You Asked For It – Dealing with Difficult People

(2 Timothy 2:23-26 NLT) Again I say, don’t get involved in foolish, ignorant arguments that only start fights. A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people. Gently instruct those who...

You Asked For It – Compelled to Forgive

(Matthew 18:33 MSG) Shouldn’t you be compelled to be merciful to your fellow servant who asked for mercy?’ √ What COMPELS you? • DENIAL of your own forgiveness. (Romans 5:8-9 NLT) But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still...

You Asked For It – How do I Change?

(Matthew 3:16 NIV) As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am...

You Asked for It – God’s Will

(James 4:13-15 NIV) Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a...

You Asked For It – Stress

(Job 9:25 NLT) “My life passes more swiftly than a runner. It flees away without a glimpse of happiness. —> running all over the place and still not happy (Job 7:6 NLT) “My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope....