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Warning: Bible Thumping Is Hazardous To People’s Health

Some people are hurting so bad you have to do more than preach a message to them. You have to BE a message to them!

-Joyce Meyer

Wikipedia defines a “Bible thumper” as someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible, or thumping the Bible itself, to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term’s target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone engaged in a public show of religion, fundamentalist or not. The term is most commonly used in English-speaking countries.

We have all experienced a good bible thumping haven’t we? How did the experience effect you?

Merry Christmas 2013!

Let’s pause and step back into the very first Christmas Eve.

Mary and Joseph were homeless, a day away from giving birth and far away from their family. It was in this moment that they had to choose to trust the God and to this day we all know the result of their choosing to trust Him.

I’ve learned through my own life journeys that if you want God’s best then you have to walk it out with Him, on His terms, from start to finish. This journey is not an easy one, but the longer you stay on the journey with Him the greater your reward will be.

The true meaning of Christmas is becoming more blurred with each passing year.

Have You Lost Sight of Jesus?

After the celebration was over, they started home to Nazareth, but Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents didn’t miss him at first. —Luke 2:43

On one occasion when Jesus was twelve years old, He went missing. Mary and Joseph lost sight of Him, and it took three days of searching to find Him again. They had been in Jerusalem for the Passover, and as they were returning home, He was nowhere to be found. But here is the interesting thing: they traveled an entire day before they missed Him. It isn’t that they lost their love for Him or their faith. They just lost Him.

Can this happen to us?

Little Drummer Boy

Have you heard the Little Drummer Boy by Pentatonix? All I can say is wow and I have my favorite Christmas song for 2013, enjoy!

This will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit!

Why Going The Extra Mile Is So Important!

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. –Galatians 5:1

We were called to live a life of freedom. Have you noticed that we all strive to live in this freedom that Jesus has given us, but for some reason we choose not to live in it.

There is a freedom that only Jesus Christ can offer, but there is a cost. This is where most of us turn from this freedom. We want to step into this freedom and our soul yearns for it, but we don’t want to empty ourselves and hand over the reins to God. But we don’t and we choose slavery.

Jesus shares what this freedom looks like, but when we read these narratives in the bible our first thought is…huh??

Warning: Bible Thumping Is Hazardous To People’s Health

Merry Christmas 2013!

Have You Lost Sight of Jesus?

Little Drummer Boy

Why Going The Extra Mile Is So Important!

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