The following are some of the things that I have been thinking about lately. Things I have heard through the teaching at FBC, Norco. Things that have caused me to “set my mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.”
“You cannot say that you take the gospel seriously if you do not share it. Christians love the gospel, live the gospel and share the gospel.” paraphrase of Matt Cobb’s teaching
“I cannot understand the gospel on my own, therefore there is no room for boasting….” Matt Cobb
“The church is the community of all true believers of all time bound together through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.” Jeff Mooney
“Your identity is in Christ; you cannot look to the world to define you.” Jeff Mooney
“Grace trains you to say NO to ungodliness.” Titus 2:11-14
“Repentance is knowing, responding, renouncing, and trusting that sin is not better than Christ.” Jeff Mooney
“The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life.” Prov. 31:11-12 (memory verse from Bible study)
“The value of God’s word in our lives is directly linked to righteousness.” Darren Meisel
“Sin deadens your senses. The common denominator of all sin is lack of trust in God.” Jeff Mooney
“The vitality of the Christian life is found in the reality of Christ’s work.”
“The biggest hindrances to gospel-living in America are indulgence and diversion.”
“How would Jesus think?” (Noting that I cannot always do the things that Jesus did….like heal a leper, but I can learn to think in terms of glorifying my Father in all situations.) Nik Brownell
“The heart is an idol factory.” Luther
“We must speak, sing, and discuss the gospel with each other daily! Why? to strengthen us, focus us, motivate us, and give us joy!” paraphrased from sermon
“The elemental spirits of this world have no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh” Only by faith in Jesus Christ. He alone is the answer to my sin problem. from study in Colossians in Sunday School
“Do not resist the struggles of ministering to people.” comment made in Sunday school as we discussed Paul’s willingness to struggle so that the gospel might go forward.
I will stop here. Typing all this up has made me grateful for the Holy Spirit, the Word of God, the teachers at Norco, the family of believers at Norco and worldwide, and the nursery workers that make it possible for me to hear the word.
I hope you are blessed by these thoughts too.
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