Earlier this week I mentioned seven categories people can fall into when they’re inauthentic. Today, I want to explore the top five offenses that people struggle with, especially when already living distanced from God. These offenses are: the fake offense, the stealth offense, the sneak offense, the power offense, and the nuclear offense. Judas is someone […]
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The world is highly offendable, even people at church! Proverbs 19:11 says, “A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook offense.” The Bible says something here that the world ignores, to the point that they do the opposite of what Jesus does. “…blessed is the one who is not offended by […]
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Do you live for God or for yourself? Galatians 5:19-21 is a warning and paints a picture of what life looks like when you live for yourself. If the idea of “a stinking accumulation of mental and emotional garbage” doesn’t alarm you, nothing will. Don’t let things accumulate to the point that you can’t see […]
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Have you ever thought about how many ways there are to get offended? You can be offended by made up lies, language you consider to be offensive, the way people look and dress…the list goes on. If you’re looking for something to get offended by, you don’t have to look very hard! I’m convinced some […]
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In order to stay unoffendable, you must stay obedient to the Master! “If you love me, keep my commands” (John 14:15). God commands us to be loving toward others. It’s not about letting people walk all over you; it’s about being Christ-like in the sense that you care about God and others more than yourself. […]
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You’d think that as followers of Christ, we’d be the last people to take offence to things! But all too often, we’re easily offended. What I want to point out today is that there’s power in becoming unoffendable! Matthew 24:10-12: “…many will be offended, will betray one another and will hate one another. Then many […]
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Have you ever thought that the reason God asks so much of you is because He NEEDS you, that He can’t fulfill His vision without your help? While God does ask much of you and does do work in and through you, He doesn’t actually need you. God already knows the future and is sure to […]
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Sometimes you think you’re on a specific path but when you finally arrive “there,” it looks different than you imagined. I originally came to The Summit with a big vision for where God was going to take us. Like other churches, The Summit was hurting, but I’ve seen God do great things over the last […]
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Most of us have pretty busy schedules. Work, family, hobbies…they keep us on the go. You can’t help but interact with other people, but do you spend time with God? There’re people you talk to on a regular basis, but do you talk to God on a regular basis? If the answer is yes, you’ve made […]
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If you could hear God’s heart right now, I think you’d hear, “I already love you. I want to get close to you.” Part of being a Believer is changing your old ways so that you can actually develop a relationship. That’s why it’s important when you’re “building” something new in your life to have […]
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