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Category Archives: encouragement
When life gives you lemons (16 alternatives to lemonade)
We’ve all heard the popular phrase about what to do when life gives you lemons. But what if you don’t want (or like) lemonade? Perhaps we could learn from inventor, George Washington Carter, (who came up with hundreds of things … Continue reading
Posted in celebrate recovery, creativity, depression, encouragement, finding meaning, finding purpose, hope, innovation, meaning, mental health note, optimism, overcoming depression, positive attitude, positive thinking, purpose, purpose of life, recovery groups, recovery quotes, self-help, self-help group, self-improvement, self-respect, sobriety, Uncategorized, wisdom, words
Tagged George Washington Carver, lemonade, make lemonade, mental health, quotes, recovery, slogans, ways to use lemons, When life gives you lemons
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Can God speak through “Chicken Run”?
Can God speak through the animated movie, “Chicken Run?” Today my wife said that she felt a nudging in the Spirit to watch the movie, “Chicken Run.” The idea sounded kind of weird to me, but I went along with … Continue reading
Church without community is like spaghetti without sauce.
Church without community is like spaghetti without sauce. Church without unity is like unconnected chain links. You can’t organize or hype-up genuine Christian unity. It comes through surrendering our agendas to the Holy Spirit. If church meets around a prearranged program, … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic, dishonesty, encouragement, honesty, Jesus, LEGOs, Orthodox, Protestant, saints, Uncategorized
Tagged Bible, Body of Christ, Christianity, church, community, truth, unity
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Word choice matters
Your lingo leads your life. Choose to use uplifting lingo! It’s hard to build a positive life with a negative vocabulary. Bad words don’t produce good outcomes. Your feelings follow the verbiage you daily use and consume. Volatile verbiage creates volatility. Serene verbiage … Continue reading
Posted in censorship, encouragement, grammar, jargon, love, negativity, positive attitude, positive confession, positive thinking, power of choice, power of thinking, power of words, Serenity Prayer, Uncategorized, verbiage, verbs, vocabulary
Tagged finding the right word, language, lingo, quotes, recovery, terminology, word choice, words, writing
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Do fishy, smelly words jump into your mind?
People become like the words they think, say, write, hear, & read. Do you need a change in words? Lay down put-down words & take up uplifting words! Holy Spirit promptings, when humbly obeyed, turn into amazing God moments! When first coming to … Continue reading
Posted in adult language, bad words, corrupt communication, cussing, encouragement, hate speech, hope, is cussing judging?, Let the words of my mouth, living words, positive attitude, positive confession, positive thinking, power of words, speaking the truth in love, Spirit-prompted words, Uncategorized, words taught by the Spirit
Tagged bucket list, Christianity, God's voice, profanity, promptings, Spirit led, word choice, words
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12 steps for one another groups
The founders of Alcoholics Anonymous established 12 steps to help people overcome an addiction to alcohol. As the program gained success, various support groups for other addictions began to apply the steps for their own needs. In 50-something places the … Continue reading
Posted in celebrate recovery, cell groups, encounter group, encouragement, house church, Love one another, NA, NA meetings, Narcotics Anonymous, one another, one anothering, open sharing, organic chruch, overcoming depression, Overeaters Anonymous, recovery quotes
Tagged 12 steps, AA, Alcoholics Anonymous, Christian recovery group, one another verses, recovery, spiritual formation, support groups, twelve steps
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Inauguration Day Thoughts: When you can’t see the light, it may be behind you.
Meanness & kindness are both boomerangs. Which will you throw? Persistent kindness melts away meanness. Try it and see. Returning kindness for hostility; is disarming. When you don’t see much kindness; break the tread & do something kind! Kindness & joy … Continue reading
Posted in 2017, audience, compromise, courage, discouragement, encouragement, inner Light, Nashville, peace, Quotations, Quotes, Random acts of kindness, Salvation Army, see the light, smartphones, Uncategorized, unkindness, with malice toward none
Tagged A.W. Tozer, Abraham Lincoln, Christianity, inauguration day, kindness, quote
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R U M T N-side (empty inside)
M T N-side? Check this out.
Posted in big name speakers, Christ, depression, discouragement, encouragement, fame, fill up, filled with the Spirit, God shaped vaccum, heart, heart care, heart of worship, heart religion, heart-felt, human heart, inner healing, inspiration, inspirational, loneliness, motivation, Spirit-filled, the door of your heart, Uncategorized, uplifting
Tagged blog, emptiness, Free Gas, meaning, purpose, purpose driven life, Think Tank
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First century therapy groups . . .
A First Century Therapy Group . . . –The early Christ-followers formed therapy groups to help them heal from the dysfunction in their culture and in their personal lives. There is a description of how those therapy groups met to … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, 12 step group, addiction, cell groups, discovery group, encounter group, encouragement, freedom, group interaction, health care, mental health, one anothering, one anothers, overcoming addiction, recovery groups, Salvation Army, Salvation Army ARC, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Nashville, self-help group, small groups, Uncategorized
Tagged group therapy, healing, history, Nashville, recovery, recovery groups, support groups
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Jesus didn’t say to follow a preacher, a program, or a curriculum. He said: “Follow Me.”
Doing my daily Bible reading, I saw Paul describe a Christ-led support group in Romans 1:11-12. He wrote: “I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong—that is, that you … Continue reading
Posted in Bible one anothers, Bible teaching, church format, church program, church programming, curriculum, curriculum-free, encouragement, faith, mutual ministry, one anothers, preacher, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged Christian community, follow Me, recovery, Romans 1, spiritual gifts, support groups
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