Simon Sinek, a British-born American author, inspirational speaker, and the author of Start With Why (2009), describes the influence of successful leaders and organizations using “the golden circle.” Mr. Sinek explains that most leaders and companies attempt to influence customers and employees using the “What?” and “How?” questions: “This is what we produce. This is how we […]
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Facebook recently suspended my sharing to various groups. The error has been corrected (for the most part). Here are the links to the articles in this series which may have been restricted: Introduction, Biblical References, Research Report, and The Who. As we have encouraged many times now, God has a way for everything – including
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I grew up, came back to the Lord, and cut my spiritual teeth, in a denomination which focused the vast majority of its attention and teaching on one Person of the Godhead. His name is Jesus. As a young boy, I came to know Jesus as my Savior. Coming back, I submitted to Him as
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Held to the light of Scripture, in the presence and counsel of the Holy Spirit, we may learn and draw encouragement from others in the meaning of our position in Christ. With that in mind, I’ve gone searching the internet for insight into the what, who, how, and why of the “in Christ” reality. The
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The following list of references has been pared down by removing verses which do not apply to our study of the what, how, who, and why of the “in Christ” reality. For example, “faith in Christ” (ex., Acts 24:24) and “hope in Christ” (ex., 1John 3:3) are not about our position in Him, but Him
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Most Christians would agree our relationship with Jesus Christ is the most important relationship in our lives. Consequently, we give much attention to the matter in our study, prayer, worship, etc. Recently, the Holy Spirit revealed something of an imbalance in this area – that I have invested most of my attention into the “Christ
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I have recently begun reading Andrew Murray’s Abiding in Christ as research for a new series of articles about the reality of our relationship with God “in Christ” (the intro will post in a week or two). It wasn’t long before God used Mr. Murray to reveal something I have found incredibly encouraging. We will
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Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies. Psalm 27:11 Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name. Psalm 86:11 Last time, we learned from Moses that to know the LORD we must find and follow His ways. Here, David –
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[Moses said,] “Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight.” Exodus 33:13 Moses desired to know God’s ways that he might come to know God and find His grace. How interesting! How significant! What
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Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. Ephesians 3:20-21 This passage is awesome!! It jumps abruptly into the supernatural ability of God, and then inexplicably
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