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Don't Need To Be Propped Up When Raised Up

12/28/2016

If one lives a life ruled by personal insecurity and dwells in unhealthy dependency upon others, the appetite of such will devour the healthy aspects of what could otherwise be healthy and God honoring relationships. In Christ we support and empathize with one another, but ultimately Christ gives the inner peace of mind and confidence to live beyond our weaknesses.

Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

When Struggling this is my comfort and rest.

12/27/2016

Psalm 23:1-3
23 The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
3 He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.

Our Gift

12/25/2016

All believers are winners through God's crushing defeat of Satan at Calvary. Through His death, Jesus secured the victory, and His resurrection marked the beginning of the eternal celebration for the redeemed. Father God, Thank you for the gift of your precious son!

Simply Because of Jesus

12/24/2016

I've conquered and now stand atop the mountain that was much too steep to climb.

I've completed the dark and harrowing descent, prevailing in the light that illuminated my journey through the dark and deep divide.

I've crossed the raging waters that threatened to wash away all hope.

I've crossed the parched and lifeless desert as my thirst was faithfully quenched.

Simply because of Jesus!

Romans 8:37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

PERSONAL GROWTH OBJECTIVES AS A BELIEVER IN 2017 - CONSIDERING OTHERS.

12/6/2016

In Christ, I will esteem others from a position of humility. There are those who walk among us, whose sense of worth has been diminished, (without restoration) following personal failure and through personal injury due to rejection from those from whom affirmation was most desired. Only through Christ's love and humility can I encourage restoration among the broken.

There are those who choose to walk in defeat, in Christ I will not be an accessory to their self destruction by offering my services as a tour guide in the land of the blues.

In Christ, I will not poison the wells that others draw from. In speaking well of others I will prevent those wells from being tainted through personal maliciousness and manipulation.

In Christ, I will refuse to injure the reputation of others, knowing that to do so, reveals a much greater weakness of character than the deficiencies in others that I may be eager to point out.

In Christ, as a servant leader may I choose to serve others honorably. God establishes each one in the place of his or her calling. Love doesn't seek to divide and conquer but to unite and to serve.

In Christ, I will encourage other believers within my sphere of influence, demonstrating the grace that God has extended to me, not insulting others with unfavorable comparisons, understanding that the only shoes that they are called to fill are the ones that God has created for them to walk in.

Colossians 3:12-14
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.

Don't Need To Be Propped Up When Raised Up

When Struggling this is my comfort and rest.

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Simply Because of Jesus

PERSONAL GROWTH OBJECTIVES AS A BELIEVER IN 2017 - CONSIDERING OTHERS.

Pastor Rick Ritenour
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