Last week I began to unpack the last session by Josh McDowell from our annual Men’s Retreat. His presentation was entitled “The 7 A’s of Relationships”. I do encourage you to go to josh.org to view this entire presentation. It is broken into seven 3-4 minute videos. Using their search feature…simply type in the title. Josh was […]
Over the next two weeks I want to share with you the “guts” of one specific session that Josh McDowell shared at our retreat. The title of the presentation was “The 7 A’s of Relationship”. His entire presentation on this topic can be viewed by going to his website (josh.org) and type in “The 7 […]
The Apostle Paul has provided for us the most compelling descriptor of love in 1 Corinthians 13:4. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.” We have been unpacking this verse the last couple of weeks and have commented upon the virtue of patient love; […]
Last week we began to unpack 3 ways that love is supposed to “spill out” of our lives. Paul was a very INTENTIONAL man. He never minced nor wasted words! He defines for us what true love is and how it is expressed in 1 Corinthians 13:4, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does […]
I was reading this terrific article last week published on a blog from BibleStudyTools.com entitled “3 Inspiring Ways to See that Love is Patient, Love is Kind…”. The article was based upon Paul’s comments to the Corinthians. Men of Intention know this verse, “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not […]
Is God actively at work in our world today? Although there are times when each of us may have a quiet doubt, Men of Intention know that God is ALWAYS at work. Charles Stanley writes, “Throughout the Bible, we observe God at work in people’s lives. Sometimes He acts in dramatic fashion, as in parting […]
Our discussion concerning Discerning the Will of God and experiencing contentment in the midst of life has been put to the test for my family this last couple of weeks. My younger brother found himself in need of a new heart. His had failed. He had been on a transplant list at UCLA Medical Center since September […]
“Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering […]
Our month long discussion on Discerning the Will of God compelled me to consider one of my least favorite topics, contentment…or more accurately its contrast…discontent. The two topics are certainly related. I believe that a spirit of discontent is simply “Practical Christian Atheism”. When ‘things’ don’t go as we believe they should the sin of […]
Lately I have been thinking about contentment…or more specifically, its antecedent…a spirit of discontent. There is no question that a lack of gratitude leads to a discontented heart. Both of course, are acts of disobedience to our “Good, Good Father” (I love this song by Chris Tomlin). Jeff Robinson, in his blog for Founders Ministries, rightly claims […]
