Equipping Men for Impact

Leviticus

For those of you who are not familiar with “tween,” the term generally refers to kids ages 8-14 according to popular “tween” sites. For my purposes, I have defined it to be kids in the range of 8-12 years old. Tweens are not little kids. They have the capability of following multiple directions, the ability to be held accountable but have not yet achieved the teen years!

We must remember to ask our Heavenly Father for the things that we need, want, and desire (James 4:2. Philippians 4:19.Psalms 23:1.Psalms 37:4).

There are several different Koine (common) Greek words that we translate as our English word “ask.”  Furthermore, the one used in this verse (James 4:2) is Strong’s number 154 aiteo {ahee-teh'-o} which Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance Of The Bible defines as “a demand of something due.” (2)

My family went to see my oldest son play in the school band the other night. Siting in front of us were a few teen girls. Before the show they were talking to each other and giggling and laughing. There were 3 of them, two sat in front of us, and one sat in front of them. The girl who sat alone keep looking at the door behind us like she was waiting for a friend. Finally this guy shows up and sits with the two girls in front of us. The show starts and now all three of them keep looking at the door behind us, and they all have huge smiles on their faces like they are waiting for their “best friend” to show up.

Genesis 32

In Gen 32:1-21 Jacob prepares to meet his brother Esau after years apart. All this time apart Jacob has lived in fear of his brother’s wrath for deceiving his father to obtain the blessing. As Esau draws near Jacob is afraid. He takes secret action to preserve at least part of all he possesses while at the same time overtly trying appeasement.

The King of Kings – the Lord Jesus Christ – looked upon his bride (i.e., the church) with love, the same love that had compelled Him to die for her, as she came down the aisle of the Temple in Heaven for The Royal Wedding! (John 15:13. 2 Corinthians 5:14,15. Revelation 19:7) She was dressed in a beautifully brilliant white flowing gown - both spotless and wrinkleless (Revelation 19:8). For this gown is woven of the good works of the righteous saints, washed spotless in the Word of God, dried and purified by the fire of affliction and pressed wrinkle free by the weight of hardship (Ephesians 5:25-33. Isaiah 48:10. 2 Corinthians 4:8,9.).

“A fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?” (Ecclesiastes 10:14).

Recently someone left a tiny note/tract on my wife’s car in a parking lot: “Christian Bible Truth, world’s end! END = 10/21/11.”

Ever wish you could afford to do more for your kids?

You can give them a priceless gift without spending a penny if you courageously dare to give the simple gift of obedience.

As parents we naturally think of “obedience” as something we expect from our kids. Instead, think about your obedience to God. Here's why it's so powerful...

I think we could all agree that God will hold us accountable for the things we accomplish or fail to accomplish while on this earth. My question that I pose today is, "Should we focus on accomplishing our work, how well we carry out the work or accomplishing our work well?"