Get Real!
Let love be without dissimulation. —Romans 12:9 Dissimulation means “to disguise or conceal under a false appearance.” It is “putting on an act.” Award winning actor, Richard Dreyfuss noted acting is, “based entirely on pretense. The clothes you’re wearing are not yours, the words you’re saying are not yours, you pretend that you don’t …
CONTROLLERS
Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, received us not… prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.” —3 John 9-10 I’m sure you have met those in the church like Diotrephes …
Safety Within the Flock
“…come together… that Satan tempt you not…” —1 Corinthians 7:5 While the context of this verse refers to a marital relationship, it also applies to our relationship to each other in a local church. It is vital for us to stay close and stick together as a church. As Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 12:25, …
Petty Cash???
“Who hath despised the day of small things?” —Zechariah 4:10 God is interested in “little” things (Micah 5:2). The smallest fragment is important to God. Jesus instructed His disciples, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost” (John 6:12). Most organizations have a stash they call “petty cash.” I really dislike that term. …