John 14:15-24
It is hard to obey = someone - anyone - it is a challenge to obey
Why is it so hard to obey?
Why do children not obey their parents? - the most basic of all relationships. Thousands of books are written on how parents can get their children to obey them.
Children are born with a will - strong wills - Children grow into adults with wills - tempered
Children want what they ...
Perseverance is something we learn from the challenges we face.
I am going to tell you a story of my childhood. I had a great-uncle who raised and raced ponies and one day when I was about 8 yrs old, my father and grandfather brought home one of my uncles Shetland ponies. This pony was wild, it had never worn a halter or saddle, let a lone a rider. Shetland ponies can be onery, cantanker ...
Forgiveness is perhaps the most difficult challenge we face in the New Testament. It is something we all know something about and yet is hard to experience it.
Forgiveness is about restoring relationships, it is about making things right, it is about us, it is about freedom...But the thing that forgiveness is about more than any thing else - and the reason many people never really experien ...
There is something within with soul of a human that acknowledges and responds to eternity and yet we struggle to understand it and know how it is to effect the coming and goings of our days.
We speak of eternity when someone dies - "Well, they have gone to a better place"
We recognize Eternity but struggle to practically deal with it or know how to live with it.
Col 3:1-4
3 Since, then, ...