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Good morning forever family,

Yesterday during a sermon at Arrowhead Ranch I mentioned the two verses we are looking at today. A reminder as we start our workweek. The world around us, the culture we live in, and some weak cult churches would like to remove these two verses from God's Holy Word but can't. They are there. These words were boldly spoken by Peter when he and John were hauled before the Scribes, Pharisees, and high priest for healing a man born lame. 

¹¹ This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. ¹² And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”  Acts 4: 11-12 ESV

By way of benediction I also used this quote from Tim Keller. “It is not the strength of your faith but the object of your faith that actually saves you. Strong faith in a weak branch is fatally inferior to weak faith in a strong branch.”  Tim Keller 

We must make sure our faith, small as it may be is in Jesus... only Jesus can save us.

Be blessed, be a blessing,

Randy

- TUESDAY -

Good morning forever family,

In a recent discussion with my son (who Pastors an Evangelical Free Church in Washington) I mentioned a member of the Fellowship of Friends had asked me to teach on self-forgiveness. This is a bit of a difficult subject and will require some thought. My son mentioned using Philippians 3 for a good direction.  He is so right.

Philippians chapter 3:12-16 is such a good study on moving forward and not giving our enemy a chance to stall our growth. All of Paul's letter to the church at Philippi is so very good at showing us how to grow. God is constantly growing us (Phil 1:6). We need to focus on the future (Phil 3:12-16), and we need to focus on the good all the time (Phil 4:8-9). 

God has certainly provided a wonderful manual for living life His way!

¹² Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. ¹³ Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴ I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶ Only let us hold true to what we have attained.  Philippians 3: 12-16 ESV

Be blessed, be a blessing, hold true to what you have obtained!

Randy

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