ Truth/ Wisdom/ witness

Criticize Wisely

admin Blog, Criticize Wisely, Discrimination, Erik Garthe, Humility, Hypocrisy, Hypocrite, Judge, Judging, Judgment, love, Mockery, No Longer Conformed, Ridicule, Truth, Wisdom, witness 0 Comment February 1, 2021

Jesus begins Matthew 7:1-6 by stating, “Judge not.” Does that mean never make any kind of judgment? Judge not does not mean not to evaluate right from wrong: the issue is intent to condemn. Righteous judgments are More →

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Anxiety/ Clothing/ Earthly/ Eternal/ Faithless/ Food/ Futile/ Kingdom of God/ Needless/ Priorities/ Righteousness/ Trouble/ Trust/ Worldly/ Worry

What Me Worry?

admin Anxiety, Blog, Clothing, Earthly, Erik Garthe, Eternal, Faithless, Food, Futile, Kingdom of God, Needless, No Longer Conformed, Priorities, Righteousness, Trouble, Trust, What Me Worry?, Worldly, Worry 0 Comment January 25, 2021

Someone wrote, “Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.” People worry about things or events over which they have no control: the unexplained, the unexpected, the unreachable, the unavoidable, or the unknown. Jesus taught More →

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Absolutes/ Earthly Values/ Eternal Values/ Freeing/ Good/ Guidance/ Lasting/ Moral/ Purifying/ Relative/ Treasures in Heaven/ Values

Got Right Values?

admin Absolutes, Blog, Earthly Values, Erik Garthe, Eternal Values, Freeing, Good, Got Right Values?, Guidance, Lasting, Moral, No Longer Conformed, Purifying, Relative, Treasures in Heaven, Values 0 Comment January 18, 2021

Many people think good is relative, there are no moral absolutes. Bad Thinking! It leads to every person doing what seems right to him. God’s kingdom values must dictate what is important to us. He has established More →

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Attitude/ Fasting/ Hypocrite/ Prayer/ Renewal/ Repentance/ Rituals/ Spiritual Disciplines/ Spiritual Growth/ Spiritual Life/ Spiritual Maturity/ Worship

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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Attitude/ Brokenness/ Fellowship/ God/ Hypocrite/ Motive/ Prayer/ Pretenders/ Protection/ Provision/ Purpose/ Relationships/ Reputation

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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Bragging/ Character/ Deception/ Giving/ Glory/ Hypocrite/ Motive/ Second Thoughts/ Spiritual Disciplines/ Tithing

Motive for Giving

admin Blog, Bragging, Character, Deception, Erik Garthe, Giving, Glory, Hypocrite, Motive, Motive for Giving, No Longer Conformed, Second Thoughts, Spiritual Disciplines, Tithing 0 Comment December 28, 2020

A person’s character is revealed when his motives are viewed for what they really are. The issue of Matthew 6:1-4 is motive for giving. Acts of worship are to be focused on God, not on gaining More →

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Attitude/ Bitterness/ Enemy/ Gift/ Give/ Injury/ Kindness/ love/ Obedience/ Persecution/ Prayer/ Retaliation/ Retribution/ Revenge

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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Deception/ Integrity/ Oaths/ Reliable/ Strength/ Swear/ Vows/ Weakness/ Words

Reliable Words

admin Blog, Deception, Erik Garthe, Integrity, No Longer Conformed, Oaths, Reliable, Reliable Words, Strength, Swear, Vows, Weakness, Words 0 Comment December 13, 2020

The Great Wall of China is 30 feet high, 18 feet thick, and over 1500 miles long. It was built to protect against invading barbarians, but was actually less secure than expected. At least three times, invading armies More →

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Adultery/ Covenant/ Divorce/ Failure/ Maturity/ Permanency of Marriage/ Reconciliation/ Selfishness/ Sexual Immorality/ Single

About Divorce

admin About Divorce, Adultery, Blog, Covenant, Divorce, Erik Garthe, Failure, Maturity, No Longer Conformed, Permanency of Marriage, Reconciliation, Selfishness, Sexual Immorality, Single 0 Comment December 6, 2020

Marriage is a covenant that calls for maturity. Divorce is the enemy’s attack on God’s first institution, before the fall. And no-fault divorces opened the way for selfishness in today’s relationships. A successful marriage More →

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